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Half Empty Half Full

May 29, 2017

A two-column chart contrasting pessimistic and optimistic ways of describing the same situation.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-05-29-half-empty-half-full/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Half-Empty | Half-Full]

"I'm alone." | "I'm between relationships."

"I'm unemployed." | "I'm between jobs."

"I'm sitting around in my underwear." | "I'm between pants."

Topics
General / Not MathNumber & Arithmetic › Fractions
Level
All Ages
Themes
Language & WordplayEveryday LifeGrowth Mindset