judgment and judgmental

今天Straits Times上有一幅英文漫畫，妻子在婚姻輔導員的辦公室對當法官的丈夫說：

"I don't care if my husband is a judge by profession. His attitude is too judgmental."

文字的確夠巧妙。

由此，我不禁聯想到讀書。讀者必須學會判斷，但判斷之前又必須學會虛心聆聽作者的心聲。如果讀者讓自己心中的成見作祟，先入爲主，則他所作的判斷永遠都只會是重複自己的成見舊習，而非對新知的了解。

結論：If you are judgmental before you judge, you can never be a good judge.