DUKE PA FRAUDS FRIEND(S)

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The video likely resonated due to its relatable theme of friendship, trust, and the potential for deception. The personal anecdote and speculation about the motivations behind the lie likely engaged viewers who have experienced similar situations or are interested in social dynamics.

Summary

The speaker discusses a situation where a friend lied about attending Duke's PA program. She relates it to a past experience where a friend also lied about attending law school and working for the DA's office. The speaker reflects on how she believed her friend then and questions why people are upset with the friend of the current individual, suggesting the friend might not have known about the deception.

Structure

1Introduction of the Duke PA fraud situation
2Personal anecdote about a friend who lied about law school
3Reflection on believing the friend and the friend's studying habits
4Speculation about the current friend's potential ignorance of the deception
5Alternative theory: the friend is a PA student trying to keep up
6Conclusion on believing friends until proven otherwise

Product placement

Duke PA program: a school that trains physician assistants. It ACTS as the setting for the story. Removing it would change the story. The PA program is not being promoted. Duke: a university. It APPEARS as the setting for the story. Removing it would change the story. The university is not being promoted.

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We can’t be blaming the friend of the girl who faked being a PA student. She MOST LIKLEY didn’t know and belived her friend

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DUKE PA FRAUDS FRIEND(S)

Transcript

Everyone who’s mad at the girl who lied about going to Duke PA school’s friend. She most likely didn’t know and believed her friend. I don’t really understand. And maybe it’s because I used to be friends with someone who said that they went to law school and worked for the DA’s office. Now we would come to find out none of that was true. But every time I would go over to her house, she was studying. She had law books, she was looking through them. I’ve never been to law school. I don’t know what that looks like. But I believed her. She said she was studying, she said she worked at the DA’s office. It wasn’t really fact checking who I thought was my friend. And I bet you, I have a feeling that her friend was the same. Her friend is a dentist. She’s very busy. She probably just took everything at face value. You say that you’re going to PA school, you put on scrubs every day. You are studying when I come over. You say that you have tests. I believe you. And I mean, at least I went to her graduation. I watched her get her name announced in her little cap and gown and it was really cute. But even if I didn’t, I’m sorry. I’m gonna believe what my friend tells me until proven otherwise. Unfortunately, for that girl, and she’s finding out that her friend lied. Or just maybe, guys, consider this theory. She’s actually a PA student, she’s just trying to keep up with the Joneses because her friend’s a dentist and she’s very busy. Who knows? Or she’s never a PA. And she’s just trying to keep up with the Joneses because her friend’s a dentist and she’s very busy.