Kids Talk About College
The Oklahoma College Savings Plan (OCSP) and GAP stores in Oklahoma asked children in Oklahoma for their opinions on college and preparation for higher education. We had a tremendous reponse to our questionnaire.
Here's a sampling of responses to our question, "I think going to college will help me because...":
| Help me be a better person and an education will increase my opportunity to get a better job. | Johnathan T. 5th Edmond |
| Help me learn new stuff. | Jacob Kindergarten Oklahoma City |
| I want to be a teacher and you have to go to college to be a teacher. | Zipporah 5th |
| You can learn how to be stuff like an animal doctor. | Anna 2nd Woodward |
| It will help me get a good job | Mason 5th Valliant |
| I want to learn to be an animal feeder | Tyler Kindergarten Edmond |
| I can drive trains around the world | Reid Kindergarten Edmond |
| I want to make good money. | Braiden 5th Glencoe |
| I want to be a vet | Ryan Kindergarten Morris |
| I can learn how to be a doctor to help animals. | Jillian 3rd |
| So I can get a good education and get the job of my dreams | Jordyn 5th Hominy |
| You will learn more things about many different things. | Bryce 4th Guthrie |
| I need to know a lot of things when I grow up and get a job. | Joey 3rd |
| I'll learn more and get a job. | Peyton 2nd |
| I think college will make me smarter. | Preston 2nd |
| To learn how to be a teacher and it gets you smarter. | Kinzie 1st Depew |
| So I'll learn. So I can teach and listen and learn and have a good time with like... Krisha. I have a crush on Krisha. Cause she looks cute and when I see her I'm like wow. | Cade Kindergarten Depew |
| I want to be a cooker and they can teach me not to burn things!! | Ashlynn Kindergarten Lindsay |
| I want to learn all I can about music. I love music, and I want to be as smart as I can. I really love school. | JADA 4th Enid |
| I will be able to go to school and learn stuff to help me with a job. | Piper 4th Enid |
| It'll help me learn more and I'll have more education. | Chaney 3rd Enid |
| It will help me get an education for a job. | Eric 5th Edmond |
| It will improve my drawing skills. | Justin 4th Minco |
| I am smart but I like to learn a lot of things. I want to be a nurse like my mom. But I am also interested in art. My mom and dad have 4 kids and college is very expensive. We need all of the help we can get to pay for our college. | Gabriella 5th CHOCTAW |
| I need to learn more stuff so I can be a nurse like my mom. | Maribel 2nd CHOCTAW |
| I will be more knowledgeable and get a better job | Nickolas 5th Apache |
| I can become a builder and build lots of cool things and make money. | Jake 2nd Prague |
| I can learn my extra stuff and I can get a better job that way and if I take a really good college then I can take a really good job and I can get a lot of degrees and sports and be on TV! | Lauren 3rd |
| I cannot be a vet without going to college. | Morgan 5th Newalla |
| It will help me be better in football. To be responsible. Be smarter to meet new friends. | Bryce 5th Lawton |
| To learn to read and be smart.... | Jewel 2nd Sperry |
| It would help you for not getting in trouble, and with numbers and the days of the week. And that's it! | Hope Kindergarten Sperry |
| It only takes 4 days. | connor Kindergarten Edmond |
| It's good to be smart and it helps pay for a wife. | Zack 5th Edmond |
| I want to have a good future. | Jonathon 1st El Reno |
| I will learn stuff. | Ella 1st |
| I want a good job. | Maddie 4th Bentonville |
| It will make me smart. | Alexandra Kindergarten |
| It will help get money to buy things. | Peter 1st |
| To learn more | Noah 1st Glenpool |
| To get a good job. | Caitlin 4th |
| You can t get anywhere in life without a good education. | Kylie 5th |
| I'm smart. | Maggie 1st |
| To help me work at McDonald s and to help me learn what I need to do when I grow up. | Gavon 3rd Woodward |
| I am getting an education that is needed for a good job. | Daisy 5th Claremore |
| It will make me even more smarter. | Steven 2nd Shawnee |
| Get smarter and play football at OU. | Jackson Kindergarten Edmond |
