Testing the Hypothesis
Testing The Hypothesis Part 1
Opportunity Identified: Children around the world do not have the opportunity to portray and test their skills/talents by competing in competitions because of the high academic pressure placed on them.
So, I would like to build an online platform where one could compete in competitions he/she is interested in.
Who - Children around the world
What - Unable to portray and test their unique abilities and talents
Why - High academic pressure placed on students is not giving them sufficient time to compete in competitions.
Testing the who - This opportunity could be extended to students and also other individuals who like competing in tournaments to portray their abilities.
Testing the what - Not all children want to portray their talents/skills to the world.
Testing the why - The reason why children/students do not have the opportunity to compete is mainly because of academic pressure and also find it really difficult to
find competitions to compete in.
Summary of the Interviews:
For the five interviews, I interviewed 4 children/students of various age groups and a parent. The first child/student I interviewed was 10 years old, the second one 14 years old, the third one 16 years old and the fourth one was 18 years old. Not surprisingly, all the students saw it as a problem that there are not many opportunities for students to test their skills/talents these days. The 10-year-old personally didn’t face difficulty with the problem but the 14, 16, 18-year-old students saw it as a problem. The 14 year and 16 year old particularly wanted to compete in competitions to hone their skills which will allow them to get ready for college. The 18-year-old wanted to compete in competitions including programming and hacking as it would be a great addition to his resume but thought that there were platforms for coding to compete online, but didn’t find many opportunities in other fields. The parents also thought that there are not many local opportunities for their kids to take part in and also admitted that time plays a crucial role in taking part in tournaments. But the parent also thought that there are platforms like youtube for children to show their skills but technically speaking, YouTube doesn’t give the students the competitive atmosphere.
After completing the interviews, I felt that an opportunity exists and realized that students need more easily accessible platforms to compete in. Another thing I realized was that the younger students didn’t find it as a problem for them but teenagers preparing for college wanted more platforms to portray their skills.
Hi toshi, although I stopped reading your blog after the first paragraph, I don’t think your hypothesis makes any sense at all. You claim that children are unable to express their talents because of stress due to expectations related to education implying that they are unable to compete due to time restraints. How would building a platform allowing children to compete in competitions create more time for them?
ReplyDeleteHi Toshi, I can see how providing more flexible opportunities to demonstrate ones skills online could have some uses. I do feel this would be particularly difficult to get started and I am unsure how much credibility schools would give these tournaments from an admissions standpoint though. I do agree with the problem you are raising that academic pressures nowadays leave students with a lot less time.
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