School ends hours before work does. Created by the school day: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and all summer.
This is a need. Something a person cannot ignore. Non-negotiable, usually urgent, and the most reliable foundation for a business. It is felt by the parent, continuously, and rates 4 out of 5 for the pressure it exerts.
It is rooted in Scarce time and Safety.
This friction did not arise on its own. It was created by Primary school — a solution to an earlier problem that produced this one.
The market has answered it in 2 ways: After-school programmes and Summer camps
Its neighbourhood
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The line back to a human being
3 hops from a person at a phase of life. The further a thing sits from the person, the more abstract it looks — and the more it tends to be mistaken for something that came from nowhere.
- FrictionSchool ends hours before work does
- SolutionPrimary school
- FrictionThe child must acquire literacy, numeracy, and habits it cannot choose for itself
- Life phaseChildhood
- Rooted inSafety
- Rooted inScarce time
- Rooted inStatus
- Rooted inUncertainty
Relieved by
Every one of these is a business, an institution or a habit built on this single pressure.