| I will be able to work at the zoo and actually take care of the animals. | William Alex 2nd |
| It makes you smarter and you can get more money if you go to college. And would also want to be a Doctor and have a nice house. | Abigail 4th Okc |
| I want to own a restaurant. | annika 4th Norman |
| I need to be smart. | Zorion Kindergarten Norman |
| I want to be an army/fireman/police man. I will be a better army/fireman/policeman if I go to college. | Riley 2nd Oklahoma City |
| It will help me grow my mind into something wonderful. | Maya 3rd Oklahoma City |
| It's fun. It helps you learns more. It will help you do more and help you make some more stuff. | Hailee 1st Bristow |
| Happier job better education. | rylea 5th |
| Because I need money to become a cheerleader like my aunt b and so I can go shopping all the time. | Peyton Kindergarten Okmulgee |
| I don't know so you can get smarter. | Jon 5th Glenpool |
| I will get a job and have a home, a car, and lots of money...and a girlfriend. | LUKE 2nd BRISTOW |
| I can get a degree there so I can get a job! | C. 3rd |
| I will help me to get a better paying job and I can take care of my momma. | Gabrial 4th Oklahoma City |
| It will make me smarter so I can get a wife and a son. And help get me a job with lots of money. | Gage 1st Apache |
| I want to be a physicist and a dog trainer. | Angus 2nd Bristow |
| It'll help me to get grown up. | Bray Kindergarten |
| It will make me smart. | Morgan 2nd Owasso |
| I will be very smart. | Emerson 3rd |
| To be a good worker. | Landon Kindergarten Hulbert |
| I will be a better person who can help others and I will have more opportunities in my future and may my country a better place | Mario 5th Okc |
| I WILL BETTER PERSON AND WILL HAVE A BETTER FUTURE AND HAVE MONEY TO ENJOY A GOOD LIFE WITH MY FAMILY | Diego 3rd OKC |
| It will help me to get a good job. | Rayven 3rd Hominy |
| I want to be a zoo vet and you must be a Dr. to do that. | Cambrie 4th |
| I CAN GET A REALLY GOOD JOB YOU KNOW SO I CAN BE A MONSTER TRUCK DRIVER. | ASHTON 1st ENID |
| It gives me the education I need to get the job I want to have. | Madalyn 4th |
| It will help me learn more. | Abigail 1st |
| I'll get smarter and the smarter I get the harder I'll work. | Zoe 2nd Oklahoma City |
| So you can get smart. | Presley Kindergarten Oklahoma City |
| It'll make me better for what I want to do it life. | bryson 4th |
| College means a lot to me. It will fulfill my dreams in the near future and college will help me strive to reach my life goals. | Ryan 5th Oklahoma City |
| College will help me learn how to be a princess. I need to know how to talk like a princess and carry a wand and how to dress. I also want to be a mommy and school helps that. | Hayli Kindergarten |
| I think I might like it. | Braden 3rd |
| It will help me become a better man. | Tyler 3rd |
| It will help you know what job you want and it is a wonderful experience. | Trinity 2nd Enid |
| Wait... Does college have dancing cause that's what I want to do!?!?!? | Nevaeh 2nd Enid |
| I want to be in the army. | Jake 1st Enid |
| It will make me smarter. I will have a chance to grow up and chose a job. | Luke 4th Enid |
| I'll find a really neat job and something I'll like. | Rayanna 3rd Miami |
| I want to learn to be a doctor and teacher. | Kalista 4th Enid |
| It willgive me a good job when I am older. | Jacob 3rd Guthrie |
| It will give more options for a better paying job. | Ebonee 5th Enid |
| I don't want to scoop poop for the rest of my life. | Laurel 3rd OKC |
| Grandma says I have to go to college. | Jayden 5th |
| College will help me be smart and write my name neat. | aleksei 1st Bristow |
| It will help me get a good job a nice house a nice car and a I want a degree and I want to make my momma proud. | Gavin 4th Enid |
| I will have a better education and living. | Stephanie 5th Ardmore |
| It is healthy and its fun! | Aubree Kindergarten Hominy |
| Learn about jobs and how they work. | Ethan 2nd |
| It's great and I want to learn more. I want to learn more so I can be a doctor. | Phoenix 1st Shawnee |
