joining us to discuss a rise in emotional learning, mark brakett. and on skype is bonnie brown. rved the new york department of education for 30 years. mark 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 coll