Dialogue:

M: What do you think of Professor Potter's course, Jane?

W: Not much.

M: Why, what's wrong with it?

W: Oh, I don't know. It's just that he overloads it with details. The course he gave on town planning last year, it was just the same-a load of details, which you could have got from a book anyway. There was no overall ...

M: No general overview you mean?

W: Yes. I suppose you could call it that. I couldn't see the town for the buildings.

M: But you've got to have the details in this kind of subject. Anyway I think he's good. You take his first lecture for instance. I thought that was very interesting, and not at all over-detailed.

W: Well, he starts off all right, but then he just piles on the details.

M: Now you're exaggerating.

W: Well, the way he dealt with the Western developments, that wasn't bad, I suppose.

M: You seem to have got something. Perhaps Potter is a little disorganized, but I think he's good.

W: Do you really think so?

M: He does do most of his teaching to the postgraduates. He only does the one undergraduate course each year. After all, I think he tends to forget where he is. He starts off being nice and general and then tries to cram in a bit too much specialized information.

W: The main thing I object to is the lack of direction.

Question: What does Jane think of Potter's course? 

- Very good.

- Meticulous and too specialize

- Clear and interesting.


Meticulous and too specialize