I could've been somebody, you know? Esperanza, you go to school. Study hard. . . . Got to take care all your own, she says shaking her head. —"A Smart Cookie," Sandra Cisneros Which inference can you make about Esperanza’s mother based on her words? She believes that good things happen by chance. She believes that people must take responsibility for their futures. She believes that to be somebody, you need to have talent.

Creating "smart interfaces" in all sectors of industry, government, and the public arena is one of the fastest growing hct areas. these interfaces model, interpret, and analyze such human characteristics as speech, gesture, and vision. the field of biometrics, in which humans authenticate themselves to machines, is an area of considerable interest to hct practitioners. fingerprint scans are one of the most frequently used biometric options, and this article, biometric student identification: practical solutions for accountability & security in schools, makes a case for the implementation of fingerprint scans in schools. critique the article, and answer the following questions: according to the author, what are the main benefits of adopting fingerprint scans in schools for student identification? according to the author, what are the main drawbacks of adopting fingerprint scans in schools for student identification? do you agree with the author's assessment of the pl