Shaming and Naming
There is a beautiful section in the Pixar movie Elio . Elio suddenly gets the idea of using King Grigon’s son, Glordon, as a way out when he is captured by Grigon. His plan was to use Glordon as a “bargaining chip” to escape and save his alien friends. Glordon, who had always been shamed or ridiculed by his father, is overjoyed when Elio gives him a role—an opportunity to try something new. See the video here. It reminded me of our own college days. In Medicine, many faculty members used naming and shaming to break us in. On the very first day of my residency, I was ridiculed, shouted at (what would today be considered abuse), and thrown out of the rounds - in front of nurses, ward helpers, and the rest of the team. Such ridicule, sarcasm, and humiliation were simply part of normal life. https://santhoshsramblings.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-5-and-half-years.html Much later, when I became a faculty member, I was expected to do the same. I asked some colleagues - why should we continu...