European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A roller Coas 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 1 Illihi Fitim it it Jeff Brockmann valedictorian Ulm High school Germany. Quot the whole idea of graduating is that its the end saying goodbye to  Bruce Williams salutatorian Alconbury High school England Quot i m 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  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. In a not sure i d like to live there and i know i Don t want to work there. In a going to stay Here arid mature  Bates who has spent 16 Olheis 17 years in Germany is headed forthe University of Maryland at Munich. Jason Clark Wurzburg High school Germany Quot Competition is pretty Steep and its becoming More so in Law and government. But i be always been Able to take on challenges and most always succeeded t think i have a pretty Good Chance of doing  Clark plans to 7 study political science and Law at Stetson University in Florida. A amps photos by John Millar Gary Miller Amy Geiszler Jones and Michael Abramsky Jimi Jones education writer they re excited thrilled Happy a and maybe just a bit frightened. Americans leaving High schools in Europe this month have mixed emotions about graduation. And their futures. A 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 Jalall the new and different places. One Day it s a maybe in a not going to graduate and next Day it s exhilarating because you know it s not just a dream it s 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 a Quot i be never lived in the states. I was born at the Frankfurt general Hospital Quot says Valerie Gordon valedictorian of Hanau Germany High school s 125 graduates. Quot it will be a whole new experience for me Quot she says a Chance Quot to mature to become Independent a Blanca Kotowski Orfe of two salutatorian at Ulm High school in Germany plans to broaden her horizons in new York which she says Quot is scary in itself Quot a 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 a been a Quot dormie Quot at London Central High school one of two Atlantic Region schools in England with dormitories Quot in a kind of used to it since in 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 in a looking Forward to going off to College. I want to know what its like to be  own. For 19 years my parents have always been  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 is 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 to be stationed in Washington d c.,&Quot Latimer says. Quot it s just too far from. Texas to  instead Hanau a Saluta Tonan will attend the Hampton Institute in Hampton a. Many have definite goals and plans for their lives after they have completed their studies. But the future Job Hunters Are not leaving the nest in naivete. They realize Page 2 the stars and stripes