Motorcycle Training. Help or Hazard?

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What makes more sense; learning to ride in a controlled environment where folks teach you things you didn't know you didn't know or tossed out into the real world where suddenly you are expected to know what to do and do it correctly the first time or else?

We don't push drivers ed in Arizona and it shows on the streets here. Alas, they did back in Minnesota, it seems bad habits still tend to win out.