TPO 14 Conversation 2
　　Narrator
　　Listen to a conversation between a student and his faculty adviser.

　　Advisor
　　Hi ,Steven I schedule this appointment, cause it has been a while since we touch this.
　　Student
　　I know I have been really busy--- a friend of my works on a school a paper. He asks me if I would like to try to reporting so I did and I really love it.
　　Advisor
　　Hey…that's sounds great!
　　Student
　　Yeah… the first article I wrote it was profile of the chemistry professor---the one whose name teacher the year. My article ran on the front page. When I saw my name, I mean my byline in print, I was hooked. Now I know this is what I want to do--- be a reporter.
　　Advisor
　　Isn't it great to discover something that you really enjoy? And I read that the article too? It was very good.
　　Student
　　To be honest, the articles got a lot of editing. In fact I barely recognized a couple of paragraphs. But the editor explained why the changes were made. I learned a lot and my second article didn't meet nearly many changes.
　　Advisor
　　Sound like you got a real neck for this.
　　Student
　　Yeah… anyway, I am glad you schedule this meeting because I want to change my major to journalism now.
　　Advisor Um,the university doesn't offer major in journalism.
　　Student
　　Oh no…
　　Advisor
　　But….
　　Student
　　I… I mean… should I transfer to another school, or major in English?
　　Advisor Er… wait a minute. Let me explain why the major isn't offered. Editors at the newspaper… editors… um… I mean when you apply for a reporting job, editors look at the two things--- they want to see clips, you know, some of your published articles, though also want to try out, though give you an assignment like… covering a price of conferences some other event, then see if you can craft the story about it, accurately, on dead line.
　　Student
　　So they don't even to look at my major?
　　Advisor
　　It is not that they don't look at it… it is… well, having a degree in something other than journalism should actually work to your advantage.
　　Student How?
　　Advisor
　　Most journalism specialized these days. They only write about science or business or technology for example. Is there a type of reporting you think you may like to specialize then?
　　Student
　　Well… I think it can be really cool to cover the Supreme Court. I mean… their decision affects so many people.
　　Advisor
　　That is really a goal worth striving for. So, why not continue major in political science? And as elective, you could take some Pre-Law classes like Constitution Law, and as for you work on the student newspaper paper, maybe they let you cover some local court cases--- once that the student and professor here would want to read about.
　　Student Do you know of any?
　　Advisor
　　I do. Actually, there is case involving this computer software program that one of our professors wrote. The district courts decide in if the university entitle to any of our professors' profits?
　　Student Wah…. I will definitely follow upon that!