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I wish I would have had
something like this when

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I was in high school.

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It would have just given
me a better jumpstart

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to know what I
really want to do.

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It's helped me pursue the
career and get a head start,

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because I worked at a clinic and
I got the job at 16 years old

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through the program.

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And you don't see any assistants
at 16 working at an office.

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It helps me get a
head start, and know

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what I want to do, and learn
about the many different

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careers.

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The dental assisting
program is a introduction

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to the dental field and we
are a very hands-on program.

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They can go on to
dental hygiene,

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become a dentist, business
office, lab technician.

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Anything in the dental
field, the students

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have that great foundation
that they can go on

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to pursue their dreams.

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I never knew what a
hygienist was up until I

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got into this program.

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And I was like, this
is what I want to do.

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It really cleared my
pathway where it was like,

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I know what I want.

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I know what I'm going to
do when I get to college.

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I know what I want
after college and I know

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how I'm going to pay it off.

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I really planned my future
after I got into PSSC.

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The community here, they want
to be here and help us out.

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It's not only my teacher,
my instructor helping me,

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but other staff members
have also helped me out.

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And they have helped
guide my next steps

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after leaving the program.

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