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ALISA HINES: FINDING A CAREER PATH IS STARTING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER;
WHICH IS WHY AUTRY TECH IN ENID HOLDS AN ANNUAL TEEN TOUR FOR STUDENTS
AGES 11 TO 14.
AND OUR KELA KELLN TAGGED ALONG FOR THIS YEAR'S TOUR.
[NATS: 3, 2, 1, GO]
KELA KELLN: IT'S BATTLING ROBOTS AT THE AUTRY TEEN TOUR IN ENID.
MELISSA JENLINK: AUTRY TEEN TOUR IS A WEEK LONG PROGRAM THAT WE RUN THREE
DIFFERENT WEEKS.
KELA: MELISSA JENLINK IS THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DIRECTOR AT
AUTRY TECHNOLOGY CENTER WHICH OFFERS A VARIETY OF CLASSES TO MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS.
MELISSA: FROM BUILD-A-BOT TO CULINARY TO GRAPHIC ARTS, MOTORCYCLES AND
MORE, AUTOMOTIVE, COLLISION, YOU NAME IT, IT'S PROBABLY OFFERED.
KELA: LEARNING TO COOK, WHILE MEETING NEW PEOPLE.
JOHN BENSON: THIS AUTRY CLASS HAS ALLOWED ME TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS.
MELISSA: THEY CAN COME INTO THE CULINARY CUISINE, EACH DAY THEY HAVE A
DIFFERENT ACTIVITY, WHETHER IT'S DECORATING A CAKE, MAKING PIZZA OR
LASAGNA; SO, THEY'RE LEARNING A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
KELA: STUDENTS ALSO LEARN TECHNICAL SKILLS, WHILE USING COMPUTERS, TO BUILD
ROBOTS.
NICK NAKVINDA: I LIKE LEGOS AND BUILDING ROBOTS; AND WE GET TO SUMO.
KELA: WHICH IS WHAT THEY CALL THIS.
[NATS: ROBOTS MOVING]
ROBOT SUMO IS A TOURNAMENT WHERE THE ROBOTS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD AND TRY TO
PUSH THE OTHER OUT OF THE RING; AND BUILD-A-BOT, BECOMES BATTLE-BOT.
[NATS: HE'S OUT, HE'S OUT]
NICK: IT'S PRETTY COOL WHEN YOU WIN, BUT WHEN YOU LOSE IT SUCKS.
MELISSA: THE STUDENTS COME IN AND THEY LOVE TO BE HERE; THEY'RE LEARNING,
BUT THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE THEY'RE LEARNING.
KELA: AND IF ROBOTS AREN'T YOUR THING, THERE IS ALWAYS MOTORCYCLES AND
LEARNING THE BASICS OF MECHANICS.
MELISSA: YOU GO DOWN TO THE AUTOMOTIVE OR THE MOTORCYCLES AND THEY'RE
LEARNING HOW TO CHANGE TIRES, THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF A
MOWER AND HOW TO SHARPEN THE BLADES IN AUTOMOTIVE, THEY LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY
A SPARK PLUG AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO FIX IT.
KELA: LEARNING NOT ONLY A SKILL, BUT EXPLORING A POSSIBLE CAREER.
MELISSA: WE LIKE TO INTRODUCE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AT A YOUNG AGE SO
THAT THEY CAN BECOME FAMILIAR WITH WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
WE ARE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, THE
PEOPLE, THE STUDENTS, THE INDUSTRIES; WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM GROW AND DEVELOP
AS INDIVIDUALS, AS BUSINESSES, AND AS A COMMUNITY.
[NATS: IT LOOKS GOOD; ALRIGHT, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?]