Typical teacher, god our kids are doomed.

I'd like to suggest maybe buying a few magazines like Total Carp, that usually covers most stuff for beginners, helped me massively when I first started out. Loads of advice online too if the old school way of learning ain't for you.

Actually just going fishing helps you learn too and like previous comments have said fish care should be paramount, decent unhooking mat/carp care etc. If you need any help I'm sure most people on here will, just ask away whatever you're not sure about.