I WILL NEVER TAKE A CLASS TAUGHT BY THIS WOMAN AGAIN. SHE IS INCREDIBLY COLD AND UNAPPROACHABLE. GOD HELP YOU IF YOU NEED AN EXTENSION. VERY HARD MARKER. TOO MUCH WORK FOR THE GRADE GIVEN ON ASSIGNMENTS. NEVER AGAIN.

HORRIBLE TEACHER/CLASS: Reasoning: She does not tell students what she expects (grade wise) and when asked in class how we will be graded she says "by writing strongly and referring to the counseling skills". She mocks/laughs at students and wonders why nobody speaks up. She is rude, arrogant, cold. AND us students pay her salary. Fire her!?

Cate is the worst professor I've ever had. Avoid her like the plague. Judgemental, mean, homophobic, polyphobic, and close minded. I'm seriously sorry for anyone who has a mandatory class with her. Only accepts verbatim responses.

Memorize the textbook and ignore her. She takes all her labs and exam questions from outside sources. Labs can be googled from two sources. Exams are direct quotes from the text only. Good luck if you can't memorize 100+ pages every two weeks.

Honestly one of the worst teachers ive ever had. She was not caring towards me or some of my other classmates at all. criteria on project a was unclear at times. Not that much homework, but the final grades in the course was made up from only 1 or 2 assignments. Did not care about the mental well being of some of the people in the class.

Cate is a very difficult prof. Her criteria is painfully vague yet her expectations are unreasonably high and will doc marks for 'errors' or 'missing criteria' that was not listed in the criteria, as if she just decided on the spot you should've done it anyways. She is unapproachable and unreasonable. Midterm did not properly reflect class content.

Cate Pelling is the most unreasonable/inflexible teacher I have encountered during my many years of school. She grades based off marking criteria that is extremely vague and she marks harshly and without fair justification. Despite having a doctor's note for a mental health issue (the very topic we're studying) she failed me for not presenting.

Cate's criteria are vague and she is unapproachable. Honestly this is the most frustrating prof I've dealt with. I find it hilariously ironic that the interpersonal skills teacher has few interpersonal skills and isn't very good at communicating. I hope she's a better counselor than she is a teacher.

She laughs when you say something that is incorrect and makes you feel stupid. Which isnt very nice. She is rude and enjoys to point out that we are wrong. She is a tough marker and doesnt mark fair. I have so many classmate who would agree. I am never taking this class again. I dont think shes the best instructor to be teaching this class. 0

She has an issue with communication, we are on the third week of classes and so far there has been a miss communication on three major aspects of the course. She has blamed the students though none of the information we needed was anywhere to be found. If you can help it DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER!!

For a counselor I thought she would have been nice. I was wrong. She would make students uncomfortable to speak up in class as she would make you feel stupid for asking questions. Very cold and not helpful at all. Only one project in the class that is weighted heavily so if you screw up on it, good luck getting a good grade. I'm an A+ student too..

One of the worst experiences I had with a professor. While I can respect all instructors are different the sheer terror people feel when speaking up in class is a reflection of her talents as a teacher. If you ask for clarification or question what she has said she will dance around the answer and give you a half-constructed one through laughter.

With hard work motivation and commitment, I have successfully obtained a final grade of A+ However this was not without stress Pelling does not answer questions in class but sidelines them Also one very peculiar quality is Pelling farts during lectures and then says "What was that?" This was observed in few lectures

After reviewing our completed midterms as a class, I noticed she marked a question wrong on my midterm that was correct and when I went up to ask her about I was told quote: "I have 4 separate classes that I teach, I don't have time to look at each question that carefully. If I remember to change it I will, but it won't even change your mark."

Material is simple, lectures are dry. Cate can be abrasive and combative. Perhaps she is burnt out, there seems to be a lot of anger bubbling under the surface, a fragile ego. I read her reviews and figured I would give her a chance. I should have listened to the reviews. This is not someone who should teach interpersonal anything. Utterly dismal.

The subject matter is very interesting and I enjoyed the readings. If you work hard you will get a good mark. That said the way the prof interacts with the class in such a condescending and at times cruel way really makes you question the whole program. There are years worth of negative reviews on her teaching and yet they continue to employ her.

if you can avoid taking a course with this professor, by all means do so. it's honestly depressing realizing that you have wasted money on a course taught by the most uninspired professor who does not know how to teach in the slightest. if you normally are a successful and engaged student, this course will suck the joy out of you. good luck lol.

AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS! Cate is one of the worst professors out there, she was not made to teach. Cate has a way of making you feel uncomfortable and terrible for answering or asking questions in class. I am typically a good student but she was tough, she also would gaslight others and myself in so many ways it is inexcusable and unprofessional.

Cate needs an advisor to show her how to be empathetic. She was not made for teaching and needs to retire. I would not recommend her if you want to protect your mental health.

Cate is very unprofessional when it comes to handling students. She has made many students cry and is quite abrupt in her responses. Your answers have to be word for word what she would be thinking or it is wrong. This class was boring and also just made myself and others feel incompetent when we are typically good students. :(

One of the worst instructors I had at Camosun. She's so specific at what she wants in her assignments/midterm. If you don't write in your work what she says, you will lose marks. She's knowledgeable, but definitely someone who shouldn't teach students.

Believe all the negative comments written on this site about her. I went through this site and thought she couldnt be as bad as the reviews claim. She wasn't as bad. She was a lot worse. This lady has the uncanny ability of making students feel horrible about themselves.

genuinely no idea how someone with such a lack of interpersonal skills is teaching a course on interpersonal skills

Absolutely awful instructor! She was very particular when it comes to what she's looking for; it's either her way or you lose marks. She wanted everything handed in hard copy only, no electronic submissions allowed, which she forgot to do for me specifically once, due to not being medically cleared to attend class the week an assignment was due.

Cate is extremely difficult to please, and she gives very unclear instructions. She expects you to understand what she wants without giving any specific guidelines, and then gets passive aggressive when you don't do it “the way she wanted”. The course material itself is very interesting, but she herself is a very poor professor.

Cate is super unwilling to explain her expectations clearly, and it makes it really hard to get good grades because you don't understand what she's looking for. She is also quite rude, and only cares about a select few in her class. She also talks way too fast to be able to take notes properly.

1st prof to make me cry, asked for outline of whats wanted for our final paper said we already discussed twice didn't give proper answer back, rewrote my research paper cuz she wanted improper one like WHAT. Always said WHEN I WAS IN THE FIELD, amt of times she'd awkwardly laugh about patients disorders or just in general don't think she ever was

Cate does not clearly communicate her expectations or even basic information about the assignments. When you ask for clarification, she is super passive-aggressive and sometimes mean. She has a way of making students feel terrified to ask or answer questions in class. Her marking is harsh, and her feedback is vague. This class made me hate my life