I learned on a standard and have not had any automatic cars since. They’re just more fun.
I tried in my Uncle’s Volkswagon when I was 17 and later my husband bought a little chevette when my first daughter was born and I had to learn then! I was 21 years old. Wow I would grind those gears at times or leave off the clutch too quick ..lol hated it, But learned to drive it! Never ever again! LOL!
I learned on an automatic. But my Dad had a pinto stickshift. After I became proficient driving, he insisted I learn how to drive a standard. He said, “you don’t know where you’ll be in the future and you may need this skill.” I have blessed him ever since.
He also gave me this tip for never getting locked out of the car with keys inside. “Always lock the door with the key. That way you’ll always have at least one with you.” That one also was gold.
Finally, and I guess most importantly, he said, “Never forget that you are operating a deadly weapon. Your decisions may save or take a life.” That was a sober reality.
Only stick shift I can drive is a semi! LOL
When I was in truck driving school, there was one guy that would drive up from Chattanooga; he had a stick shift sports car. One weekend we went out on the road with a truck and learned how to shift; the following weekend, he came in saying when he left the prior weekend after shifting a semi for two days, he almost jerked the stick shift knob off!