If you have the freedom to be able to do this then this is great. When I was an academic I was under enormous pressure by the university to never let a student

If you have the freedom to be able to do this then this is great. When I was an academic I was under enormous pressure by the university to never let a student drop out of a course because of the financial consequences. Still had the same problems as you, but I had to figure out a way to get the students through the course. Lots of fun!