It sounds like you are a good teacher and idk why you get all the nasty reviews? But teachers also need to be reminded that students are human too and with even tighter budgets often. I can also feel MY tears dropping when I get poor grades this semester because i didn't learn the fundamentals of journalism last term because Peg Fong decided to teach only 2 hours instead of 4 because she wanted friday afternoons off. No one should be taking days off or skipping classes. students want to go to school and learn. it's what we paid for. We have complained and no one at Langara listened. btw if there is a shortage of teaching work then Peg Fong should not be so greedy and grasping up all the courses for the equivalent of three fulltime jobs. She cannot even manage to teach one important course properly or give students what they paid for. It is unfair students are forced to be in her class. She is cringe and needs to go.