Only two (emailing) disgruntled students from the fall, and neither one so disgruntled as to constitute a problem. Students don't really "get" how grades are weighed: see current thread on Chronicles of Higher Ed fora about math incompetence.
I think the most interesting thing I learned this semester was about ecological economics: the proposition that a resource value (say, a forest) is not automatically equal to its cash value, because once turned into cash, the transaction is not reversible. Hence the conceptual failure of neoclassical economics. Woot!
Otherwise, my classes were reasonably attentive and motivated. I really enjoyed the practice of teaching, which is something new for me. It felt much more relaxed and collegial this term.
I am not getting my hopes up. Spring semester is always a tougher slog - as the popular wisdom goes.
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