Andrade Video Response

Jeff Duncan Andrade started his speech about a time when he was young. His mom had a discussion with him about the analogy of the cup being half full and half empty. She said that however a person views the cup, whether half full or half empty, is a reflection of how a person thinks and lives their lives.

Having a cup half empty is the feeling where there's something missing in your life. It's like you can never feel fully satisfied. People who complain about not having certain things are not thankful because they live a life with a hole in their cup or like a weaved basket that leaks. They don't realize what they have and want more. People have the choice to be cup half full or half empty or a woven basket. For example, the glass on the right sees himself as "half-fool, half-genius" while the glass on the left is wondering if he's "half-full" or "half-empty." It shouldn't be how anybody views you because you know yourself best and you have to power to be what you want - half full, half empty, or something else!

The main differences are:
Half Empty- Something is always missing in their lives, never satisfied
Half Full- Appreciative of what they have
Hole in cup/Woven Basket- Everything goes to waste
Overflowing cup- Satisfied and willing to share with others

Instead of being half full, people need to seek becoming an overflowing cup. People who live a life with an overflowing cup only means they have more than enough to share their blessings with others. Why keep all the water, when it doesn't even fit in the cup? However, being just the opposite, a cup with a hole, is letting opportunities that come your way, go to waste. It may be an opportunity to buy a homeless family dinner, but you don't do it. Or a job opportunity, but you just let it pass by.

How you see your life and how you live it is by choice.


3 Questions:
1. What do the people in Piedmont think about their little city and how do they feel about the others living outside?
2. What will it take for the the education system in poverty to change?
3. Who/what will motivate these students to be educated?