Every time I leave an appointment, use a service, buy a product, or turn around, someone wants me to fill out a survey. Data! We need data! How can we improve our service, product, market position, prospectus, etc. without YOUR input?! I am weary of surveys. I dare say we are all weary of surveys. Even my TA students are weary of surveys!
One of the several surveys that students and teachers take at school twice a year is the “Your Voice Matters” survey put out by our school district. Our voice matters! But does it really? My students often wonder, and so do I. Is it our VOICE that matters? Or our survey participation that matters? Participation alone is often the data point they seek. “We need 80% participation,” they say. Why? Does my voice only matter if 80% of my colleagues participate? Wouldn’t non-participation tell them something they need to know?
There is no place on this survey to speak originally. No free answer questions. Only categories to click: Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree. We have to instantaneously form an opinion if we don’t have one already. Or go eenie-meenie-miny-moe.
So really, does MY voice actually MATTER?
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