These are all nice hummy happy suggestions.
If you have patience, you will win, and go far. You will play alot, and have fun!! I have seen alot bad teachers with great students, so a good teacher is important, but the patience and dedication of the student is more important..... The student is the one that has to have their act together, as far as dedication to getting better!
I love older students, because they dont usually have skateboarding, video games, or sponge-bob to sidetrack them from practice.
If you dont have patience though , sell your guitar on ebay..buy a yacht, and sail.
