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my name is

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Caleb Higgins and I go to McLoud High School.

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My career plans after this, I plan on going to

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the EMT program. Mr. T is helping 

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me get this scholarship, and then after that I'm planning

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on being a firefighter, and going to OSU OKC

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firefighting program. Hi my name is Ryann

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Whitnah I go to Wellston High School. My career

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plans are to go into the field of forensics, and get

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a job as a forensic psychologist. I decided to come to Gordon

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Cooper because of this program. This program had

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everything I wanted, and I've

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seen that. A typical day in our program;

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we start out usually with uniforms

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twice a week, and

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then we do PT, and then after

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that will do our academics. Hi

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I'm Matthew Bottoms I go to Strother High School. I'm

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currently a private first-class in the Oklahoma Army National

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Guard, as well as a volunteer firefighter with the Strother

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Volunteer Fire Department and work as an unarmed

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private security officer. My future

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plans are to get into the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. I

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decided to come to Gordon Cooper because I wanted to

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get into shape for the military as well as prepare

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myself for a career in law enforcement. My

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name is Kendra Perrien and I go to McLoud High School. My career

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plan for after Gordon Cooper is to

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apply for the Naval Academy, and hopefully get in, and then I

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want to go through Aviation, and hopefully in the end run

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be a fighter jet pilot. I'd

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tell somebody that you don't have to be in the best shape,

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we have people that come in here, I came in here

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way overweight, and I lost the

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weight. We will get you there. I think Gordon

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Cooper can help me reach those career goals because this provides a

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lot of structure, and it makes you have like a day-to-day routine.

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I think that's always good, especially for the military because they're very

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strict, and you have to go according to

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how they want to, by the book, and I think this structure

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is good for that. My favorite part of the program has honestly

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been the family aspect, and really the

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connections that you make here. To learn more about Gordon Cooper

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Technology Center visit gctech.edu.