learning to drive a stick is fairly simple. just find a 5 spd car with a normal (stock)clutch (nothing like the ACT XTSS... not a good learning platform), someone who knows how to drive a 5 spd well and an empty parking lot. mall parking lots at night are great. then when you get decent, force yourself into traffic with it. nothing will get you more used to it then traffic. you will kill it alot, but you will get better quickly.