jury after a year

I took a jury after almost a year today! I almost couldnot comprehend the projects initially - perhaps the first five students I got were extremely disappointing. The latter ones were good. So I too got in form, and understood how to crit them.

Most of the times, it is for me to understand the methodology the student has followed for the project...once it is cracked, the student too enjoys a crit and it makes sense to have a dialogue.

these were my students from last year - who, i thought were extremely shy and underconfident last year. This time, they appeared confident, and strong. One of them, as soon as we gave a crit, changed, rather ripped his model to accommodate our comments - i believe, that was rather bold, and exciting. I really felt nice about it, and about the fact that he too was aligned to what we were speaking as jury. I think, in the latter half, all of them were good - they enjoyed but took our comments seriously. I think this must be the spirit of a jury - and this is when both learn - the student as well as the teacher!