This comment by me was probably in response to that:

I feel very positive about my tutees this year. My (current) second years aren't bad, but they were very quiet! It felt like a real achievement when I got them to actually answer questions; this lot were already asking questions and volunteering opinions in our first tutorial session.

Sounds like you had a good day too; I am not really involved in fandom, mostly I just read fic, and (far too) occasionally comment.