Lol Saku, yes I only watched the first season, thus I did a review for the first season. I have every intentions of watching the second season as well. 5/10 isn't a -shit- score imo, it's directly in the middle. Not good, not bad. Overall Silver Spoon was a pretty good mindless watch and provided for some decent escapism...the perfect stuff to watch while unwinding before bed. I am going to be hard on slice of life stories though because most of the time what they are doing is pretty basic. And yes, I would say that Silver Spoon is one of the best of its kind. Hopefully the second season fixes the problem of all the other characters being bland by giving them some extra dimension.
As far as finding anime overall to be average to bad, yeah, I totally agree with that. I would say most stuff that is coming out right now is pretty bad. But I don't think it is because I am tired of anime, I just think I am more critical than most, or at least I am more critical than I used to be. A lot of the stuff I used to be able to enjoy in high school doesn't fly with me anymore...I would like to think it is because I have matured lol.
BTW, the best Slice of Life anime in a long time is Usagi Drop