dr. michael thompson, a psychologist and an author. he spent a lot of time studying the issues boys face in school. >> boys are not as wired as well for school as girls are. it's a harder fit for them, and it is right to middle school, because they're so much more physically active, they're so much more impulsive, and they want to be outside running around. >> and boys are more likely than girls to drop out before finishing high school. but schoolwork isn't the only challenge boys face in middle school. >> i really appreciate you coming to talk to me. >> to help us with this report, dr. thompson agreed to guide a discussion with some students from the masters school in dobbs ferry, new york. >> you guys are all in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade, right? >> all: yeah. >> all right. do you think of middle school as being a pretty tough time in your life? tougher than elementary? >> i feel that, during the middle-school years, socially, it gets a lot harder, but at the same time, it's getting academically harder, which puts more stress o

dr. coburn. john thompson nominated to be director of the census bureau has filed responses to a biographical and financial questionnaire. is answered prehearing questions submitted by our committee can have his financial statement review by the office of government ethics. without objection this information will be made part of the record. with the exception of the financial data which will be on fire -- file. our committee rules require mr. thompson as you may know that all witnesses at nomination hearing give their testimony under oath, and going to ask if you want to stand and raise your right hand and i will give this a shot. do you swear that the test when you're about to give to this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> all right, please be seated. >> i'm going to go ahead and ask you to share with those your statement and then have a couple of traditional questions that we always ask that are required by law and then we'll ask for general

dr. chris thompson from the university of san francisco. go, dons. 1855. i have not been there that long. i am in the department of exercise and sports science. i think it is a good match for me to be demonstrating the wii, which is a good physical activity. i am joined on the stage by a student, not from usf, but from san francisco state. we actually talk to each other. this is mackenna. >> good morning. >> finally, i am joined by alicia from the independent living center in san francisco. it is great for all of you to be here today. people will be trickling in over the next half hour. we will give you a taste of what wii is like. we have set up the game. i will start by playing mackeena in a game of tennis. the interesting thing about wii is we use this little remote. just by moving our arms, we can control movement on the screen. you will be watching up on the big screen as we play a game of tennis. are you ready? all right. we will select two players. that is me. does that look like me? it kind of those -- of does. does that look like mackenna? that is

. >> thompson: it was alzheimer's and a series of strokes that led to joan's death, according to dr. richard tindall, an expert witness for emeritus. >> the bedsores or decubiti did not contribute to her death. she's having more and more difficulty walking and moving. she doesn't want to get up on her leg. they interpreted it as a problem with the foot. in reality, it's paralysis of the leg. this is a stroke syndrome. she died because of her alzheimer's and stroke leading to a bedridden status and inability to take adequate nutrition and hydration, progressive dehydration, malnutrition, which then you stop breathing and you die. and that is, in fact, in a hospice situation how alzheimer's patients and severe stroke patients die. >> thompson: to counter the emeritus case, clement tapped one of the country's leading forensic geriatricians. >> the key record in this particular case is the description of the pressure ulcers that she acquired at emeritus. we have photographic evidence and we have measurements taken at the nursing home where she went, we have a very complete description of