I've had bad experiences with fellow students and teachers alike. One class I took many years ago a fellow student told me that my fabric choices were "hideous." I found it rather funny at first and ignored it, I do tend to like unusual things compared to other fabric addicts, until a few minutes later when the teacher came around to check my progress on the technique and said, "You're right so and so, her fabric choices are really really ugly but she'll learn." Totally inappropriate and I left a pretty good complaint after the class was done about it. The shop told me that she was a really good teacher and we've never had a complaint before, maybe you should consider buying different material for classes. Yeah, never went back to that shop. I've had fellow students that ran the gambit but the worst are the ones that don't bathe (seriously smelled horrid and I'm in healthcare so that's saying something) or yes, the bathed in perfume and I'm grabbing for my inhaler and stepping outside to get fresh air. I've since done Craftsy since I have no other students to annoy me and I cannot annoy them and the teacher is ready to rock and roll at my pace.