Ayaz Ali - Assignment 9A
Assignment 9A - Testing the Hypothesis Part 2
Person 1: In this interview I decided to conduct research from one of my high school friends Josh, who was a part of SGA. Now SGA matters in this scenario because almost all of theSGA kids did not each lunch in the cafeteria. The cafeteria is one of the most unsafe environments when it comes to possible danger. He explained to me how he never really felt scared or anything because he was always in a different, relatively isolated location during lunch. He said he feels like there are other possible dangers outside the school, but for the most felt safe in the school. Josh explained how he was honestly not that intrigued about my idea. He explained how if of course something happened in the school or he witnessed an unfortunate event, then his mind would obviously be changed.
Person 2: In this interview, I contacted one of my former teachers, Mr. Foles, who actually taught classes in the portables in our former high school. Mr. Foles explained how at times it seemed he was so isolated about what was going on in the school since his classroom was relatively far from everyone else. He said he never saw any real fights or other dangerous activities go on around the portables and that he did not think anything would ever really happen around his area. He did not feel the need of the metal detectors because he believed it was unnecessary for student to go through it. He never witnessed a student bring anything dangerous to school, which affects his answer of course.
Person 3: For my next interview I decided to talk to my brother, who also went to the same high school as me. My brother explained to me how he really did not feel the need for all this. He hates getting his things checked because of invasion of privacy, and he really does not agree with my idea. He realized the potential issues it could stop, but he states how he has never felt worried around school once. "We always see on the news what happens and it sucks, but I do not seeing that happening in the area we live in." This goes back to not experiencing anything and maybe he is right. Still, we saw an example, the Parkland shooting in Stoneman Douglas High School, which is about fifteen minutes away from where we live, and it still did not change his mind. He explained how he sees so many security guards around school that he does not think a shooter, or anyone trying to cause harm will have the chance to get near students or other people.
Person 4: This next interview was with another one of my high school friends, Jasmine. She explained to me how while she did like the idea in mind, she did not agree it was really needed. I asked her where she thinks a person looking to cause damage would look to go first, and she, along with almost everyone else, said the cafeteria. She stated however that she rarely ever went in the cafeteria, because she always had lunch from home and usually walked around school during lunch. This was a great argument, because many students actually do not spend time or eat lunch in the cafeteria. I guess they feel safe throughout the entire school.
Person 5: The last person I interviewed was my uncle, Kevin, who actually is a security guard in a high school. He explained to me that the idea was nice, but there would be many students and faculty members who would be against the idea. "People want to feel comfortable in school and not feel like they are entering a jail when being checked or walking through metal detectors." This is a good example as well because I would feel annoyed eventually having to go such security precautions, but I still feel it would help a lot. The argument here was that my uncle believes him and his security staff at the school have amazing communication and everyone is on their toes. They stop fights right away and keep everyone out of any possible danger to the best of their abilities. I think this would help make their jobs easier, but my uncle still did not feel it was needed in the end.
Person 1: In this interview I decided to conduct research from one of my high school friends Josh, who was a part of SGA. Now SGA matters in this scenario because almost all of theSGA kids did not each lunch in the cafeteria. The cafeteria is one of the most unsafe environments when it comes to possible danger. He explained to me how he never really felt scared or anything because he was always in a different, relatively isolated location during lunch. He said he feels like there are other possible dangers outside the school, but for the most felt safe in the school. Josh explained how he was honestly not that intrigued about my idea. He explained how if of course something happened in the school or he witnessed an unfortunate event, then his mind would obviously be changed.
Person 2: In this interview, I contacted one of my former teachers, Mr. Foles, who actually taught classes in the portables in our former high school. Mr. Foles explained how at times it seemed he was so isolated about what was going on in the school since his classroom was relatively far from everyone else. He said he never saw any real fights or other dangerous activities go on around the portables and that he did not think anything would ever really happen around his area. He did not feel the need of the metal detectors because he believed it was unnecessary for student to go through it. He never witnessed a student bring anything dangerous to school, which affects his answer of course.
