why is becoming a dentist or a doctor seen as such a great occupation?

Why do people think its so great to be a doctor or a dentist? You have to put in hard work in school, be a nerd with sucky clothes, spend all your time studying, doing homework, carrying books around you everywhere in the halls for what? to look inside some dumb human's mouth to clean their teeth for the rest of your life? to be in a room with sick people all day? is it worth it? i think not, u wanna know what i think? i think that

A dentist is a doctor. Anyway, they are seen as great jobs because you get to help others while getting paid a fortune to do it.

Why do people think its so great to be a doctor or a dentist? You have to put in hard work in school, be a nerd with sucky clotheshadoken

Your reasoning in all the threads you make is terrible.

You mean medical doctor a dentist still has a phd

[QUOTE="hadoken"]Why do people think its so great to be a doctor or a dentist? You have to put in hard work in school, be a nerd with sucky clothesSilverbond

Yeah, I don't know what he's talking about, lab coats are sexy.

Money and status. Some people see the medical profession as being noble as well, though of course it all depends on the individual.

Because when the finally graduate and get a job, they get to enjoy the benefit of knowing that after years of hard work, they make more than you and will probably make more than you ever will at a job. ...god I want that life.

My cousin is a doctor... He didn't really do any of that (except work hard in school).

*Cough*Sponduli*Cough*

is it worth it? i think not, u wanna know what i think? i think that

hadoken

You don't even know how hard that sentence made me laugh :lol:

You seem very worked up about this though. Any reason for that?

[QUOTE="hadoken"]

is it worth it? i think not, u wanna know what i think? i think that

zeldaluff

You don't even know how hard that sentence made me laugh :lol:

You seem very worked up about this though. Any reason for that?

Medicine is not the easiest field of study and they are also there to help save lives and improve people's well being/way of life. After just having been in hospital for 2 weeks with a collapsed lung, they are worth every cent

A Dentist is a doctor . . . BTW I'm a dentist I wouldn't trade my job for anything else, If being a doctor sucks because you're always around sick people then what kind of job would be awesome? No one's gonna pay you to just sit around and do nothing, everyone has to work for a living get used to it . . . I simply think your reasoning is absolutely stupid, it's like you expect to have a high paying job wherein you don't do anything or you want a high paying job without doing some forms of sacrifices because of what you said about us studying too hard or going through intensive years to become what we are right now . . . You just stepped on alot of people with what you said, so in cases you get periodontitis or a pneumatized sinus in the future, just think of what you said today because you're gonna be asking help from people like me who according to you have one of the worst jobs ever . . .

They get paid crap every where else except for the US.

They get paid crap every where else except for the US.

TehFuneral

They get paid crap every where else except for the US.

TehFuneral

Not really, I practice here in the Philippines and I get paid alot . . . $12,000 a year on average and I'm just a fresh graduate only been practicing for less than two years, but my dad who's been practicing for like 20+ years can easily earn $50,000 on average . . . I dunno if that's alot by your standards but here in the Philippines it is, cause the cost of living here is really less compared to the US . . .

The money.Pittfan666

This ^^

A dentist is a doctor.

Pirate700

Or so they like to think:P

I see M.D. as a noble career path. It's hard, time consuming and stressful but IMO the prize at the end of this road is well worth it.

Why do people think its so great to be a doctor or a dentist? You have to put in hard work in school, be a nerd with sucky clothes, spend all your time studying, doing homework, carrying books around you everywhere in the halls for what? to look inside some dumb human's mouth to clean their teeth for the rest of your life? to be in a room with sick people all day? is it worth it? i think not, u wanna know what i think? i think that

hadoken

[QUOTE="Silverbond"][QUOTE="hadoken"]Why do people think its so great to be a doctor or a dentist? You have to put in hard work in school, be a nerd with sucky clothesmetroidfood

Yeah, I don't know what he's talking about, lab coats are sexy.

