European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 9. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 of Dun Lional Consul int or anti Mclaughlin Prates entertaining plus info Auiler in dimming pro harm will ing Iovu Ullh Send Gnu at Patch Hakh school in slip Stuart. Teen agers Fod they can be Happy with Arff ii Joseph Owen slut Kart Bureau Stuttgart after Dennis m. Mclaughlin s High school friends made fun of his Knock Knees one Day the embarrassed 255-Pound teen Ager 1uil Wear ing Shons for the nest 18 years. That s no Small feat in Sun baked Southern califor Nia. Him the heat was a trifle compared to what Mclaughlin Calls the movie in his head the memory of the ridicule he suffered far having slightly Odd Knees. Now an educational consultant Mclaughlin not Only has managed to shut the movie off he also has become an entertainer himself to attune students to adolescent emotional pitfall. It was t enough just to ill Patch High school students last week they need Arff achievement respect fun and Freedom for healthy personal growth and self esteem. He had to Shu them what happens 10 people who Don t gel their full share of Arff. One moment he was a girl primping nervously in a bathroom Mirror Al a dance worried about what 10 say to the boy she had Juii met. The next he was a defensive boy refusing 10 divulge his Low test score to a Friend. And he served in All with a rambunctious med Ley of frowns puckers squints sighs shrieks and exaggerated gestures. Twisting an old Rodney Dangerfield line. Mclaughlin repeatedly old students you people in this room arc not getting enough respect and friends Don t put friends  lie cited the importance of practice ing to achieve avoiding negative criticism and shun Ning drugs and alcohol because you Hunt your growth when you Don l use the pain in your life  he had students act out aggressive roles with each other to illustrate his Points and rarely let a minute elapse without seeking audience response. Mclaughlin and five other teachers who form the California based excellence inc., also hold Confidence building seminars for teachers parents school administrators and Community leaders. On this latest of Sev eral trips to department of defense dependents school in Germany he is working with students and educators in Stuttgart Frankfurt and bad Kis Tingin. It made me realize a lot of things that were wrong that i said to my  student Glenda Wells teachers eel graduate credits from Portland Ore state University for participating in weekend workshops. Student Settle for Good advice delivered with punch. I thought the Guy really knew what he was talking about Patch fresh Man Keith Baughman said adding thai Mclaughlin had a lot of courage 10 Lalk about his life As an insecure adolescent. Clynda Wells a Junior said Mclaughlin s remarks about the damaging effects of criticism struck her the most. Ii made me realize n lot of things that were wrong that i said to my mom she said. It was the Best Assembly i be Ever been to said classmate Bobby can. He was entertaining. He kept you  it takes about four to five years to master this approach Mclaughlin said describing his work after his Patch presentations. What our motto is on Leach ing is to turn leaching into a performing  and he is a performer. He regaled students with stories of his 255-Pound adolescence when he would sputter and salivate nervously when asking girls to dance the girls i was with would a Well dance with you once we get a lewd " he said. He said he went to Jan Bond movies with a clipboard taking notes on the flashy lines the cinematic spy used to attract women. I would Lake a Coal with me and put it Over the stil next id me. To make in look like i lad a Dale and she Wai in the bathroom he said. Modem pm suffer the same Ansi Crici. Mclaughlin said and they comic null by trying 10 appear aloof or sophist Catal. At dances he said the girls Camp in the bathroom always in Large groups they Brush their hair 1,007 times and talk about  the boys afraid of rejection take Refuge in leaning against a Wall girls the Guys would love to tonic Over and dance with you. But they be got a  Mclaughlin said. And what s that Sciponi ability to hold up the  Mclaughlin bin been a classroom teacher in los Angeles Walts District on a Navajo reservation in Arizona and in suburban California schools. His adolescence is far behind him but he said that does l Dwarf hit undemanding of adolescent anxieties. The Way we love and interact is basically the same. They know that i Jet my Arff met and that i m for  kids watch in horror As ship hits Gray whale los Angeles a More than 500 Elemen tary schoolchildren and whale watchers stared in horror As a Container ship nil a 35-foot Gray whale Asil swam four nuts offshore witnesses said. The 30-ton Mother whale which was escorting its calf along with another cow and calf pair was till saturday while migrating North toward the a relic. The children were just devastated. One Little boy wanted 10 swim out and help the what said Nancy Pavlich a first Grade teacher at Deer Canyon elementary school in suburban Alia Lorna. Robert Yoshitomi a lawyer for Nippon Yusun Kaisha japanese owners of the Container ship Haku san ii said company official were looking into the Cue. We re still checking he said. We re sorry for any difficulty that was caused. Ai far As we know Ilas  Pavlich said Many of the children were still somber about the incident monday morning and some students Are writing letters about the whales and sending the letters to the coast guard. The whale Slid along the Side of the ship Brove free from he ship s current swam helplessly for a minute  made a final blow of air before sinking witnesses said. Kids were screaming and crying a they were watching this said Bill Samaras a Marine biology teacher at Canon High school who was aboard the children s boat. We had been following the whales for Aboul 15 minutes when we noticed he Container ship coming from the Southwest. It then very drastically turned and crossed our path i thought they re going to Hil the whale and we tried to Contact the ship on the emergency radio but i guess they weren t monitoring the  at this Point we can t confirm its death but there is a Good Chance that in died we just can t say for  said turn Luwis biologist at the los an Geles county museum of natural history and presi Dent of the american cetacean society. The Lla Kusan 11, 109 feel Long and with a dead weight of 20.9.14 tons arrived no the port of los Angeles on saturday and left sunday evening headed 10 Taiwan officials said. Samaras research associate Wii i the county museum wid lie was certain the ship s navigators did i Sec the swimming mammals. To them in was like in Road kill he did. Like killing a Chipmunk with your air he said. I m sure in was nothing intentional. They did t know they Hil  Samaras did he plans to file a complain Wilb the coast guard about the ship which he said changed course and came Aboul i so Yards in front of the whale watching Charters