You have to realize that there are a lot of young people in medical school because they want to impress people. They want to become doctors and act like grown-ups at age 25. It's artificial, and to people like me painfully obvious. They are obsessed with distant life plans, talk about getting married, having children, financial situations etc all under false pretenses. They can pretend all they want, but that doesn't change they fact that they are 23 years old and living in a shared 3 bedroom apartment that their parents are paying for and have never earned a single cent in their lives. When they get on the wards M3, they are ecstatic and take themselves way too seriously. They say they "are going to work" and pretend like they are 40-50 years old. It kind of reminds me of how little kids play dress up in mommy and daddy's clothes and pretend to be grown ups. They are simply seeking the affirmation of those above them by emulating them. These people are both prevalent and unbearable. Avoid them. There are plenty of people in medicine who march to the beat of their own drum. Get ahold of the dean's office master list of professionalism demerits. Strive to make these people your friends.