European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Bianca Kotowski salutatorian Ulm High school Germany Quot my lifetime ambition is to finish College become successful in business Settle Down and have a family and be a roller coaster of emotions Jeff Brockmann valedictorian Ulm High school Germany Quot the whole idea of graduating is that its the end saying goodbye to Bruce William salutatorian Alconbury High school England Quot in a ready but. I d rather spend another year in High school actually. I m close to my family. My brother is like my Best Friend. Leaving them is going to be like leaving everything behind two years in a Row. When i moved Here last year i had to leave everyone else behind. Now when i leave this year i m leaving my family behind Quot a Wayne Chambliss valedictorian Naples High school Italy Quot in a interested in writing directing and producing Independent films. I done to have any qualms about making a Little bit of Money at first. I just want to make films and distribute he plans to major in european literature and cinematography at Stanford University calf. Terry Bates Wurzburg High school Germany Quot going Back to the states for school would be a total culture Shock for me. I m not sure to like to live there and i know i Don t want to work there. I m going to stay Here and mature Bates who has spent 16 of his 17 years in Germany is headed for the University of Maryland at Munich. Jason Clark Wurzburg High school Germany Quot Competition is pretty Steep and it s becoming More so in Law and government. But i be always been Able to take on challenges and most always succeeded. I think i have a pretty Good Chance of doing Well Quot Clark plans to study political science and Law at Stetson University in Florida. A amps photos by John Millar Gary Miller Amy Geszler Jones and Michael Abrams Jason Frasher salutatorian Naples High school Italy Quot it s a Little intimidating. Living with your parents you be got them to fall Back on. I la be on my own for the first time. But i m looking Forward to Little bit scared but i think i la do Gita Gidwani valedictorian Wurzburg High school Germany Quot i cant wait to change environments meet new people and Start a new chapter of my Tracey Hoffman senior class president Wurzburg High school Germany Quot with my mind full of scepticism but my heart full of optimism i m ready Quot to take on the world. Quot i m excited and surprisingly not Sabrina Tatta Naples High school Italy. Quot i be never lived in the states. I m ready for a change. I m interested in seeing what its really like in the a by Jimi Jones education writer they re excited thrilled Happy a and maybe just a bit frightened. A. Americans leaving High schools in Europe this month have mixed emotions about graduation and their futures Quot there is so much anxiety in the air Quot says Tracey Hoffman of Wurzburg High school in Germany. Quot one minute you re depressed because you re leaving and the next excited at All the new and different places. One Day it s maybe in a not going to graduate and next Day it s exhilarating because you know its not just a a dream its really going to come some of the graduates have lived much of their lives on this Side of the Ocean. For those headed to stateside colleges and universities starting anew far away from parents and friends is exciting. Quot i be never lived in the states. I was born at the a Frankfurt general Hospital Quot says Valerie Gordon valedictorian of Hanau Germany High schools 125 graduates. Quot it will be a whole new experience for me Quot she says a Chance Quot to mature to become Bianca Kotowski one of two salutatorian at Ulm High school in Germany plans to broaden her horizons in new York which she says Quot is scary in . Quot i Don t know what to expect. I picture a lot of Hustle crowds and crime i Hope it will be for Randy Cason Independence is not new. For the past two years he s been a Quot dormie Quot at London Central High school one of two Atlantic Region schools in. England with dormitories. Quot i m kind of used to it since i be been living in the dorms. I m practically on my own Quot says Cason who received an Roth scholarship and plans to go to Baylor University. But Christy Bouslog a senior at Alfred t. Mahan High school in Nas Kef Lavik Iceland has Quot never been anywhere by myself except on Spring break to tour the University of Kentucky. But i m looking Forward to going off to College. I want to know what it s like to be on my own. For 19 years my parents have always been there about 55 percent of this year s More than 3,500 department of defense dependents schools graduates in Europe have indicated their intent to attend either a two or four year Institute of higher learning. Yvonne Latimer from Hanau High school Germany intent on becoming a doctor but the thought of too Many Miles Between her and her family changed her mind about the University she will attend. Quot i wanted to go to Baylor in Texas but my father found out he was going be stationed in Washington dc.,&Quot Latimer says it s too far from Texas to Washington Quot instead Hanau s salutatorian will attend the Hampton Institute in a Quot c a. Many have definite goals and plans for their lives a Quot they have completed their studies. But the future ,00 Hunters Are not leaving the nest in naivete they res s is St the current economic downturn is slowing prospects in Many career Fields and the future will not be All Glamour and Bright lights. Ulm High s Kotowski plans to study business at Syracuse University in new York. However for financial reasons Quot i can t go to school right away so i go to the states in about a month to work and raise some extra n Coney Quot to take on the business world As it stands today frightens me a Kotowski says. Quot jobs Are scarce i will to push myself take one step at a time and see How. Goes some of the graduates be Gita sen or class a of president Ana of Wurzburg High school Germany see the r overseas upbringing As an asset be been m Germany for 13 years Quot she says my Quot tem Tiona and me travel i be done me d me economic aspect of Dema Onat bus Ness g Abend George this fail study no item atone flu mess a to is n of St be by Quot i have High she says. Quot i Hope some Day to work in foreign service or maybe for some multinational where most teen agers display posters of their favorite athlete or Rock Star Wurzburg s Kate Trombley displays a genetic code poster. In Pursuit of biomedical and electrical engineering dual majors Trombley says she is going Quot aggie All the Way Quot to Texas a amp a. Quot in be always been interested in working with Dan. It s just a super Field. You get to work with people find family backgrounds a she says and it helps that Quot it s such a growing Field Quot ultimately Quot i d like to open a Center that works soley sch the genetic Structure getting rid of All the Little kinks Quot but before the careers those heading off to College must give up the Confidence that comes with being a and s Art ail Over again Wurzburg s Hoffman is one of those who s ready to be a freshman again to Start at me Bottom of the totem pole Quot contributing to Thi report staff writer Amy Geizler Jonee in England Ulm continued from Page 1 daughter Darya were among the 32 graduates present for the ceremony. As the last student prepared to walk across the stage principal Gartner Drew a deep breath and called Brockmann a name a the last american a senior to be handed a diploma from Ulm High just before the class left the stage to carry out the traditional Cap toss the crowd roared once again As the seniors in unison moved their tassels from the left to right sides of their Caps a in final words Gartner acknowledged the closing this is the last official function of Ulm american High school our history has been wonderful we now fatso the reality that we Are closed we be met our final of we be dosed with class Quot. \ Page 2 a the stars and stripes wednes-3 /. June 12. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3
