Prof. Smith: Thanks for making the time to come and see me. As you know there are a couple of things. I think we need to discuss about your progress in the course. Angelina: Yes, I know, I'm glad you could make the time. Prof. Smith: Not a problem. It's really part of my job to make sure everyone enrolled in the course is getting as much out of it as they can. If we just look at this spreadsheet which outlines your assessment results so far, you can see that while your grades were initially fine—certainly in the average for the year group as a whole—towards the end of Semester One they've started to drop off a bit. Angelina: Yeah. Yes, I see. I must admit that I had to take a fortnight off just after mid Semester break, and I really felt that the work I missed in those two lab sessions have made it really hard for me to understand some of the underlying material required for the rest of the course. Prof. Smith: Well, thanks for being so honest, Angelina... I think we're going to have to put some, think about putting some strategies in place, so that by the end of year assessments you're going to have a fair chance of passing. Angelina: Well, yeah, thanks Professor Smith, I couldn't agree more but I must admit I'm at the point where I don't really know where to start to get on top of this.