| IT WILL HELP ME STAY OUT OF TROUBLE. I WILL LEARN HOW TO BECOME SMART AND INTELLIGENT. I WILL GROW UP TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. | Malik 3rd OKLAHOMA CITY |
| I will be able to have a better life. | Micheal 5th Iron |
| Everyone tells me I can be anything I want to be and I want to work with my Mom in the funeral home. She had to go to college for that. | Logan 4th Enid |
| Dad told me you have to go there if you want to be an astronaut. | Jace 1st Enid |
| I can build a house 20 stories with a water slide that goes in and out of the house and a zip line and an indoor pool and diving board all the way down and an outdoor pool and an elevator and stairs. | Olivia 2nd Maysville |
| I can learn. | Nathan Kindergarten |
| I will learn more. | Emma 3rd Oklahoma City |
| I have to go to college before I can get married or have a boyfriend. | Brendaya Kindergarten Edmond |
| So I can learn a lot & get a good job and have a successful life. | Cameron 3rd Owasso |
| It will help me. | Caitlin 3rd Owasso |
| I will learn lots of new things that even my teacher don't know and that would be nice. | patrick 3rd Hulbert |
| I can learn more about being a kid's book writer. | Jonas 3rd |
| I want to be a dentist and a CIA guy. | Eli 2nd |
| I can get a better job. | April 4th Enid |
| I can study to be anything I want to be! | April 3rd Enid |
| So I can get smarter and be better at my job. | Rogelio 3rd Enid |
| To learn stuff for a really good job. | Jose 2nd Enid |
| To help you learn about the things you want to be when you grow up. | Guadalupe Pita 4th Enid |
| Help me learn. To be able to teach a school. I am going to be everything. I will start when I'm 6. | John Daniel Kindergarten SHAWNEE |
| I need a job and I want to be a dolphin trainer. It's a place where you learn very important stuff. | Easton 4th Shawnee |
| Many jobs require a degree and education is the ticket to a good life! | Dawson 5th Ponca City |
| I will learn how to do more stuff and engineering. | Steven 4th Yukon |
| I am not very good with subtraction. | Bryce 3rd Kellyville |
| Because I think it's going to be good for me and help me grow up. | Casey Kindergarten |
| To learn about stuff I haven't heard of. | Madigan 3rd Edmond |
| It will make me smarter. | Eden 3rd |
| To help me learn to spell words & read. | Sydni Kindergarten Ponca City |
| I can get an easy job. | Shelbi 4th Ponca City |
| Umm.... *shoulder shrug* | Chloe 1st Enid |
| Uhhhhh that's a hard question! *giggle* I don't know. | Lilian 3rd |
| I will be able to get a good job and make money to buy a house and a horse. | Shelby 5th Elk City |
| I will get a job that pays good money so I can buy stuff I want. | Dalton 4th Elk City |
| You can really have fun. | Jacob Kindergarten Mounds |
| To learn something for me to be when I grow up. | Timothy 2nd Ponca City |
| Learning umm learning math and writing good. | Courtney 1st |
| I want to be a vet and go to a good school. | Gabrielle 5th Owasso |
| It's so good. | Vincent 1st Enid |
| It will help me get a higher learning skill and will help me get a good job so I can have money. | Taylor 4th Ponca City |
| I will be a better reader and writer. | Megan 2nd Hulbert |
| I will be smart and learn. | john Kindergarten Hulbert |
| I want to have a job and make lots of money. | taylor 4th Glenpool |
| I don't know. | Lukan Kindergarten Miami |
| U get smart!!! | Ava Kindergarten Miami |
| IT WILL HELP ME LEARN BETTER. | ALEXIA 4th HULBERT |
| I LIKE STUFF. | NATHEN Kindergarten HULBERT |
| I want to be a veterinarian because I love animals. | Breanna 3rd Turpin |
| I am not really sure what I want to be when I grow up but I do want to go to college so I can get a good job | Justin 4th Turpin |
| It will help me get out of my hometown and lots of money and get a job. | raiden 1st Carter |
| It will make me smarter. | Issac 4th Miami |
| Because I want to be a Teacher so I will have to go to college so I can learn all the stuff Mrs. Darnell knows. | Attalie 2nd Miami |
| It will make me smarter and get me ready to be grownup. My mom tells me all the time that she wants me to get a good job that not only makes a lot of money but makes me happy to go every day. I want to be able to take care of my mom like she takes care of me. | emily 4th Sapulpa |
