European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Bianca Kotowski salutatorian u m 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 Jef Brockmann valedictorian Ulm High school Germany a a a a a Quot the whole idea of that it s 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 behind Quot a Wayne Chambliss valedictorian Naples High school. Italy a a Quot in a interested in writing directing and producing Independent films. I Don t have1 any qualms about making a Little bit of Money at first i just want to make films and distribute them Quot he plans to major in european literature and cinematography at Stanford University calf. Terry Bates Wil Ryburg High school Germany Quot going Back to the states for school would be a total culture Shock for me. I m not d like to live there and i know i dont want to work there. I m going to stay Here arid mature Bates who has spent 16 of his 17 years in Germany is headed for the University of Maryland at Munich. A a Jason Clark Wurzburg High school Germany Quot Competition is pretty Steep and it s becoming More so in Law and government. But in 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. Ill 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 Wurzburg High school Germany Quot i cant wait to change environments meet new people and Start a new chapter of my Tracey Hoffman senior Dass president Wurzburg High school Germany a Quot with my mind full of scepticism but my heart full of optimism pm ready Quot to take on the world Quot in a excited and surprisingly not Sabrina Tatta Naples High school Italy i be never lived in the states. I m ready for a change. I m interested in seeing what it s really like in the by Jimi Jones education writer they re excited thrilled Happy and maybe just a bit frightened. ,. Americans leaving High schools in Europe this month have mixed emotions about graduation and a a a a. A a ,. Quot there is so much anxiety in the air Quot says Tracey Hoffman of Wurzburg High school in Germany. Quot Ono minute you re depressed because you re leaving and the next excited at All the new and different places. One Day it s maybe i m not going to graduate Quot and next Day its exhilarating because you know it s not just a dream it s really going to come some of have lived much of their lives on this Side of the Ocean. For those headed to stateside a colleges and universities starting anew far away from parents and friends is exciting. i be never lived in the states i was born at the a Frankfurt general Hospital Quot says Valerie Gordon a valedictorian of Hanau Germany High school s 125 graduates a it will be a whole new experience for me a a. She says a Chance Quot to mature to become Independent Quot a 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 Quot crowds and crime. L Hope it will be different Quot a. 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. A Quot in a kind of used to it since in be been living in the dorms in a practically on my own Quot says Cason who received an Roth scholarship and plans to go to Baylor University. A 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 on my own. For 19 years my parents have always been . About 55 percent of this years 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 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. A a a s just too far from Texas to Washington Quot instead Hanau s salutatorian will attend the Hampton Institute in Hampton. A. A. Many have definite goals and plans for their gives alter they have completed their studies. But the future Job Hunters Are not leaving the nest in naivete. They Rea a the current economic downturn is slowing prospects in Many career Fields and the future will not be ail Glamour and Bright lights. Ulm highs Kotowski plans to study business at Syracuse University in new York. However for financial reasons Quot to can t go to school right away so i go to the states in about a month to work and raise some extra to take on the business world As it stands today frightens me Quot Kotowski says. Quot jobs Are scarce i Wilt have to push myself take one step at a time and see How it _ some of the graduates like Gita Gidwani. Senior class a ice president and valedictorian of Wurzburg High school n Germany see their overseas upbringing As an asset. Quot i be been in Germany for 13 she says. Quot my m Ern Tiona experience and the travel i be done have drawn me toward. The economic aspect Quot of International business Gid am wit attend Georgetown University this fail studying International business and economics in the school s foreign service program Quot i have High goals a 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 Alt the Way Quot to Texas a amp a. Quot in be always been interested in working , it s. Just a super Field. You get to work with people find family backgrounds Quot she says. And it helps that Quot it s such a growing ultimately to like to open a Center that works soley with 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 senior and Start ail Over again. Wurzburg a Holfman is one of those who s Quot ready to be a freshman again to Start at the Bottom of the totem pole Quot. Contributing to Titi report staff writer Amy Geiszler Jones 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 senior to be 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 a. Seniors in unison moved their tassels from the left to. Right sides of their Capra a a a a. In final words. Gartner acknowledged their losing this is the last official function of Ulm american High school our history has been wonderful to now . That we Are closed we be met our final Gore wove closed with a a. A Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday june 12, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3
