is here! Yes, in fact about 1/6-th of the year is already over. How time passes! The last semester was exceptionally hectic. Teaching a class of 90 was no joke. Also, teaching one hour classes as opposed to one and a half hour classes was very tricky. By the time the previous class ends you are 5-7 minutes into the lecture. By the time students come and you get started, you have lost about 10 minutes. And by the time it is 45 minutes into the lecture you have to start thinking about wrapping up. With the clock ticking so fast for you and the same clock ticking very slowly for your students (yes, when I attended classes, they always seemed slow!!), it is hard to find a balance between giving maximum you can in a class and giving just the right amount that can be assimilated by brains which have already processed a couple of lectures and are yet to digest a few more. The work for the course did not stop with teaching. Coming up with good exercises, tutorials, correcting answer sheets et...