As Jibby said it would be best not to have any form of epilepsy. But the real answer to the Prof's question is that
it depends on the details. Most folks would assume that having a "focal" neurological problem is better than having
a "generalized" one, but it's not always the case, especially in epilepsy.
There are many forms of primary generalized epilepsy, such as Petit Mal, are genetically determined and have an extremely
good prognosis, meaning that they respond very well to medications. Others, such as Lennox-Gastaut, are dismal
diseases. Some focal onset epilepsies, like Rolandic Epilepsy, respond well to medication and resolve with age.
The fact is that most of the other focal onset epilepsies are due to focal brain injury from things like trauma,
infections, autoimmune disease, stroke, tumors, etc., that result in an epileptic focus of brain irritability. These
epileptogenic foci often spread and result in secondarily generalized (i.e. tonic-clonic) seizures. These focal-onset
secondarily generalized seizures are typically more difficult to control than idiopathic primary generalized (Petit Mal)
epilepsy.
Maybe this thread should be moved to the Neurology forum.
