The Girl Who Never Talks
There is a girl in our med school class who never talks. Literally. I have heard her utter about 3 words in the past 2.5 years of school and even that was a soft semi-mumble that I couldn't really understand. Because of the fact that she's so quiet, I find myself very intrigued by her. She's obviously bright or else she wouldn't still be in our class but I constantly wonder why she is so quiet! She sits by herself and doesn't engage other students in conversation. When asking others about her I have heard that she's just not a conversationalist and gives short one-word replies when one tries to talk to her. I think she is probably nice because I have smiled at her and she smiles back, but I have never had the opportunity to talk to her since I've never worked with her in any group or whatnot. Anyway, today we had standardized patients come in and we had to take turns sitting in front of the class interviewing them. Guess who had to go first?! Anyway, she did a good job...but still I wonder how someone makes it through so much of med school without talking. And why? Is she shy? Snobby? Thinks she has a weird voice? Why doesn't she talk? It drives me nuts.
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Oh, I have this same obsession. I know just who you mean and once I cornered her and forced her to talk to me. It wasn't pretty. I actually felt guilty afterward because it looked so painful for her to converse. I apologized shortly thereafter. She, of course, said nothing.
Happy turkey day, my friend!
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