T: Dad, what is a judgment? Dad: A judgment? A judgment is a decision. A judgment is an opinion. It is, also, a judges saying on a legal matter. Where did you hear it? T: You! Dad: Me? T: You tell me, sometimes, to use my judgment. Dad: Do I? I guessI do. That’s a different judgment. It’s about how you should make certain decisions based on what you have learned from your life experiences. T: Oh! Dad: Was I clear? T: Not at all, daddy! Dad: Let metry to explain what judgment is. T: Okay. Dad: When I say use your judgment, I mean you should use your knowledge and common sense about a particular thing. T: Like what? Dad: I don’t remember; when did I say use your judgment? T: You say it often. Dad: I do not.Not that often! Can you remind me what we were talking about when I said use your judgment? T: When I wanted to go in the pool at Billy’s birthday. Dad: Hold on a second, honey. Is that an empty parking space? T: It is too small for our car. Dad: Not really; I will tell you if I can park in that space or not. This is a GOOD my lady. This is VERY GOOD. T: Why are you so happy, dad? You’re funny. Keep saying GOOD, VERY GOOD! Dad: Well, for one I don’t have to park in the cramped spaces of the garage in the theatre. And, secondly, I don’t have to pay $16.00 to park my car. T: Oh. Dad: However, let’s see what these signs say. You know, D.C. is very strict on street parking rules. T: Why daddy? Why D.C. is strict? Dad: Parking is a big industry here. It’s becoming like New York City. T: Manhattan? Dad: Yes. Not as expensive, yet!It’s almost there, though. T: Dad, D.C. is very quiet and very clean. Why it’s not like New York? Dad: Some parts of DC are not clean. It’s smaller and less chaotic. It’s more organized with a lot more open spaces.Let’s park our car first. It looks like we found ourselves a nice parking space. T: Look dad sign says Monday to Friday. Dad: But, the meter says Saturdays too; and it lets us park here for 2 hours. That can not be too bad. Although, this show is less than an hour, I think it’s only an hour. I think we’re Okay. T: Then, Park daddy! Park – already. Dad: Okay! I will. Let us run a last check. We can ask that man with a blue uniform. He looks like a parking Police; does he not. T: What does a parking police look like dad? Dad: I really meant his uniform looks like a parking ticket officer’s uniform. Excuse me sir, are you by any chance with the District parking Authority? Man in blue uniform: No, I’m not! Dad: Then I won’t ask you my second question.
The man smiles and walks away.
T: Dad, did you stereo type him? Dad: I think I did. T: Did you judge him? Dad: It was an honest mistake. I did not use my sound judgment. T: Judgment! Right! I get it! Dad: Actually, it was lack of judgment. I relied on my limited knowledge to express an opinion. T: Did you hurt his feelings? Dad: He’ll be alright; I think he feels sorry for me! T: Why does he dad? Dad: Well, he thinks to himself, this man judges people by the way of their appearances. He may think I do not possess a sound way of thinking. T: Is he right daddy? Dad: What do you think? T: I think you were funny when you said you won’t ask your next question. Dad: I think I was embarrassed so I tried to change the subject. Let’s go ask that parking attendant. I’m pretty sure he is a parking attendant. T: Why don’t we just park in the garage like we always do? It’s just money! Only a little bit of money. Dad: Is it, now? It’s Just money? I think doing a little bit of research is worth some money – no matter how small it is. Don’t you agree? T: I guess.
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