Posts Tagged ‘wisdom’
After yesterday’s vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee, it seems certain that Sonia Sotomayor is on her way to a historic appointment as the nation’s first Latina Supreme Court Justice. We’ve all heard plenty about her recently under the harsh glare of media and political scrutiny. And we’ve all heard more than we ever could have imagined about that phrase in her speech about “wise Latinas” and their abilities to make good judgments.
Whatever she really meant by that comment, or how it was interpreted, wisdom is certainly something one hopes any Supreme Court justice brings to his or her job. But how does one attain wisdom? In announcing her nomination, Obama seemed to stress the wisdom that came from Sotomayor’s personal background and her overcoming of obstacles. But those of us committed to liberal learning also presume that wisdom can and should come from a liberal education—at least in its “ideal” form. Wisdom, of course, is one of those outcomes of college (or life) that is difficult to measure but, nonetheless, a worthy aspiration for any educator or a student. Read the rest of this entry »
