I'm a teacher and I am becoming seriously disheartened by the negative generalisations made in the media and elsewhere.It seems that we are not only responsible for most social ills but now we are even responsible for the odd bad experience at a folk club!
Please don't tar us all with the same brush.We don't all try to educate others in our spare time. I always make a conscious effort not to appear patronising to the young children I teach - never mind the adults I meet at folk clubs.
You don't know how depressing it is to be constantly belittled for your occupation - which most of us entered because we wanted to make a difference.
Sorry to sound so bitter and twisted, but I am so fed up with hearing this kind of generalisation and not being able to respond.Thank you mudcat for giving me a rare opportunity to shout back!