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glass half full half empty???

 
 
rache
 
Reply Wed 8 Mar, 2006 03:51 pm
Does anybody know the meaning:
" Remember that the glass can be half full and half empty simultaneously.
There are mutiple truths and, therefore, mnay ways to view a problem."

I read this topic sentence in my text book, but I cannot make any sense about this sencene.

Thanks a lot.
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Wed 8 Mar, 2006 03:53 pm
it's just an observation about one's attitude determining the conclusions one reaches.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Wed 8 Mar, 2006 03:53 pm
I'll start with a question.

There is a glass that has a capacity of exactly 12 ounces.

It is filled to exactly the 6 ounce mark.

If I say it is "half full", am I wrong?

If I say it is "half empty", am I wrong?
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Francis
 
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Reply Wed 8 Mar, 2006 03:56 pm
It's about the optimistic or pessimistic character.

You are optimistic if you see your glass half full and pessimistic if you see it half empty.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Wed 8 Mar, 2006 04:05 pm
I actually think the point with this one is that the exact same empirical truth can be viewed differently by different people. "There are multiple truths [the glass is both half full AND half empty] and therefore, many ways to view a problem."

If I remember right, rache is studying to be a nurse, and I can see how that would be pertinent in that area of study. Keeping an open mind, listening to what the patient has to say.
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rache
 
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Reply Wed 8 Mar, 2006 04:20 pm
still confused.

is this? there are many different ways to see one issue. should listen to patient what they are view.

Yea, I am a nursing student.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Wed 8 Mar, 2006 04:22 pm
I think that's about it, yeah.

Especially in medicine, there is a tendency towards black and white, right and wrong, when really a problem can often be successfully approached in a few different ways.
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rache
 
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Reply Wed 8 Mar, 2006 04:42 pm
Thank you so much! I will up to this explaniation to develop my essay.
There is really great palce, I got lots of help here. I like here.
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