I teach programming (not CS) part time. All students have been doing reasonably well and took something valuable with them, which is the intent of the course.

I teach programming (not CS) part time. All students have been doing reasonably well and took something valuable with them, which is the intent of the course. However only a few have what it takes to regularly sit in front of a computer and power through long term. It’s definitely special for better or worse. Let’s face it: We’re nerds!