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Why: The underlying cause of the outsiders' need are different than the people who are inside the boundary. People inside the boundary are working to protect their families sons and daughters from the happenings of society. The cause of outsiders' need is simply to know how to defend themselves for their own health and self-awareness.
Interviewee #1: a 56-year-old woman from Greensboro, NC
Interviewee #2: a 34-year-old woman from Calvert County, Maryland
Interviewee #3: a 28-year-old male from Prince Georges County, Maryland
Interviewee #4: a 43-year-old male from Greensboro, NC
Interviewee #5: a 25-year-old woman from Gainesville, Florida
Inside the boundary
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Outside the boundary
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Who is in: high school and college-aged students
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Who is not: Adults without children
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What is the need: classes or informational sessions to gain knowledge on how to defend yourself in a crisis situation
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What the need is not: a need for everyone, a need in high-income neighborhoods
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Why the need exists: alarmingly high rates of abductions and assaults in the U.S.
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Hi Jackson, after reading your post, I found that the topic you chose is not only pretty attractive, but very relevant to the daily life of the students as well. I also foud that the intervuewee you chose covered a great range, which could highly increase the reliabilty of the result.However, I am doubtful about the high-income neighborhood, I am wondering if they do not think it is essential for us to know how to self defense.
ReplyDeleteHey, Ashlyn! I like how you fleshed out your topic in this post. I also appreciate your topic as a whole and I agree that it is a pertinent issue that needs to be addressed.
ReplyDeleteHowever, like Chris, I also do not understand why high-income neighborhoods couldn't benefit from said training. People of all socioeconomic backgrounds are trafficked, bullied, and abused. Of course, some areas/neighborhoods may struggle more with a certain type of said abuses but I think the need is still there.
I think you did a solid job overall and I look forward to reading your future posts.
I really like your idea, but I think your idea of who falls out of the boundary needs to be tweaked. I think instead of categorizing it by neighborhoods, I think you need to categorize it in terms of skill and knowledge. Instead of saying high-income neighborhoods and low-income neighborhoods, I think you should say people with self-defense capabilities (ie: those educated in combat, kickboxers, MMA fighters etc etc) and people with little to no prior self-defense knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea, specially since I have been following your idea for the last few posts. I like how you stated that you wanted it to be mandatory in school. I like that you fixed your statement of why because I remember being a little confused in the why in the past posts. I believe that you are excluding too many potential customers by stating that people who do not have kids are not "in". It would be worthwhile to read statistics stating how many of the people kidnapped do not have kids. They too need protection.
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