| Excuse me, Dr Johnson. |
| May I speak to you for a minute? |
| Sure. Come in. |
| I'm Melanie Griffin. |
| I'm taking your course in Population Studies. |
| Right. Well, Melanie, how can I help you? |
| I'm having a bit of trouble with the second assignment, |
| and it's due in 12 days. |
| What sort of trouble are you having? |
| Is the assignment question a problem? |
| Well, that's part of the problem. |
| I'm also having - been having trouble getting hold of the books. |
| I've been to the library several times, and all the books are out. |
| Sounds like you should have started borrowing books a bit earlier. |
| Well, I had a really big assignment due in for another course, and... |
| I've been spending all my time on that, and I thought... |
| You might get an extension of time to finish your assignment for me? |
| If that's possible, but I don't know... |
| Well, yes, it is possible, but... |
| extensions are normally given only for medical or compassionate reasons, |
| otherwise, it's really a question of organising your study, |
| and we don't like giving extensions to students who simply didn't plan their work properly. |
| What did you get for your first assignment? |
| I got 87%. |
| Yes, you did very well indeed, |
| so obviously, you can produce good work. |
| I don't think I'll need too much extra time, |
| as long as I can get hold of some of the important references. |
| Well, since you did so well in your first assignment, |
| I'm prepared to give you an extra two weeks for this one, |
| so that'll mean you'll need to submit it about a month from now. |
| Thank you. |
| Now, what about the reading materials? |
| Have you checked out the journal articles in the list? |
| Umm, no, not yet, |
| there were about 20 of them, and... |
| I wasn't sure which ones would be most useful or important. |
| Well, they're all useful, |
| but I don't expect anyone to read them all, because a number of them deal with the same issues. |
| Let me give you some suggestions. |
| The article by Anderson and Hawker is really worth reading. |
| Right, I'll read that one. |
| You should also read the article by Jackson, |
| but just look at the part on the research methodology - how they did it. |
| Okay... |
| Jackson, got that... |
| And if you have time, the one by Roberts says very relevant things, |
| although it's not essential. |
| Okay, if it's useful, I'll try and read that one... |
| Now, the one by Morris. |
| I wouldn't bother with that at this stage, if I were you. |
| Okay, I won't bother with Morris. |
| Oh, now, someone told me the article by Cooper is important. |
| Well, yes, in a way, |
| but just look at the last part, where he discusses the research results. |
| And lastly, there's Forster - |
| I can't think why I included that one. |
| It's not bad and could be of some help, but not that much. |
| Now, let's deal with the assignment question. |
| What's the problem there? |
| It's the graph on page two. |
| What seems to be the problem? It's just the bar graph showing reasons why people change where they live. |
| Well, I've got a photocopy but the reasons at the bottom are missing. |
| Ah, okay. |
| Look at the first bar on the graph - |
| now that indicates the number of people who move because they want more space. |
| Oh I see... |
| bar one... okay... |
| Now what about the next bar? |
| Bar two is to do with the people living nearby disturbing them, |
| so they chose to move away to somewhere quieter. |
| Now let's look at bar number three... |
| another reason people change their place of living |
| is because they want to be closer to the city. |
| Okay. |
| Proximity to the city is an issue... |
| Now, bar number four refers to problems when the owner of the property won't help fix things that go wrong. |
| In other words, the owner is not helpful and so the tenants move out. |
| Okay... |
| Now what about bar five? |
| Bar five is about those people who move because... |
| they need a bus or train to get them into the city or to go to work. |
| Okay... |
| And bar six? |
| Bar number six is interesting. |
| That reason was given quite a lot - |
| people moving because they wanted to be in a more attractive neighbourhood. |
| Oh, yes, thank you very much. |