What is the Socratic Method (google)?
What did John Fried, Sotomayor's bureau chief, do to help promote confidence that helped her grow in the job more quickly?
Allowed her the freedom to exercise her judgement without fear of being disciplined.
In the context of her speech in receiving the Pyne Prize, what did Sotomayor mean by, "As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls."?
Appreciate where you come from but don allow it to limit you, learn to appreciate the differences in that which is different from you.
stranger in a restaurant your eating environmentally unsustainable fish
I didn't know. tell me what website to go to and il educate myself later
What does LANA stand for?
L -latinoA -asianN -nativeA -american
What gave Sotomayor a sense of failure at the end of her second summer of law school?
She completed her stint as a summer associate without a job offer because it rarely happened at Yale in her mind
What did Rudy mean when he said to Sotomayor, "You argue just like a guy."?
She was able to negotiate the male culture and climate appropriately
Describe how Sotomayor views the roles of the prosecution and defense in realizing the rule of law.
The two simply have different roles to play in pursuit of the larger purpose. Though the roles are oppositional, their very existence depends on a shared accepetance of the law's judgmnt no matter the passion of either side for a desired outcome.
Before the ASPIRA suit, what happened to students who spoke Spanish when entering the New York City public schools?
They received no help at all making the transition. Found themselves in classes for the intellectually disabled. They dropped out in record numbers, making their handicap a reality.
7. What is "wah - deer" or voir dire?
To speak the truth
What does summa cum laude mean?
With the highest distinction.
Why is evidence from unrelated crimes inadmissible?
because suggesting that someone is proven to criminal activity with prediuice a jury who tried to decided whether he had committed the one in which he is being tried .
no you cant have the car
but I was going to pick up those groceries you need
what did john fried Sotomayor bureau chief do to help her promote the confidence that helped her grow in the job more quickly
but the freedom to exercise my judgement without fear of being disciplined
Why did Sonia choose to not have any children of her own?
diabetes
do you know what your problem is
do you know what your solution is
Nelson noticed a kind of aspiration that drove Sotomayor. From where did this aspiration arise? 19
from the desire to do for others to help make things right for them.
When Sotomayor was an assistant district attorney, she gave her cousin, Nelson, a ride to Hunts Point. While she waited in the car, he was inside doing what?
herion
chair of the boring stupid party planning committee. we like you to join the party planning committee
id like to but these year end reports have me overcommitted ask me next year
airport gate agent. your eighth on the waiting list and there are seven left
it must be hard having to tell people that. you look like the kind of person who likes to give good news.
im sorry but your not getting a bonus this year
knowing you you've figured out a way to keep me happy more vaction
. What was Sotomayor's first official act as a judge of the Second Court?
marrying mami and omar
. During her junior year in high school, Sotomayor was at a conference and a girl who identified herself as a Marxist made an accusation at Sotomayor saying, "The problem with people like you is that you have no ______________________________."
principles
. What once represented Sonia's salvation that also alienated her from the person she vowed to spend her life with?
she depended on herself/ I had cultivated an existential independence
. What does presciently mean as in, "Fran presciently understood that the ultimate danger of not defending a trademark was the loss of the precious rights to its exclusive use"? 21. Why did Sotomayor never reveal that she could type? 22
she set about educating our clients ,many of whom were in the business of fashion creating luxury products whose worth was a tightly bound to the prestige of the name as to the quality of production.
so I left the toilet seat up chill
so your telling me your thoughtlessness shouldn't matter
for what was Richard Maddicks charged?
tarzan murdeer
friend; i want to vote for a third-party candidate
tell me more
I own this house so you obey my rules
understood but im not sure this rule makes any sense
woman who looks ridiculous in that dress. do I look ridiculous in this dress
you look even more fabulous in the blue one