Approaching C# and the .net platform...

[EHaskins]

VB.net was the first language that I learned, back in 2003. I started with one of the Teach Youself .net books, if you search amazon you'll get a good list.

If you don't want to buy a book, I suggest you download Visual C# Express 2008. When you register it you get an e-book which walks you though creating a simple winForms app.

Once you get started when you have questions you can use http://searchdotnet.com/. It is just a custom google search which filters out a lot of the noise.

Other than books, and google searches, podcasts can be a very good source of information. .Net Rocks! and HanselMinutes are both good ones. DnrTV is the screencast version of .Net Rocks! it's also a good resource.

If you have any questions feel free to ask me.

EDIT: I found some more stuff for you. I appears that Washtenaw Community College is an MSDNAA member.

What that means for you is that if you have your username/password you can get the full version of Microsoft's development tools. You also have access to several Microsoft e-learning classes (IT Academy Course: Windows Developer). Your school's MSDNAA site is here.

EDIT 2: Misc. links
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/ very good blog which covers a variety of topics.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000827.html good blog post about learning to program