| To help animals feel better. | Jadyn 2nd |
| She will be able to be what she wants to be instead of dream about it. | natalie 2nd Miami |
| It will help me learn more and I will be a better smarter person. It will help me get a better job so I can earn money for the things I absolutely need. | Lily 3rd Miami |
| I am a smart kid. It will make me better at football and make me smarter. | Preston 2nd Claremore |
| It will help me don't get in jail. | Shelby Kindergarten Hollis |
| Hard question. By making me learn more. I just guessed. I know I don't like it. It will help me learn and get smarter. | Brenden 2nd Cache |
| Because we can get drinks and we can buy drinks anywhere and we can drive a car. My teacher has a swim thing but we can't do it but we can't do it because we aren't ready. Can we paint? | Adam Kindergarten |
| I think it will help me because I will be able to get a good job and education. | Brodie 4th Ponca City |
| I want to be an animal scientist and an artist I know college will give me a higher education for a high paying job. | Jacob 5th Hollis |
| We can learn a lot of stuff | Karai 1st Hollis |
| We will learn more stuff than other grades. | Kielah 3rd Hollis |
| You can go somewhere and do your job. | Landon Kindergarten Hollis |
| It will help me learn and help me learn about animals and stuff. | Brooklyn Kindergarten El Reno |
| Because it has a good school and has a great music room, everything is perfect and that's how it will help me. | anna 1st Miami |
| My grandmother says you need a college education to get a good job. | Robert 5th Miami |
| It will teach me how to do my job when I'm big. | trenton 3rd Manchester |
| I have to go to college to be a nurse like my aunt mo. | addison 4th Manchester |
| Get a job and make money. | Ava 2nd |
| So I can learn to do the job I want to be. | Koby 3rd Ponca City |
| I'll be old enough. | Jackson Kindergarten |
| I want to be a football coach and teacher. | Nathan 4th Weatherford |
| OU needs me cause I mean and tough and going to play OU football. I love OU #1. | LANDON 2nd BROKEN ARROW |
| I'm smart and love to go to school I want to go to OU college and be a coach like bob stoops and play like Sam Bradford and the mustache player now. | LOGAN 3rd BROKEN ARROW |
| I want to be a cop. | Braylen Kindergarten Hollis |
| It will help me learn to be a cop. | Alexander Blake 1st Hollis |
| Hmmm because it's good grades. | Todd 1st Miami |
| Because it gets you money and gets good works. | Trevor Kindergarten Miami |
| Um they show us how to drive a jet they show us how to drive a train and they show us how to drive a rocket up into space. At college I will learn to be a paleontologist. | Owen Kindergarten Yukon |
| To help me find a job to earn money. | Colton 5th Weatherford |
| I want to be a teacher. | Ashtyn 1st Weatherford |
| I am smart. | Carson Kindergarten Weatherford |
| So I can learn how to do things even though I don't know what I want to do when I grow up. | nathan 2nd Ardmore |
| I want to be like my mommy and daddy. | Luke Kindergarten Shawnee |
| I love to learn and I know my parents went to school for a long time. | Noah 3rd Shawnee |
| It will help me be smarter. And play football better! | hayden 3rd Ponca |
| I want to be an architect or a lawyer and I know I have to go to school for all of that. | Michael 5th Erick |
| I can get a better job make more $ etc. | brilie Kindergarten Ponca City |
| To learn and get smarter. | Dominic 5th Sperry |
| It will make me smarter and a better person and better in life. | Jordan 4th Miami |
| Five thousand dollars per year. | Trenton 2nd Enid |
| I can get a good education from it. Buy a car, have a family and a nice house. And a job that I will like doing. | Jesus 4th |
| It will help me with my interpreting career and help me find a better job. | Amanda 5th Enid |
| It will help me learn more and I can have more work. | Julianna 1st Bartlesville |
| It will get me a good job. | Colton 3rd |
| Learn more and be smarter. | Cody 3rd |
| Doing good and be special. | Kenneth Kindergarten |