:o Whoa!!

I have no idea why anyone would want to be a dentist, proctologist, or pediatrist...working on the worst parts of the human body :?rawsavon

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]I have no idea why anyone would want to be a dentist, proctologist, or pediatrist...working on the worst parts of the human body :?EmpCom

[QUOTE="EmpCom"][QUOTE="rawsavon"]I have no idea why anyone would want to be a dentist, proctologist, or pediatrist...working on the worst parts of the human body :?rawsavon

Because a considerable amount of people don't check the ensurance claims that docters/dentists send.
The amount of double claims i've had for the same treatment is ridicoulus, the fact that the ensurance company doesn't care about these double claims makes the problem even bigger.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="EmpCom"] I am sure they probably have no idea why anyone would want to serve fast food all day or lug bricks around all day EmpCom

[QUOTE="EmpCom"][QUOTE="rawsavon"] That is a very flawed analogy (as no one goes to school for an extra 10 years to do those things). In other words, no one invests that much time, money, and effort into doing the jobs you mentioned...that is why your analogy doesn't work, sorry :(rawsavon

if you dont understand the capital system many pursuits will boggel you, also distinctions between jobs such as burger flipper andheavy machineoperator,actuary, and doctor

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="EmpCom"] It works fine because the time spent is irrelevent as to whether a doctor, dentist etc would have no idea why anyone would want to serve fastfoodEmpCom

[QUOTE="EmpCom"][QUOTE="rawsavon"] No it doesn't :? ...one does not invest those things (time, money, effort) to become a server. Those two situations could not be more different. Something similar to a server would be another min wage type job...like an overnight stocker not understand why someone would be a server (deal with people/food) and the server not understanding why someone would work overnight. For an analogy to work, you have to use things that are on 'equal ground'...analogous (hence the word), sorry :(rawsavon

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="EmpCom"] Yeah you keep beating that dead horse if you wantEmpCom

[QUOTE="EmpCom"][QUOTE="rawsavon"] Beat what dead horse :? I made a comment. You quoted it and tried to make an analogy to something that was unrelated... I was not the one that put that analogy out there. I just pointed out how it did not work is all (by using an example analogy that did). I figured the best way to show how one analogy did not work was to show one that did :)rawsavon

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="EmpCom"] Patient says to doctor"i dont understand why anyone would want to be a doctor" doctor to patient "i dont understand why someone would want to flip burgers all day" What bit do you not understandEmpCom

I feel personally attacked but I don't know how to respond because nothing you said bothers me... Sure... I'm a nerd, but I drive one hell of a car.Fightingfan

What is it with people and old piles of junk?

I've noticed it's more of an American trend, and I don't get it. :?

I have no idea why anyone would want to be a dentist, proctologist, or pediatrist...working on the worst parts of the human body :?rawsavon

I'm a dentist . . . Because since everyone has a mouth and is very prone to tissue damage, pretty much everyone is bound to undergo dental treatment every once in a while which is good for us . . . and the mouth may be the most unsanitary part of the body, it is also the most accessible, you can diagnose a disease just by clinical means unlike a cardiologist who still has to do diagnostic tests or perform invasive or non-invasive maneuvers . . .

It doesn't take a genius to figure out these things . . . Common sense isn't really that common nowadays, so sad . . .

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]I have no idea why anyone would want to be a dentist, proctologist, or pediatrist...working on the worst parts of the human body :?JeanAlex22

I'm a dentist . . . Because since everyone has a mouth and is very prone to tissue damage, pretty much everyone is bound to undergo dental treatment every once in a while which is good for us . . . and the mouth may be the most unsanitary part of the body, it is also the most accessible, you can diagnose a disease just by clinical means unlike a cardiologist who still has to do diagnostic tests or perform invasive or non-invasive maneuvers . . .

It doesn't take a genius to figure out these things . . . Common sense isn't really that common nowadays, so sad . . .