I just came across this:

http://rubyforge.org/docman/?group_id=251

The "Ruby Course" (last in the list) would be ideal, I think.  I'm 
reading through it right now, and I'm learning.

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On Thursday 14 April 2005 18:49, Phoenix said something like:
> I tried a while back to learn how to program using Visual Basic 5,
> but I could never really grasp it. I haven't had a lot of that
> problem with Ruby thus far, but I'm having trouble finding good
> beginner tutorials out there for people who haven't ever programmed
> before. I'm the kind of  person who needs someone to "hold my hand"
> in the beginning before I can do a lot by myself. Can anyone help?
>
> Tiffany Ellis

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