answer: Laurie is worried about the exam because she didn't write enough notes. #Person2# thinks that there are two ways to help her. One is to go to a special free course on note-taking of the university, and the other is to photocopy all #Person2#'s notes and learn from them.
documents: #Person1#: Oh. . . I am really worried about the exam. I have no idea what will be on it.
  #Person2#: Why? Just read your notes. You can see what the professor stressed in the lectures. Probably the exam will ask about things he stressed.
  #Person1#: Yes, but my notes are all nonsense. I can't figure out what is important.
  #Person2#: Let me see them. Are these all the notes you have?
  #Person1#: Yes.
  #Person2#: But Laurie, how can you do well in school if you don't take more notes?
  #Person1#: What do you mean? You think I don't write enough.
  #Person2#: I'm sure you don't write enough. Look at this. Here you wrote, Russian Revolution. 1917. Bolsheviks. Real revolution, or coup? And that's all? I remember he lectured for a half hour about that question. And you didn't write any of it!
  #Person1#: I know, but I listened.
  #Person2#: Yes, but did you remember? You need good notes to help you remember.
  #Person1#: I suppose you're right. But what can I do? I don't know what to write down.
  #Person2#: There are different things you can do. For one, the university offers a special free course on note-taking. You should go to the course. Also, I am pretty good at taking notes. I can help you on this exam. I will photocopy all my notes, and you can compare them to your notes. Then maybe you will see what kinds of things to write down.
  #Person1#: That would really help me, Sue. I appreciate it. All this makes me feel like an idiot.
  #Person2#: Don't feel that way. I know you are very smart. Note - taking is a special skill. All students need to learn it. Some people are very smart, but they just haven't learned how to take notes yet. I'm lucky because I had a good English teacher in high school. She taught me how to take good notes. It's not hard.
  #Person1#: Alright. University and high school seem very different to me. I suppose I just need to learn how to manage lecture classes. Then I will do better.