Professor Meetings

Now listen to a conversation between two students In the class.
Woman: So do you think this will help?
Man: Oh, definitely. I think the requirement is a great idea.
Woman: How's that? Man: Well, you know how, in a new course, you often don't quite understand why you got a certain grade on a paper, especially when the grade is lower than you expected? But you're too embarrassed to ask, because you don't want your professor to think you're complaining.
Woman: Yeah, I usually don't like to ask my professors about my paper grades.
Man: Right. So you don't know what you have to do to improve, but this way, since the meeting is required, well, it won't seem like you're complaining. You're just doing what the professors asked you to do.
Woman: I see what you mean. But what about her other reason?
Man: You know, I think that makes a lot of sense too. Woman: Yeah?
Man: Yeah. Because it's a pretty large class with about 50 students, and the professor has to spend most of her time lecturing, since there's so much material to cover.
Woman: I know. We end up mostly listening to her talk.
Man: Right. So let's say there's something we don't understand about, some historical period, or something we're really interested in and want to know more about, well, in a large class, we don't have the time to ask about these things, but now we will.