My papa keeps bragging about how accomplished his daughter is.
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She took an extra year before getting into Kawasaki Medical School, failed the national medical licensing exam once, passed on her second try, and apparently works as a doctor now.
I looked up Kawasaki Medical School’s entrance difficulty score, and it was 60. I graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology, which has a higher score. I know private and national universities may not be directly comparable, though.
And apparently, over 90% of people pass the national medical licensing exam...
Honestly, I found myself thinking that I wouldn’t want this daughter treating me if I were sick or injured.
Is it really that admirable to graduate from a medical school with extremely high tuition after taking an extra year, and then become a doctor despite failing the licensing exam once?
Is she really accomplished enough for him to brag about her like that?
For the record, my papa doesn’t know my educational background. I lie and tell him I graduated from a nail technician school.
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A great doctor isn’t defined by test scores alone.
For a surgeon, it’s technical skill. For an internist, it’s the experience and ability to make a diagnosis based on subtle changes or signs coming from the patient.
Those qualities are essential.
There are probably excellent doctors who didn’t have particularly high scores. On the other hand, I knew a doctor who graduated from Keio University’s medical school but diagnosed practically everything as “sinusitis.” He was well known in the area as a quack.
Even doctors with lower scores can earn a lot, so simply becoming a doctor makes them financially successful. You may have high scores, but since you still need papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), perhaps you should acknowledge that your papa’s daughter is successful in her own way...
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If your daughter had graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology or an even more prestigious university, I don’t think you’d say anything or brag about it.
You could also say that becoming a doctor is the only thing she has to brag about—and that she wants people to praise her for it.
If you really graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology, it would be the same: there’d be no need to go out of your way to tell everyone. (Hmm… if that were really true, would you even be asking this question?) Mentioning it could come across as boastful, and it’s not as though you need people to praise you for it. Since it would put them in an awkward position, there’s no reason to bring it up. You don’t need to tell anyone.
Just listen and continue responding in the way the other person wants. I think that would be best.
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