I agree with you about the attitudes that some people have.  I am much
older than you, and I would like to be able to tell you that as people get
older, they get wiser.  But I find many of the same attitudes among my
peers that you find among your's.  Not as prevalent, perhaps, but not
uncommon either.  We have a "just plain folks" snobbishness that is just
as damaging, and just as wrong as the kind some people associate with
classical music.  Keep yourself free from these things and you will do
well.  Take care,

Bob Lyman ([log in to unmask])
http://www.geocities.com/Soho/Workshop/7610/
http://www.artists-in-residence.com/users/radiance/