In fact, things are at the most intense now as I've got hours and hours and hours and hours of 5 minute oral exams stacked up with all 150-or-so of my students. Today, I had six hours worth and must've heard 50 times how "handsome and tall" Kobe Bryant - the guy you've never heard of before, right, who's a hero in China - is and how "I very like him. He is many bigger than the different players." Grammatical constructions like that aside, it was actually really satisfying to speak to my students one-to-one for a change.
My best students were good, as expected, but I was actually surprised by how good some of the kids I'd passed off as being of 'average ability' were - in many cases they beat those that have been top of the class all semester. Some other folded and didn't manage to string ten words together, but I think it was mainly nerves in most cases. They'll pass the course thanks to their high attendance (50% of their final grade) so won't have to resit...
I'm not sure how I feel about that, although I'm happy not to have to sit through another string of near-identical speeches in praise of the mighty Kobe. Quote of the Day? "He is very in my heart. I want to be Kobe. I love Kobe."