Interview #2: PRC

While searching the school for problems and potential administration/teachers/anyone to interview, we came across a little room in the middle of nowhere called the PRC, where we found two helpful IT guys. Our interview went a little something like this:

Student: Do you guys have any Physics related problems that we could solve?

PRC: Yes! Can you please explain why there are so many cracked screens? If you guys could use Physics to figure out why when people wake up, all of a sudden their screens are cracked? That would be helpful.

Students: Laughing

PRC: I think a big problem that we have with the PRC is that many of the students don't know where it is. We want more students in the PRC. They can come here and do their homework or play music. It is another place to hang out that I think most students don't know about Is there somethings we can do to make this place more inviting to students?. When the internet shut down, a lot of people came in.

Student: I think that is true. This place is off in the middle of nowhere.

Tyler: You guys should get some food! Food attracts teenagers and they will come if you guys bring food! You guys should also have a TV or something!

Student: Are there any other problems?

PRC: If you guys could figure out a way, so that when someone drops their computer, then it won't break or the screen would crack. That would be really helpful!

Students: Thank you PRC guys!

This interview made me realize that the PRC is a place that most students don't even know exist, much less where it is located. It seems that students only need the PRC when their computer screens magically crack in the middle of the night (I would blame it on the menehune) or when the internet isn't working. A problem that I think we could solve is the damage done when someone drops their computer. A lot of the times students don't use their bags because it is inconvenient. It is heavy, bulky, and another bag we have to lug around on top of our after schools activity bag and our heavy book bag. I think if we could design a less bulky bag that can constantly stay on the computer, we could solve this problem. It would relate to Physics because it would resemble the egg drop. We would have to make a light bag that would increase the impact time. We could also design a bag that fits in a majority of our backpacks, but still provides a safe place for our laptops.