Who:
Interviewee number 1 was a 3rd year mechanical
engineering major. While she said the classes she was in got tougher as she
went on, she liked the challenge the classes posed. She was also able to
develop relationships with her TAs and professors by going to office hours and
asking questions.
Interviewee number 2 was a 2nd year marketing
major. She didn’t like the idea of “dumbing down” the information so that she
could understand it easier. Her main argument that her brain was a powerful
tool and she could handle the information on her own, without assistance. She
also said that the tutoring service seems like an aid for laziness – people that
don’t want to put in the effort would use this and just aim to pass the class
instead of ace it.
Interviewee number 3 was a 4th year finance
major. His argument was that he already had a job lined up after graduation, so
he didn’t see the need for a tutoring service when his career was already set.
Interviewee number 4 was also a 2nd year
marketing major. She made a similar argument to an interview I did for one of
the previous assignments. She said that since UF tuition is already so much,
she wouldn’t want to burden her parents and make them pay additional money for
a tutoring service when she could learn the material on her own.
Interviewee number 5 was a 3rd year biology
major. She said that after her freshman year, she had already figured out what
the best way to study was (for her). She had decided to set aside a certain
amount of time to study for each of her classes every day, so she didn’t see
the need for an additional tutoring service.
What:
I think my second interviewee made a valid point in saying
that this product is for people that are lazy and only want to do the bare
minimum. The product is designed to make the classes easier for you, so I can
see where she would interpret that as laziness.
Why:
I don’t necessarily think the need is different, I just
think that some students are willing to put in more time and effort than others
to get the results they want.
Inside
the Boundary Outside the
Boundary
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Who:
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Students that need additional help because they don’t have
study plans that work for them
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Students that have set their own study plans and don’t need
help
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Who:
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Students that are willing to pay extra for tutoring
services
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Students that don’t want to pay more than UF’s tuition for
their classes
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Who:
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Students that are feeling confused in class and don’t know
how to seek help/find answers
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Students that are confused but are willing to teach
themselves or get help from the professor or TA
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What:
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To help the students that haven’t developed good study habits
yet
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To help students that have developed their own study
habits
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Why:
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Students haven’t yet developed good study habits
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Why:
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Students want to find the “easy way” to succeed in their
classes with minimum effort
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I like you you interviewed students not just in a variety of subjects, but across different years as well. I think it certainly contributed to you being able to create definite clear boundaries for your opportunity. I also think Student 2 brought up a good point that it could be taken advantage of by lazy students, but I agree with you that it more so comes down to how much time an individual wants to put into studying, regardless of how they do so.
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