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- So many kids in this area
don't have access to this kind

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of technology, and so
it's really important

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for them to see what's possible.

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My name's Liz Harmon, and
I live in Jackson, Ohio,

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and I'm here for the STEM bus.

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- I think the mobile
classroom is an opportunity

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for young people to explore technology

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and have the opportunity

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to try things maybe they
have never tried before.

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- Our community's a
great little community,

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but we're only gonna keep
moving forward with technology.

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If our kids don't understand
it, they don't have experiences

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with it, they're gonna get left behind

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and then our community
will be left behind.

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- There are places in Ohio
where people don't have

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as much access to technology,

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and so sometimes we find
that this is the first time

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that maybe they've ever been on an iPad.

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It's really a good time
for them to find out

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what is out there.

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- I'm so grateful for STEM

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to be made an opportunity in this area

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because I want kids to
know what's possible.

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I want them to know that
anything they dream,

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they can achieve it.

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- Being able to come here

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and participate in not only a fun program,

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but a quality program
where they're having fun

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and they are learning and it's all free.

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I mean, that's amazing
for our families here.

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- I love so much that
when the STEM bus comes,

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it makes it seem that even
though Ohio State is an hour

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and a half away, it's so much closer.