9A- Testing the Hypothesis Part 2

Hypothesis Test Part 2

Who: Surprisingly enough they’re a lot of people who should fall within my boundaries but do not for reasons that were new to me when I did part 1 of this. Take one of the people I interviewed this week Sarah R. who is a freshman here at UF. She is young and does not know how to cook so you would think that she would be interested in the prospect of my cooking class however when I explained the concept to her even the giving back part, she still said that she would not do it. When I asked why she said, “ Because I am in Greek life I pay a pretty penny in dues that cover food service so why would I buy groceries and have to cook and do all that stuff when I could just go to the sorority house and eat all I want.” This perplexed me because I have never factored in that Greek life could also be a reason why some choose not to cook. I then asked, “How is the quality of the food you are eating?” and she responded, “The quality is ok, but I don’t really care because it is free.” This was a reminder to me that the convenience of low-quality food is still a large issue that continues to plague people who don’t know how to cook. Take the next person I interviewed Christian R. a sophomore at UF that does not know how to cook. When I explained the concept of my class to him his response was “I don’t know bro that seems like a lot of work when I could just run to Publix and get a chicken tender sub.” I asked if the fact that he would be able to make the same sandwich but with better quality make any difference on his decision against being a home cook in which he replied “But Publix is a minute away from my apartment why spend all that time to get the bread and assemble all of that when I could get it right there.” This was a cold reminder that laziness will always be the number one reason as to why young adults do not cook.

What: This was a hard part of the assignment to do because I could not think of a point where my need until I had my interviews. First, I talked to an old friend Erin T. a junior who does not know how to cook and I thought the best way to get to the root of the info I needed would be to explain the club then ask “What makes my cooking different than other clubs you have been to or experienced?” and Erin replied with “I think what makes it different is the fact that you place an emphasis on a concept that not many people expect.” and at first I did not know what she meant until I realized the message of the club. I place an emphasis on teaching instead of just showing off my skills. My mission with the club is to teach people that they are more than what they think they are, and they are much more capable then they may think they are. Everyone looks at cooking as an extravagant hard ability that takes hours on hours just to make one meal. While in specific cases that is true 85 percent of the time it is not, and people just need to be shown that. The next interview with Maria N. a freshman solidified my view for this section. I started with explaining the concept of my club then asked the same question I asked Erin which was “What do you think makes my club stand out from the others you have seen?” Maria immediately said, “It seems you are focused mostly on how fun cooking could be and that is what going to matter most to the people that actually join the club.” Maria went on to tell me that one of her pet peeves is having her time wasted and if the club focused on mixing fun into cooking it would help the teaching environment greatly. That’s when I came to my conclusion on this section. I want to focus on the joy that cooking can bring. Cooking is not just making a meal then eating it, it’s an experience culminating with enjoying the fruits of your labor.

Who: After 4 interviews and reflection I was able to deepen my understanding of people who do not cook. I was able to experience 4 different viewpoints and I felt as if I was able to write a conclusion to this section until I met my last interview. The “who” section is about if the people outside of your boundaries reasoning coincide with the people inside of your boundaries. The last interview I had was with Andrew V. a sophomore here at UF that does not know how to cook. In order to see why the reasons, differ I simply asked, “Why were you never motivated to learn how to cook?” and he bluntly said, “I have just had no desire to so.” and that brings this all together. The only difference between the outsiders and insiders of my boundaries is that the outsiders simply just have no desire to cook.

Inside the boundary	Outside the boundary
Who is in: Young adults, and college students	Who is not: People with no desire to cook
What the need is: A class to teach young adults how to cook.	What the need is not: A club that just shoves food at you and does not show how that piece of food came to be.
Why the need exists: cultural divides, lack of motivation, and not having the time.	Alternate Explanations: Being lazy, afraid of the time it takes, the danger of possibly being hurt.