Subordinates become followers if leaders become leaders.
Seligman's ideas, as applied here, would imply that even though you worked hard to teach your students throughout the day, you saw no obvious connections between what you tried to do and the apparent result . But the connections you needed to see between your efforts and your efforts' results were inconspicuous to you. Ask yourself this. For now, though, turn the questions just asked of you into questions seen through the eyes of your students. There are no marks from the teacher on the essay other than its grade.