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Ever heard of using technology to read students' emotional expressions in a classroom? Of course not, because it is not necessary. What good would come out of scanning a student's face? The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" does not give many reasons on how this technology would benefit people. This technology is also a little confusing with giving information. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is unvaluable because it serves no real purpose, would cause confusing emotional problems, and we shouldn't have to rely on it.

By human nature, we can already tell or sense how someone around us is feeling. Why would we need the technology of reading someone's face when we can do that by looking at a person? Maybe not always, but for the most part we can tell when someone is feeling down or happy. In paragraph 5 of this article it states, "...we humans perform this same impressive "calculaion" every day... you can probably tell how a friends is feeling simply by the look on her face." This supports how this technology is not exactly needed.

"She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." Which is it? Is she happy or angry? Why is she disgusted and fearful when she's mainly happy? This technology would describe several different emotions that one is feeling. Because of this, it would be confusing to really understand someone. In paragraph 4 it states, "Dr. Huang, 'even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression' (like not smiling as broadly)." This supports how people do show various emotions, so it would be confusing, whereas without the technology, people can question each other and converse.

Why rely on this technology instead of actually communicating?

We are people, and in a classroom, bonds can easily be made. Therefor, we can talk to each other in order to discuss emotions. Paragraph 6 states, "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad." Even though having this technology where "it could modify the lesson," would be helpful, it's not something we can't do ourselves by talking. Paragraph 6 also states, "...it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This shows the technology would be beneficial in a way, but it's not valuable nor necessary.

This technology to read the emotonal expressions of students in a classroom is not valuavble due to not having a good enough purpose for use, it's confusing; almost unreliable, and we can communicate without it. In a classroom, we should be able to express our emotions without the technology. We can verbally discuss topics and share. This technology would not be as valuable as a good teacher, tutor, or instructor.

Score: 4