European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes education wednesday Jure 8,1934 Fulda High teacher wins Fellowship from group by the stars and stripes Washington a a teacher at Fulda High school in Germany has been awarded a Fellowship by the James Madison memorial Fellowship foundation. Julia b. Olvera a native of Arlington Texas was among 61 teachers who received fellowships in 1994. The fellowships support the further study of american history by experienced teachers of american history government and social studies in the nations secondary schools. They also Aid College graduates who aspire to become secondary school teachers of the same subjects. The Fellowship will fund up to $24,000 of Olveraa a course of study toward a masters degree. That program must include a concentration of courses on the history and principles of the . Constitution the Fellowship requires its recipient to teach american history or social studies in a secondary school for at least one year for each year of Fellowship support. In Ciurlik senior honoured in Ciurlik a Turkey a a graduating senior at in Ciurlik High school has been granted a $1,000 National principals leadership award. Koray Bulut incur like a 1994 senior class salutatorian competed against 6,500 school winners from throughout the United states for one of 150 awards. The Grants Are awarded by the National association of secondary school principals and Herff Jones inc. Nominated by principals winners Are selected a a based on their participation in service organizations clubs and athletics achievement in the arts and sciences employment experience and academic standing. An essay on personal leadership style and its development through student activities also was required., Bulut is the son of educators Mustafa and Patricia Bulut. He plans to attend Carleton University in Northfield minn., to study International relations. Graduation planned Hanau Germany a City colleges of Chicago will hold its commencement ceremony at 2 . June 18 at Wiesbaden Abs officers club. The guest speaker is aryan Sweeney Deputy director of the department of defense dependents schools Germany Region. Students who have received a certificate or degree within the 1993-94 academic year Are invited to bring guests. City colleges officials expect 20 to 30 of this years 250 graduates to attend the ceremony. Many have moved to the states with new assignments while others Are located in outlying areas officials said. Video games harm pupils teachers say London up a violent computer games Are impairing the ability of British children to concentrate in class and Are fueling aggression according to a nationwide teachers Survey. The professional association of teachers has called for tougher controls after its Survey of More than 800 members found that children faced a troubling exposure to on screen adult entertainment. A the Impact of violent and sexually explicit material is far More widespread than was previously thought a said Jackie Miller the association s Deputy Secretary general and author of the report. The Survey found that 77 percent of secondary school teachers thought children were being a desensitized to violence a and choosing to glorify1 and mimic violent activity while they Are on the playground. Many teachers polled also complained that children were easily bored and uninterested in activities other than the fantasies they played out from games or films. More than 90 percent of teachers questioned said that their pupils had easy and regular Access to violent computer games or videos and that outlets flouted Laws restricting their availability. A amps Joseph own an armful in of Louise who lives in Robert Hanks classroom at Patch High school does no to bother loth grader Blair Dunn it s a i out at in s science by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Stuttgart Germany a seventh grader Rachel Laird sometimes finds it hard to focus on her studies with a 7-foot Boa Constrictor peeking Over her shoulder. A a done to like sitting in front of the big Snake. In a afraid it will jump out of the Glass a she said. Louise a the Snake a  do that. She does no to jump. Even if she did she  be a threat. Her weekly diet consists of a single whits rat. When Rachel a fellow pupils at Patch High school remove Louise from her tank she just slithers contentedly up and Down their arms. Louise is the largest of three snakes in science teacher Robert Hanks unusual classroom. A Ball Python and a California King Snake round out the Snake collection. All the snakes Are benign but you can to say that about Hanks Bird an impudent female Myna named Ernie. While Hanks ran a slide show about heredity one Day last week Ernie punctuated the delivery with Wolf. Whistles loud meows violent coughs and High pitched chirping. Later she kept Yelling a Charles Darwin a occasionally she tells people to go Forth and multiply although her Choice of words is a lot racier. A when in a Boring she picks up the Slack a Hanks said of his 11-month-old pint size heckler. Visitors eventually ignore Ernie a when they notice Hanks Tarantula. Or his scorpion piranhas or mice or his mutant fish. One constantly seems to be trying to swim to the beat of Chubby checkers the twist another has eyes shaped like inverted buckets. A a axolotl and a Ucac Ciliano May sound like characters in a greek tragedy but they re really amphibians. Hanks has one of each. He also has Central american Cave cockroaches which when their cat food gets Bland Start eating each other. It s biology right in your face Man a a it a pretty Cool. I brought my mom Here and she thinks its Cool too a Rachel said. A it adds to the excitement. Its just different and it fits or. Hanks personality a said senior Jeremy Hancock. A whenever we talked about Anatomy we looked at  the transparent fins allow the pupils to study the fishes blood vessels. Jeremy likes to Stop by after classes to talk to Hanks and to visit his to o chinchillas. Hanks 59, a grass Valley calif., native teaches science to Junior High school pupils and biology at the High school level. He has taught at Patch since the school opened in 1979, and in department of defense dependents schools for 24 years. He always has kept animals at Patch but the menagerie represents a great contradiction for him. A it does no to look like it but i really have a problem with putting animals in cages a he said explaining that the ones he keeps usually Are domesticated creatures that could not Surv Ive in the w ild. Is amps Joseph Owen Patch loth grader scan Morse says scorpions a Are not very aggressive at ally a and Lucky for him. They probably Don t mind. Stepping into the room you might think you already were in the wild. The animals and several Large plants have claimed whatever Wall space Isnit occupied by Large scale cutaway plastic Frog models or enlarged far Side cartoons. Even Hanks clothing has a zoological Motif. What e interviewed recently he was wearing a tie with purple pigs on it. Most zoos Are just gearing up for their Busy season but Hanks is preparing to close his for the summer tie and his pupils will drop in regularly to feed the animals and clean out their cages but for the most part Louise and her scuttling slithering or chirping colleagues Are off duty until school reopens. J Hanks has sent at least one animal into exile. He gave a 13-foot Indian Python named to the Stuttgart zoo. It had become too big to fun in is tank but that Wasny to the main reason. A she finally reached the Point where she was rabbits a Hanks said adding sheepishly a a in a 0 j