Many doctors have a god complex. They are constantly treated as if they know everything (science!), yet they are frequently wrong and about some diseases they are completely clueless, unless the patient is lucky enough to find the rare doctor who doesn’t let his preconceived notions get in the way of honest inquiry. And teachers are not far behind. They have been told for so long now what superior angelic beings they are that they have internalized a grossly inflated sense of self-importance. That’s why we now see them refusing to return to actual teaching, and spewing their contempt for mere “parents” on Zoom sessions.
Yes, the pediatrician got all over my child and me for having our masks down after she entered the exam room where we were waiting for her.
I thought she was smart, now she just comes across as a tool. Respect lost is difficult to recapture.