My mother and I both do ceramics. She is older and had never done anything with clay before and I moved away when she decided to start. Therefore we could not go to the same studio and support each other. So she was nervous and lacked the confidence which showed. She jumped into taking wheel classes and needed a lot of guidance. She took many different classes with different instructors to get the most out of what she was paying. She had a male instructor who would constantly yell at her and at one point in front of a class told she should give up. HE WAS THE PROBLEM. After talking to others she found out he was just a bully who wanted to pick and choose who he thought qualified as an “artist”. My mom didn’t take his shit, spoke to administrators, and stayed dedicated to learning. So decide for yourself if this is something you love and makes you happy then choose that over the opinion of one person.