"Just that education was not my reason for running a folk club"
Is it anybody's Dave ?
The best education you can possibly have is that which comes naturally because you make   yourself receptive to it

The Closed thread was based on the idea, which was quotes as having come from Bob Davenport, that education has no place in folk song

The 'Paki' quote came from a class of schoolkids Charles Parker was talking to - I have heard similar myself, with Chinkie-music'
I have always assumed it referred to what some have called 'The clear, natural open tones of traditional singing'
I have always known from personal experience that the natural singing voice that kids instinctively use is often considered ugly, which is why so many of us were told to "sit at the back of the class" because it was deemed that we couldn't sing

If I wanted to 'educate' them I would tell them what folk song was about - they have their own imaginations to decide what it sounds like to themselves
Jim