teaching day

I just finished my teaching today. It's a full day work. tired ...

2a, finished two sections homework. one more to go for first assignment.
9:30a, meeting with the instructor, discussing the course, class and student performance etc.;
10a/11a, class 1;
11a/1p, office hours; in fact I finished at 1:20p;
lunch;
2p/3p, class 2.

It's the first week of this quarter and second week of my teaching and first week of office hours in this quarter. Many students came to the office hours and I didn't stop for a minute. It seems (and I strongly believe) that the homework assignment is too much for the students. They need to finish more than 20 problems each week. And it's upper division course, which is not easy for the students. Some students complained to me. But what I can is only giving some feedback to the instructors since it's them determined the homework assignment.

In the evaluation of my last teaching, the students gave me good points. But some of them complained that my teaching is too fast for them. I used 20 minutes biweekly for the quiz and I didn't have enough time for teaching my stuff. This time I am trying to slow down and explain everything in detail. But it seems that the time is still too short for my teaching. I will try to teaching less in the class and write more in the notes, with which the students can preview/review by themselves.

It's a busy and tired day. Now I need to come back for my own work.