| I'll be smart and when I'm smart I'll get a lot of money to buy a house and get a family and also get a job. | Jordan Kindergarten |
| I will need a job. | colten 4th Midwest City |
| I'll be smart. | Sophia 2nd Edmond |
| I can learn to be something. | Malorie 4th Turpin |
| It will help me learn. | Adam 1st Oklahoma City |
| It will supply me with more knowledge. | Angie Nguyen 4th Oklahoma |
| I can read "the" and learn my letters. | nathan Kindergarten |
| Because I will be smart. | Seth 2nd Bristow |
| I will learn more things. | Taylor 4th Shattuck |
| I am special because I will learn there. I think it will make me think more and everything else. | Whitney Kindergarten Miam |
| Because I will learn stuff I will know all kinds of stuff. | Joe Kindergarten Hominy |
| I'll be good at stuff. | Erin 1st |
| It s going to make me know good stuff. | Kimberlyn Kindergarten |
| I really want a good job and I really want to be good at it and I want to be a really good veterinarian. | Jessica 3rd |
| I want to learn more and have a job. | Ethan 3rd |
| To a really awesome job lot of money and so I can do a music career. | Angel 5th Ponca City |
| I want to do art. | rosie 1st Tulsa |
| If I want to be a radiation oncologist someday I will have to go to college. | Abby 5th |
| Vets need lots of school to be good at their jobs to help everyone's pets. | Michal 3rd |
| I want to specialize in something fun and not boring and obtain a well rounded education. | Will 4th Owasso |
| To get a better job. | Gentry 3rd Bixby |
| I love to learn new things and want to be a super hero. I want to help other people. | Harrison 2nd Tulsa |
| In college you learn lots of new things & it goes on for 4 yrs & there's a program in the summer you can do college in the summer. That's good too. | Rex 2nd |
| My mom told me college is the best time of your life and one time a man told me I was going to be a doctor. I am not sure if that is really true but if it is college will help me cause if I really am going to be a doctor I will need to learn how to take care of people and do all those things doctors do. | Kate 4th Tulsa |
| I will get smarter and have a job. | Sophie 2nd Guthrie |
| I can learn how to be a scientist. I can also go to football and basketball games whenever I want. | Nicholas 4th Oklahoma City |
| So I can be an architect. | Colby 2nd |
| To get smarter. | Lina 2nd |
| It will help me be smarter and learn. I want to have the best job to make the most money. | Lena 1st Arnett |
| It will help me get a good career. | maren 4th |
| I think I will get more job applications if I have a college degree. Cause some places don't hire people without college degrees. | Elijah 5th Sand Springs |
| I'm smart and intelligent. | Brenna 2nd Broken Arrow |
| It will make me starter and help me get a job. | Sydney 5th Bartlesville |
| I can learn a lot or it could be just for the fun. | Benjamin 2nd Tishomingo |
| I can get a better job. | David 5th Inola |
| It will help me learn more about stuff that I need to know. | Rebecca 3rd Inola |
| Because I learn like good math it will help me get higher grades and do better writing and spelling. | Joshua 1st Inola |
| Because you learn to do stuff. | Alexander 2nd Tulsa |
| To get a good job. | Jonah 4th Norman |
| It will help me get a good job and that will help me have a great life. | Isabella 5th Edmond |
| I want to become a doctor then become a medical researcher so I can find a cure for cancer. | Thalia Kindergarten Okc |
| It is for me... To learn...I hope...that's it...it mum....it will make you be nice...it can make you a good friend. | cody Kindergarten Lawton |
| It helped my mom and dad have good jobs and it will help me get a good job like my mom and dad. | Amber 4th |
| It helps you to get better job. My parents have a collage degree. To buy big house and Big car you need better job. For better job you need to go to college. | Harsh 3rd |
| I want to be a horse trainer! | Reeve Kindergarten Locust Grove |
| I'll get a better job. | olivia 5th |
| I can be a doctor. | Jenna 1st Edmond |
| It will help me get smarter for one thing. It will help me get a job better. | Abby 2nd Tulsa |