Person 3: For my next interview I decided to talk to my brother, who also went to the same high school as me. My brother explained to me how he really did not feel the need for all this. He hates getting his things checked because of invasion of privacy, and he really does not agree with my idea. He realized the potential issues it could stop, but he states how he has never felt worried around school once. "We always see on the news what happens and it sucks, but I do not seeing that happening in the area we live in." This goes back to not experiencing anything and maybe he is right. Still, we saw an example, the Parkland shooting in Stoneman Douglas High School, which is about fifteen minutes away from where we live, and it still did not change his mind. He explained how he sees so many security guards around school that he does not think a shooter, or anyone trying to cause harm will have the chance to get near students or other people.
Person 4: This next interview was with another one of my high school friends, Jasmine. She explained to me how while she did like the idea in mind, she did not agree it was really needed. I asked her where she thinks a person looking to cause damage would look to go first, and she, along with almost everyone else, said the cafeteria. She stated however that she rarely ever went in the cafeteria, because she always had lunch from home and usually walked around school during lunch. This was a great argument, because many students actually do not spend time or eat lunch in the cafeteria. I guess they feel safe throughout the entire school.
Person 5: The last person I interviewed was my uncle, Kevin, who actually is a security guard in a high school. He explained to me that the idea was nice, but there would be many students and faculty members who would be against the idea. "People want to feel comfortable in school and not feel like they are entering a jail when being checked or walking through metal detectors." This is a good example as well because I would feel annoyed eventually having to go such security precautions, but I still feel it would help a lot. The argument here was that my uncle believes him and his security staff at the school have amazing communication and everyone is on their toes. They stop fights right away and keep everyone out of any possible danger to the best of their abilities. I think this would help make their jobs easier, but my uncle still did not feel it was needed in the end.
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Inside the Boundary
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Outside the Boundary
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Who is in: About 70% of people I interviewed (Handful of
students and workers in school).
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Who is not: About 30% of people interviewed.
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What they need: Metal detectors to provide school safety.
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What the need is not: Some people did not agree with my
idea, and believed the product was not needed.
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Why the need exists: Many people can enter school grounds
freely and can bring weapons to cause harm to others.
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Why: Many believed that the metal detectors were an
invasion of privacy and that the school guards were good enough. Some also
felt very safe and confident in their school grounds.
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Dear Ayaz,
ReplyDeleteI like how carefully you conducted and presented the interviews. I can tell that you tried to do them really thoughtfully and well done. I partially agree with your idea and there are several reasons why i partially do not. First of all school safety is of huge important. And since I am from Germany I dont know how the current situation in the US is. In Germany we do not really have issues with school safety atleast not to my knowledge. Therefore I think metal detectors are an overkill. However, if there is a need for this in the US and you know that the product will perform it could be a good niche market. However, metal detectors could also be bought from established suppliers who sell them to the police or to the airport.
Thanks!
Greetings Ayaz,
ReplyDeletePersonally I think it would have been helpful for a recap of your opportunity with this post it. It would lay a foundation for what the readers are expecting while they are reading. I see were you are going with the need for something like metal detectors in school. School violence has become a really big problem in some of the United States. But as being someone who has spend the last few years going to school in the South. I cant tell you how many people I hear talk about how they just found their knife in their pocket. These kids didn't want to do harm, it just happened to be a mistake. The question I would pose would students be harmed for simple mistakes like forgetting what is in their pockets. Also there are already some schools that are using metal detector, so are you working at doing something different with them?
Hey Ayaz,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job with your interviews and soliciting awesome feedback. I would challenge you to dig deeper in identifying who is not in your customer base. This shouldn't really be a percentage, but rather a demographic or psychographic of people. It could also be a grouping of businesses/organizations since you are targeting B2B. In example would be low income schools that struggle with securing state funds due to low test scores. They would not have the overage in any budget to do these as they are already short on teachers and short in other critical areas.
Hi Ayaz,
ReplyDeleteI liked how you structured the interviews and summarized them really good. I believe you chose the right people to interview, since they are people who are constantly in this "school" environment and therefore they can give you a better insight. I understand how people can think going through metal detectors can be tedious but I would agree with your idea because of how scary going to schools has become. These incidents happen all the time and there is a need for security plans. Keep the hard work!