TPA 
Gerry: Settle down, settle down, we still have a couple of minutes, I want to hand back your tests before you leave.  Sebastian?

Sebastian: Here

Gerry: Yvonne?

Yvonne: Here… [groans] 

Sebastian: Didn't do so well, huh?

Yvonne: Not at all, this is the second test and I did worse than the first time. I don't know what I'm going to do!  I need to pass this class

Sebastian: go see a Learning Specialist to do a TPA

Yvonne: see who about what?

Sebastian: a Learning Specialist to do a TPA.

Yvonne: What's a learning specialist?

Sebastian: They're tutors who help you understand why you made mistakes on your test

Yvonne: you mean, like a math or English tutor—

Sebastian: Kinda, except they specialize

Yvonne: Specialize in what?

Sebastian: Test Performance Analysis

Yvonne: huh?

Sebastian: They teach you how to read test questions better.

Yvonne: I know how to read.

Sebastian [chuckles] no, I don't mean that, I mean they teach you how to read test questions carefully, and understand what they really mean so you have a better chance of getting them right!

Yvonne: Hmm…

Sebastian: once you understand what a test question is really asking, then you can answer it correctly.

Yvonne: that makes sense.

Sebastian: Yeah, but that's not all

Yvonne: it's not

Sebastian: Yeah, they help you understand how to avoid mistakes, they also show you how to take notes so you don't have to write down every word a professor is saying

Yvonne: No kidding! 

Sebastian: Look- 

Yvonne: So you've been to see them huh?

Sebastian: Yup, they've helped me a lot, now I use TPA techniques in all my classes, not just this one

Yvonne: How are you doing in them?

Sebastian: Much better, I went from Ds and Cs to Bs and As. 

Yvonne: really?

Sebastian: yeah, if you want I can walk down to the Learning Center with you and introduce you.

Yvonne: Okay

Sebastian: Let's go!