<aside> ❓ See 🚀Product Vision Guide and **Product Vision Meeting Agenda** for more info

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Problem Core

• Kids struggle with and/or don't enjoy reading and writing.
• Parents and teachers struggle to engage and relate to the student's language arts experience.
  • time constraints
  • motivation
• Alternatives like video games are more accessible and more enjoyable to many students.

Current Internal Code Problems:

• Users don't like how the app feels [2/13/2020]

^Addressed by RC 4.0 [3/26/2020] - Waiting on User Research

• Users don't feel like they know how to use the app [2/13/2020]

^Addressed by RC 4.0 [3/26/2020] - Waiting on User Research

• File Size restrictions on submissions preventing users from uploading images if too large, look into compression libraries [3/12/20]
• Look into storing base64 submission images in bucket and storing ref to image in db. [3/26/20]
• Python scripts are very finicky and need extra validation to ensure no error-prone payloads get passed through the code. It will crash the server. [3/13/20]

^Decided to address this by robust validation on both node server and python script side [3/26/2020]

Problem Side Effects

• Students have weaker foundational skills across core subjects.
• Don't value reading later on in life.
• Parents are more worried about the future of their children.
• Alternatives consume the free time of students leaving less opportunities for more productive activities.