I think you should try teaching yourself. There are lots of free online tutorials these days. I started to learn (still learning) and fell in love with python by going through the django tutorial[1] first. But then again, I'm a "throw me in the deep end" kind of guy.

[1] http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/intro/tutorial01/ Best tutorial and documentation I've read in a while. If you get stuck somewhere google it.