"Then you've done well. I'm just not certain that my methods are well suited to teaching. In fact, I'm fairly sure they're not."
That's just it. For all he's a doctor and has wanted to be one for most of his life, for all he loves the work and the ability to truly help people,that doesn't make him particularly skilled at talking to the people he's helping.
In fact, he's awful at it, something that the crew of Serenity has commented on more than once. He doesn't know how to deal with a girl from another time and place, one he's completely unfamiliar with, who wants to be a doctor.
He glances down at the tricorder, then holds it up, a questioning expression on his face.
no subject
That's just it. For all he's a doctor and has wanted to be one for most of his life, for all he loves the work and the ability to truly help people,that doesn't make him particularly skilled at talking to the people he's helping.
In fact, he's awful at it, something that the crew of Serenity has commented on more than once. He doesn't know how to deal with a girl from another time and place, one he's completely unfamiliar with, who wants to be a doctor.
He glances down at the tricorder, then holds it up, a questioning expression on his face.
"Do you mind if I do this now?"
The checkup, he knows how to do.