Word: wellers
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...Elizabeth Weller, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, has developed techniques for detecting depression in kids. First she establishes a rapport with a child. Then she asks, for example, whether he still has fun playing softball or whether it is taking him longer to finish his homework--both of which are ways to figure out whether the child has lost motivation and concentration. Crying is another marker for depression, but Weller says boys rarely admit to it. So she asks them how often they feel like crying...
...signs. Parents can tell her if a child no longer cares about his appearance and has lost interest in bathing or getting new clothes. Teachers can tell her whether a child who used to be alert and active has turned to daydreaming or has lost a certain verve. As Weller puts it, "Has the bubble gone out of the face...
...Menick 3-13, Wilske 2-17, Patterson 2-11, Belczyk 2-13, Flynn 1-9, Eitzmann 1-3, Heller 1-4, Mattson 1-6, Smalling 1-8; Col--Cannan 2-38, Holmes 2-18, Dawkins 2-10, Hayes 2-11, Reese 2-21, Mack 1-4. Interceptions:Har--Weller; Col--Roland, Schaffer. FG Missed:Col--Kravitz 34. Time of Possession:Col--35:41, Har--24:19. Attendance...
...book jacket would suggest that by chronicling Larry Weller's life from 1977 to 1997, Shields has captured the essence of Man during each of these decades as well. Apart from one reference to hair length in the 70s, several references to unemployment in the 80s and 90s, and an incongruous, forced discussion of men in the 90s at the dinner party, time scarcely seems to pass at all. Larry and his family age and change, but their essence remains the same. Larry the successful maze designer is not much different from Larry the florist. Shields has created remarkably balanced...
Except for the disappointing last chapter, Larry's Party is an exceptionally good read. The self-contained nature of the individual chapters make it student-friendly--it's easy to pick back up after you've put it down for a while. Larry Weller is an interesting thinker, for an ordinary guy, and his internal thoughts and comments are thoughts and comments are thought-provoking and fascinating. His worries and insecurities seem familiar. Larry's a sort of Everyman, only better...