Why are quiet people looked down on, in nursing school

I’m a 4th year nursing student, hopefully this is ok in this subreddit, this is kind of a rant

I’m not sure why quiet people are looked down on in nursing school. I do speak in class and in practicum. I am able to clearly articulate any questions or concerns I have about the patient or about the course material, and I do answer questions in class. I’m just not the first person to answer or raise my hand. I’m not a ‘loud’ that’s for sure, but why do nursing school teachers like to put me down for that? One teacher said that I look incompetent because I’m quiet(???), another said they think I will be ‘whispering’ during a code blue (what?), recently another teacher complained that I only say 1-2 words (even though I answered a question in detail during class), and another teacher said I look like I don’t want to be a nurse (I chose to be a nurse despite my family’s advice).

I don’t have a problem making conversation with patients or the nurses at clinical. But these teachers don’t notice when I do talk, and they don’t even count my written work as communication. These teachers also haven’t seen me at clinical, only at tutorial, so why would they assume things?

I’m just so frustrated and upset 😢. It’s like they are looking down on me because I am quiet, and this has really hurt me. It doesn’t help that I went through a huge family ordeal a couple months ago.

What do I do? I want to be a nurse, I really love this work, but I’m really struggling with this right now. Any advice or words of encouragement please? Sorry this became a rant 😓