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Week 17: Students Want Context Before QuestionsπŸŒ±πŸ“š

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This week, while speaking with students, we learned one of the most important lessons in our journey so far

People want context before questions

What we planned

Interview five students
Improve the BAINT waitlist
Continue collecting student insights

What actually happened

This week was not easy
Finding students proved more difficult than expected

Our new Facebook account was limited, which affected our outreach efforts
Some students ignored our messages
Some conversations ended very quickly

However, we managed to speak with students from Mechanical Engineering and Community Health

One conversation completely changed how we think about student interviews

Student insight of the week

One student became tired of answering our questions and simply asked us to go straight to the point

At first, this surprised us
But after reflecting on it, we realized something important
Students want to understand why they are being asked questions before they answer them

Context matters
Trust matters

People are more willing to share when they understand the purpose behind the conversation

Product improvements

This insight led us to redesign the BAINT waitlist
Instead of focusing mainly on product feedback, we shifted our attention toward understanding student learning challenges and study experiences

We also started improving the structure of our weekly
articles so that every update clearly shows:

What we planned
What happened
What we learned
What we are improving next

What we learned

Building an AI classroom assistant is not only about building technology
It is about understanding people

Every ignored message, every short conversation and every student response teaches us something valuable

Next week

Improve the BAINT demo
Collect our first waitlist responses
Continue student outreach
Refine our interview process

And every conversation moves BAINT one step forward
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