onefixedstar | Failure of communication?

One of my fellow TAs told me that she's been fielding a lot of questions from the students who attended my review lecture last Tuesday. In fact, my students are apparently the only ones asking questions about the material, and they don't seem to understand any of it. That's a bit discouraging. As much as I would like to blame it on the fact that the majority of the students walked out as soon as we opened the floor to questions, I'm afraid it might be an indication that something was lacking in our lecture. Of course, without talking to them, I have no idea what that something was. Hopefully some of them will show up at my office hours on Thursday and I'll be able to elicit some feedback. Or maybe someone from another group will show up completely confused, indicating that some people just don't understand the material and it wasn't my presentation that drove all knowledge from their brains.

I managed to rough out my taxes today (I have to go pick up a proper package tomorrow) and it looks like I'll be paying just under half of what I paid last year (down to three digits from four!). Apparently there are benefits to paying tuition at two schools at once. Although, honestly, that's small comfort.