•••quote:•••Originally posted by Hero:
•I have been a SDN member for a few months. I've spent almost all my time exclusively in pre-allo and the lounge. i got accepted earlier this month and I think it's starting to hit me that i'm really going to be a doctor!
Finally I get to add Allopathic in my netcaptor group
I have a question: when people ask what you study/what you do, how do you go around telling them that you are studying medicine/going to be a doctor?
I know this is a silly question but for some reason, what I do is very private to me.•••••First of all, congratulations on your acceptance! Your parents must be very proud. :wink:
As far as your dilemma is concerned, I thought about it a lot, and was hoping to give you some really insightful advice because I like to think that I'm a very humble person and would want to keep the whole doctor thing as low key as possible. But the more I thought about, I'm really not that humble. In fact, I think sub-consciously I TRY to bring up the whole medicine gig in probably every conversation I have. Quite frankly, at this point, it's all that's on my mind. And really, when I worked at a shoe store, when people asked me what I did I said, "I sell shoes." No big whoop. When I'm in med school, when people ask, "What do you do?" I'll say,"I'm in med school." Honestly, if they ask you what you do and you say you're a student, you know what you're studying and the reason for studying it are inevitable questions. So why not just come out with it. Come on. You deserve it. Look how hard you've worked to get to this point. Stand up and proud of what you've achieved.
As far as the negative things that come with admitting your guilt of ambition (ie the inane conversations on moles in unsightly places, etc), think of yourself like a moviestar. They completely lose their private lives due to their craft. A loss of privacy is their price to pay for their craft; stupid conversations about tennis elbow are yours. :wink: