and on skype is bonnie brown. served the new york department of education for 30 years.ark what is emotion intelligence? >> emotio l emotional else intelligence has to do with understanding gestures and the causes, labeling emotions, knowing how to express emotions in the proper context and finally, the regulation of emotion and regulating difficult emotions. >> a lot of our respondents in order to have those skills that you mentioned, so for example charleston meyers here said that emotional intelligence in no way implies a product, a critical tool in doing those things that you mentioned correct? >> it is but it is observe ant of others and observant of others. self awareness certainly benefits people of all ages. bonnie, you were school superintendent, you worked to bring emotional intelligence curriculum into the schools. why did you do that? what did you think the benefits were going to be? >> well, i felt that there was two deep an emphasis for my students on academic achievement where they were going to college, what their grades were and not enough emphasis on ed

. >> around the time brown versus board of education, terry and kathy ruby and bonnie watson moved out of the city to a mostly white section of prince george's county. they were just kids then. >> we were teenagers who went to the civil rights demonstration. >> it was fun for us. >> we is have a picture in "time" magazine of us. >> yep, they're white. they live in tacoma park, washington. they don't like -- especially in their own neighborhood. >> i like a lot of diverse communities. >> it's a societal way for a community to go. >> it's negative. >> today they're retired, drive a foreign sedan and love the new restaurants in d.c. >> you want different ethnicities, sure. you want to have different economic levels, too. that's important. but another thing is that people -- some of the biggest differences between people are in the way they think. >> back in cha, the yard is almost done despite his new mower stolen outside the church here, it's a lot safer than it used to be, a place people want to come. how to address the change that's happening still not cut. >> got to stay school, get e