| So I can be who I want to be. | jacob 2nd |
| It's fun. | Don Kindergarten |
| I love school and I can be there forever. | Claire Kindergarten |
| High school's not enough | Lillian 5th Durant |
| I want to be smart and I can live with all of my friends. | harper Kindergarten |
| I want to further my education and become a ninja. | ethan 4th Mcalester |
| It will make me smarter and allow me to get a job and get rich. | Derek 2nd |
| I want to further my education and I want to be a princess | ANNA 4th Mcalester |
| I am smart. And it will help me find a job. | Taylor 2nd Mcloud |
| I want to make to be able to have a good job where I make a lot of money. | Jett 4th Weatherford |
| I want to make my own video games for my play station. | Dalton 4th Frederick |
| It will make me smarter. | Colton 1st |
| It will make me smarter. | Rylan 2nd Amber |
| It helped my Mom and Dad. | Dalton Kindergarten Amber |
| So I don't have to work as hard as my dad and mom and I can take care of you when you get old. | Dillon 4th BROKEN ARROW |
| It will help me become a vet. | Summer 5th Carney |
| It will help me get a better job so I can raise more money for a family and give me more money to live on and it will make me smarter. | Erik 3rd Turpin |
| All the other grades don't really teaches me much. | Cannon 2nd |
| It will help me learn and it will help me to do something I want to do when I grow up. | Lily 2nd Bixby |
| I can grow up to be smart. | Maxwell 1st Tulsa |
| Make me smarter and the more years I stay will give me more knowledge. | Cole 1st Owasso |
| I want to be a doctor. | Nathaniel 5th Durant |
| My momma said so. | Tapley 1st Durant |
| It will help me become a better person. | Evan 5th |
| I would like to become a vet. So I could help the animals in need & the environment to keep everything healthy. | Kateri 5th Shawnee |
| It will make you get smarter and meet new teachers to be able to do harder work. | Ty 1st Jones |
| I know so much! I know so well how to do Math. I loved doing Math when I was in 1st grade! | Whitney 1st Jenks |
| I want to get smarter. | Ethan Kindergarten Ponca City |
| I want to become a teacher or lawyer it just depends if I marry a rich person. | Arielle 5th Norman |
| It will help me achieve my dreams. | Claire 4th Norman |
| I have to learn to do doctor stuff and cheerleader stuff. | Payton Kindergarten |
| It is important for future. | Francisco 1st Stillwater |
| I can get a job and have a boat. | Jaclyn 1st Ponca City |
| To become a big person to help other people like me. | Roneece 1st Edmond |
| It makes you learn stuff and it helps you and it lets you be what you want to be when you grow up! | Avery Kindergarten Shawnee |
| Because I will learn more things and I will get a degree in what I really would like to be. | Camryn 3rd Apache |
| I want to be a great babysitter. And I need to learn how to take good care of stuff and when you are a mommy, you take good care of your babies. | Sophia Kindergarten Tulsa |
| I love every school I go to and because we need to go to school. | Saylor 1st Norman |
| It will make me smarter and me and Natalie can go together. | Madison 1st Moore |
| I want to make a lot of money when I grow up. | Noah 5th Glenpool |
| I don't want to do dirty hot work when I get older. | Madison 5th Bartlesville |
| Because I want to fly a helicopter for the Army. | Dalton 5th Newalla |
| College will help me to learn what I need to so I can get a good job. Earn good money and make new friends. | Nevaeh 3rd Fort Gibson |
| It will get me a good job and help me take care of my family. | Dylan 4th Oklahoma City |
| I want to be a zookeeper and save the tigers then I want to save the sharks. If I don t go to college I can t do that because no one will listen to me. I need to take lots of advanced math to add up all the food it will take to save my animals. | alex 5th Bethany |
| I need to learn to keep learning. | Caziah 4th Oklahoma City |
| Help me get a good job. | Sebastian 1st Edmond |
| College makes people smarter and by making me smarter I can be the coolest kid on the planet! | Nafsan Kindergarten |
| So I can get a job. | thomas 1st |
