I began teaching my lectures for Structured Programming over the last week. To my surprise, despite being the same cohort for which I saw soul-destroyingly low attendance last semester, attendance this time was surprisingly decent. Perhaps it's the higher perceived difficulty of the course, the nicer weather, or the slightly more convenient location. Whatever the cause, I'm glad to actually have sufficient students to engage in a conversational lecture.
I have a bit of a sowing-and-then-reaping issue though. I designed the course outline to include weekly lab exercises, three homework tasks, and two mid-term exams. This is all well and good, except now I have to make all of this material. I'm very overwhelmed but well supported by some good tutors including Xin Lu, Kai Phan, Carlo Zancanaro and others.