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The Facial Action Coding System is a new software that can detect how people are feeling by their facial emotions. This would be very helpful to teachers and students in the classroom. As Nick D'Alto writes, "- faces don't lie". This system was invented by Professor Thomas Huang and his colleagues who have been working on finding easier ways that humans and computers can interact with each other. The Facial Action Coding System would be a very useful and a resourceful tool in the classroom.

One way this software could be used in school, is it could help students focus.

Sometimes when kids are upset at school, they tend to hide it. This leads to them not talking about it. Along with not talking aout it, they could be thinking a lot about the situation rather than their school work. It makes it a struggle to focus at school when something non-school related is going on. This makes it hard them to concentrate and pay attention in class. Dr. Paul Eckman, a psychologist, says that there are six emotions. These classified emotions are "happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness". By using this system at school, teachers would be able to find out what the student is feeling or why they are acting up.

Another reason is that it's often hard for students to be outgoing at school. Especially if they're more on the quiet side and would rather not talk a lot. Mr. Huang writes, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication.". A lot of students at school tend to be shy. With computers understanding their emotionals, it could tell the teacher when they are confused without them having to raise their hand in front of the whole classrom.

The last reason that bringing this system to schools and classrooms would be helpful is because it creates emotion. Nick D'Alto writes, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them". From personal experience, friends tend to mock their friends. There has been a theory that says by mocking someone else's facial expressions, may lead to them feeling that same way. For example, when the teacher is in a good mood, it makes things seem more relaxed, and the students seems to be happier. Smiling is said to be contagious.

In conclusion, bringing the Facial Action Coding System to schools would be a valuable decision. By the electronic code that is built into the software, emotions would be able to be recognized easier. Even in the case that the emotions are mixed up, the system would still be able to recognize them. By bring this software to schools, it would increase the students learning, communication skills, and help them focus more during school hours.

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