Patch Adams Page #4

to lose your nerve, get tired...

make mistakes.

No rational patient would

put his trust in a human being...

and were not gonna let him !

It is our mission here...

to rigorously and ruthlessly

train the humanity out of you...

and make you

into something better.

We're gonna make doctors

out of you.

[ Bell Rings ]

Two years of studying.

I thought we'd have more contact

with patients. Didn't you ?

Hi. I'm Patch.

You've just experienced

a North American greeting...

whereby one person offers

a verbal label to another...

as an expression

of welcome and friendship.

Lesbian. Ball-buster.

Airhead. Leech.

Whichever one of these disgusts

you the most, take your pick.

- Well--

- Please pass the word.

I am not here to date. I am not

here to flirt. I'm here to study.

[ Laughs ]

Thank you.

I thought only I could repel women

with that kind of raw efficiency.

Well, you just met your match.

- Patch Adams.

- Truman Schiff.

Nice to meet you, Truman.

Will you go out with me ?

You should see

- What a lovely, lovely world

it should be

- May I ask you one question ?

- Do you buy everything

the dean was saying today ?

- What do you mean ?

I mean, that whole

drill sergeant thing.

"We're gon' make doctors

out of you medical scum.

- Now drop down and give me 20."

- Mm-hmm.

That whole marine thing.

We're not even gonna see

a patient until the third year.

Up until then,

it's just memorizing facts.

-Why don't they just shove the book up--

-Hamburger ?

Right here on the colon. That's where

it's going anyway. Thanks very much.

- So, why do you wanna be a doctor ?

- I want to help.

I want to connect with people.

A doctor interacts with people

at their most vulnerable.

He offers treatment,

but he also offers counsel and hope.

That's why I love the idea

of being a doctor.

I've always been fascinated by

the development of the human mind.

Ah. Pumping neurons.

We start out so open

and spontaneous.

We're real individuals. Then somewhere

along the way we're drawn to conform.

- It's as if we're conditioned

by programmed responses.

- Well, that's true.

But sometimes you can alter

the programmed response...

just by changing some of the conditions,

altering the parameters.

Let me show you.

We'll call it

the "hello" experiment.

The goal will be to break through

programmed response...

by changing normal parameters...

and getting a new emotional response

from the person.

Ready to enter data.

Hello.

Hi.

Wait.

I don't get it.

"Hi" is a programmed response.

- I reached her.

- You scared her.

No. Wait.

Wait for it.

[ Laughs ]

Oh, you're nuts.

A smile.

Ten seconds.

Victory.

There's more.

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