| It will help me learn to become a better artist and get a good job. | Kinslee 2nd |
| I will learn more about working on computers. | Kirsten 1st |
| Ummmm I will be in class a lot. I will learn new stuff. It will help me get a good job and make me really smarter. It will make me grow up and be a good person. | Lily 2nd Choctaw |
| I won't be ignorant and I will learn more stuff. | Camryn 5th Tulsa |
| Learn. | Aiden 2nd |
| I will be smart and get a good job. | Miller 2nd Jenks |
| It will help me learn fashion. | Natalie 4th Bixby |
| To learn more things that I would want to learn and to become a better person. | Joshua 5th Ponca City |
| I can learn to play football better. | Trenton 1st |
| So I can make lots of money when I get older. | Trenton 1st Glenpool |
| I might learn new things. | Jackson 4th |
| It will help me get a better job. | Allison 2nd |
| It will make me smarter. I can learn more about Science. | Keaton 4th |
| It will help me become a good veterinarian. It will also help me get a house and job. | Madison 5th Muskogee |
| I will learn how to run my mom's business. | Cheyenne 3rd Oklahoma City |
| By learning if someone gives you a paper you have to know the right answer and do the right stuff. If the teacher says to do something you do it. I don't know. I've never been to college." | Kiely Kindergarten Oklahoma City |
| "Because I will learn more and I will get better." | Isaac 3rd Poteau |
| I could get a college degree and it will help me get a job. | Tegan 4th Fort Gibson |
| I want to be a pediatrician and you have to go to college for that. | Jazmyn 5th Oklahoma City |
| I can get a good job and I will have lots of money. So I could be a doctor. So I could be a doctor, then lots of money. | Kenzy 4th Miami |
| I can get a lot of money after I am a nurse for animals and then I can live my life spending money on myself. | Minnie 2nd Miami |
| So I can get a job as a basketball player and get a degree in sports education. | jack 4th Okc |
| I want to be a vet and own my own pet store. | Claire 3rd |
| Math learning teaching writing telling listening. | Angeli Kindergarten Edmond |
| Because it's going to help me become a pediatrician. | Ahliah 4th Oklahoma City |
| I'm going to be a singer/forensic scientist. My momma says I can be anything I want to be because I'm smart. | ALYSSA 3rd OKC |
| I will be grown up. | Cailin Kindergarten Jenks |
| I want to become a positive productive citizen and get the best that life has to offer. My mommy says I have to live comfortably. | DARIAN 1st OKLAHOMA CITY |
| I will learn new things and I think that I will have fun there. | Jordan Kindergarten Bartlesville |
| It will make me smarter. | Lauren 3rd Vici |
| It will help me make more money. It will educate me more. It will probably get me a better job. | Annabelle 5th Tulsa |
| I am very smart. | Ben 3rd Tulsa |
| I hope to get a degree in teaching and it will help me learn how to be a good teacher. | Jocelyn 5th Tulsa |
| I don't know...to learn. | Presley 1st |
| To be smarter and get a good job. | Parker 4th |
| I want to be a veterinarian. | Jeanette 2nd Oklahoma City |
| I want to be an actress and singer and help others through that.... | Neamya Kindergarten Oklahoma City |
| I want to be a veterinarian so I can help animals. I love animals and I think this would be a good job for me. | Alexandria 4th Oklahoma City |
| It could help me when I grow up to be a mature adult. It will help me get a good job. | Cybil 5th Tecumseh |
| It will give me more skills. | Chandler 3rd Shawnee |
| It will make me a smarter person. | Olivia 5th |
| I will have to get a job/ and I can learn more about the things I like. | Morgan 3rd |
| I will get a job that pays more money. | Sarah 5th Tulsa |
| I want to live in a big city like New York like my Aunt Mara. | Madalyn 5th Midwest City |
| I want a job that pays good. | Cameron 3rd Norman |
| I want to be a doctor. | Victoria 1st |
| College will help me because I want to be a chief when I grow up and have my own restaurant. | Iyanna 2nd Lawton |
| I need a job and I'll get smarter. | Hannah 3rd Bartlesville |
| It will help me learn better stuff. | Luke 2nd Bartlesville |
