Al Pacino said:
What pisses me off is that I'm a lot smarter than those people who are honoring their clinical performace, but I'm just a not good schmoozer or as good-looking as those people. With teams of attendings and residents changing so fast and so often, the schmoozers with their pitiful fund of knowledge have no problem flirting and ass-kissing their way to the top. It's sickening to me watch how some of the male residents are all over the good-looking female students. These students get extra teaching, attention, and most likely a higher grade.
How do you know you are a lot smarter than "those people who are honoring their clinical performance"? That's a rather bold statment don't you think?? To assume that those who are honoring do not earn their grades but only get them because they are good looking, ass-kissing, etc.? Wow. And not only that, but to assume that they have a pitiful fund of knowledge is rather presumptious.
[MY TESTIMONY:]
I am someone who does not do well in a heavy pimping environment, not because I do not know the information, but often because I get very flustered in front of a crowd of upper levels. So someone, like yourself, would look at my pimping performance and say that I have a "pitiful fund of knowledge." However, my upper level, [at least on my last rotation,] was also kind enough to allow me to shine in other ways. I do rather well on One-on-one pimp sessions instead of ones in a group, so I showed my knowledge there and also, where it really counts-- in DOING stuff in the OR [it was a surgery rotation.] He respected that while I may not know the exact mechanism of action of a particular drug ON THE SPOT, that I was willing to look it up, pull an article on it and apply it use to my patients; also, while the book stuff comes a little harder to me, the day to day necessary skills were second nature to me: tying knots, op notes, taking care of paperwork, etc.
In addition, I like to think I got along exceptionally well with my upper levels - [and yes, i would consider myself good looking-- so what??] I definitely think that my sense of humor and ability to talk to them as if they were my friends helped me a LOT. That is not schmoozing to me-- that is being NORMAL and is indicative of who I am-- someone that likes to interact with people.
And these things are what *really* matter-- because I have learned something that I won't forget now [by getting the pimp question wrong] AND we were able to get through the day while laughing. And he respected me more for that I think and for the fact that I really wanted to learn.
As for the good looking girls comment-- 1) they will get their payback on OB/GYN & you will likely get preferential treatment because you have a penis. It all evens out in the end-- I was treated like shi* on OB/GYN and I have no doubt it is because a) I am a woman. b) I am reasonably good looking and take pride in my appearance.
2) Don't hate us because we're beautiful AND have a great sense of humor.