– 95 REFER TO THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION STUDENT

Questions 91 – 95 refer to the following conversation

Student : Professor Gordon, is it okay if I drop in? I’m so glad that I finished my

presentation. So, uh, what do you think of it? Did I do all right?

Professor: Overall, I was impressed with your work, Matt. I’d say that you did a pretty

good job for covering most of the material.

Student : Thank you for saying that, sir. So, um… did I get an A on the presentation?

Professor : Well, you didn’t get an A. I felt that you work was worth an A- though.

Student : Oh… That’s a little disappointing. Do you mind telling me what I didn’t do well

enough on?

Professor : Hmm… Like I just said, you did well on your topic. However, I believe you

make a few factual errors in your presentation.

Student : Factual errors? But I checked over everything I said twice.

Professor : Well, I don’t know what to say… except that you need to do a better job of fact-

checking in the future. Here… I made a list of the four errors that I caught in

your presentation. Take a look.

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Student : Oh, yes, I uh, I see. I did mess up, didn’t I? Well, anyway, thanks for giving me

an A- in that case.

Professor : There’s no need to thank me. Aside from these four errors, the rest of your

presentation was absolutely perfect. You earned that grade, Matt.