I hate (emotion) being ill (a state in which my particles are revolting against me)

Hey kiddos... well... here's the good news.  I finished marking your essays.  The bad news.  I am ill yet again and will not be in school to share your marked work with you.  More good news... I have work for you to do in my absence.

Here's what I want from your bloggy-wogs:

I'd like you to answer the following and reflect - it would be uber-amazing if we started a discussion thread on this blog about your different view points here - but failing that just blog it.

1. If you can recognise emotions in people’s faces how does it help your interactions with people?
2. Alternatively, if you cannot recognise emotions in people’s faces how does it hinder your interactions with people?
3. Can you think of examples where people cannot recognise ANY of the emotions they see in a person’s face while they interact with them (Hint - look this up).  Why is this difficult to imagine?
4. Imagine a person with no emotions. The world is neutral to him/her. That person does not engage with the world, as engagement implies one part is more important than another. That person would then have no interest in living or dying. Is that person really a person?
5. If you were emotionally limited how would it affect your access to the 8 areas of knowledge?
6. Are emotional limitations a lens or filter to our ability to “know” our world?
7. Why has emotion sometimes been seen as a less valuable way of knowing than, say, reason? Or does the value of emotion as a way of knowing depend on the kind of knowledge that is being pursued?

I expect that you will do this work during the time you would normally be in my lesson (1.5 hours) and in a homework (1 hour), so this should be easy peasy to get done.

TTFN