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(A)DND (version undecided) looking for dedicated person to teach

I'm a dad to two boys who are young (1 year 10 months, 5 years old) and I work and go to school, full time for both of those. Time is a bit of a short commodity. I want someone to teach me DND (version undecided, not sure which one I should aim for). I played a few times when I was on active duty with nothing to do in Japan and our DM pretty much guided us. He told us which dice to throw and if we succeeded or not. I remember immolating an entire dungeon after helping the prisoners escape using a fireball because i wanted the Exp and was told I was no longer allowed to be Neutral Good. That's my total experience, not counting the Dead Alewives audio clip. What am I looking for? Someone to either dedicate their time to me or guidance on how to find groups dedicated to helping people fresh. Here's the thing... I hope this isn't against the community guidelines, but because my schedule sucks... I will pay the person who is knowledgeable enough to teach me to both DM and be PC. Not a lot of money, but I'll make it worth your while. Again, if there's already a set of people that do this out of ENJOYMENT and teach already, I will happily join them instead of bothering you guys. It's just that the groups I've seen just say "One time group, doing X activity, noobs OK." If I join that group, I'll be forcing their entire experience to suck because every 7 seconds "Now wait, why did that happen?" Plus, if one person is teaching me, we can throw a legit campaign out of the window and I can learn to DM as well. I have access to G+ (assuming I need that for video/audio) and have a competent network connection.
I've read through the starter guides and rules for a few of the editions as well as the DND starter guides on /r/dnd. I understand the entire concept of the game, but the actual RULES and whatnot don't stick when I read them on paper. I have to experience it.
Hello, I'm a DM with some minor experience with a group of friends, and recently I started with the new 5th edition of DnD. I also recently discovered roll20, and I'm thinking in running a online campaign. The new 5e is very friendly to new players and I plan to run the starter adventure, so if you could bear with me while I get organized the players and games, I could help you get started into the game.
I'd love to depending on your schedule and when you plan on running it.
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Gold
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If you want to learn a very Basic version of the game, I will be happy to take you into my basic dungeon-crawling campaign. I've introduced quite a few people to Roll20 or even to roleplaying games in general, on the campaign I'm offering, which I titled: "Explore dungeons inside a strange world!" The version I use even has a free open-source rules PDF to download the core book for free, or order a printed copy for $5. In my experience this system is one of the easiest ways to start D&D whether first-time D&D or just first-time DM'ing online. I've been reviewed as a patient teacher of the game, and would be pleased to play with someone who is enthusiastic/dedicated to learning, listening & asking questions. I can show you how to make a character, how to roll attacks and damage (similar to other editions of the game but a very Basic and stripped-down way of presenting it, to learn from the building blocks before you add a ton of modifiers). I'd show you GM techniques for how I create dungeon maps (the easy way), and how to find appropriate monster encounters (the easy way), traps, and roleplaying scenarios, and how to include narrations and descriptions. Note, I also run outdoor scenarios and make world maps & regional maps, however, for simplicity and ease-of-teaching, I made my Basic game focused entirely on indoor underground dungeons, caves & caverns, to keep a neat and tidy theme, and a limited scope that's not too much to teach over 2 or 3 sessions.
Gold, you have me interested. When do you typically run it?