The second week of Scientific Mathematics saw attendance drop to six. Two of these had not attended last week. It was clear that most of the students had convinced themselves they were sufficiently adept in the course materials that they need not attend. The students who attended were at various places during the module, mostly not within the week 2 material.
I did not lecture again, as no two students were at the same point in the material after last week and work completed at home. However, for the most part these were the "weaker" students and they were closer to the front of the module. I toured the room answering questions as they arose. I was required to answer questions on any part of the material, which was a little daunting and lucky I know this material fairly well; in a more advanced module I would have struggled without having revised!
Again the students left early. One student who was fairly advanced decided to call it a day and miss the traffic and the others followed.
