Making Good Judgements

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Showing good judgment is an attribute that many many people these days seem to lack. To me showing good judgment means to be truthful, honest, and most of all fair. A lot of people do not show good judgment because they often choose there friends when making a judgment call or when choosing something that benefits themselves. It is very important because it can either make something or very well break something. Some great examples of things that require a good show of judgment is the officials and or “refs” of a football game, or basketball, even soccer! Also an umpire to a baseball game, timer for a track event, even in a courthouse, the jury is required to show fair judgment when trying a case or it could very easily ruin a person’s life. That is if they are innocent and you make a bad judgment call. A time when I realized that showing good judgment is important was back in the seventh grade when I witnessed a fight happen and I was given the responsibility of choosing who was at fault for starting the physical dispute simply because I was a witness. I knew I had to make a decision that would upset one of the two and getting out of it was simply inevitable. I had to sit down and think about what had happened and what the outcome would be when I went to the principles office to “spill the beans.” Although one of the two that had gotten in a fight was a good friend of mine I knew I had to be fair and tell the truth, unfortunately my friend was the one who was at fault. Of course, I didn’t snitch on my friend and said that it was the other guy and my friend being at fault… got away and his record clean as a whistle. Because of the fact that I didn’t show good judgment a kid who didn’t do anything got three days of SAC and even though I may have looked like a cool friend, I still felt like dam… what was I thinking! It sucks that me not showing good judgment caused
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