Not really. If you believe that RISC is a good way to learn X86 by breaking you in on assembly language in a strict load-store, simple addressing-mode context, then ARM is a more reasonable first ISA to learn.
Many thousands of teenagers picked up X86 (and X86 protected mode!) from nothing more than the MASM Bible during the 1990s, so rather than overcomplicate things, I might just say "don't let yourself get intimidated" and dive right into X86.
Many thousands of teenagers picked up X86 (and X86 protected mode!) from nothing more than the MASM Bible during the 1990s, so rather than overcomplicate things, I might just say "don't let yourself get intimidated" and dive right into X86.