Need Help! Struggling with Driving Standard!!

I definitely remember what you're going through years ago when I was learning to drive a stick. If you're releasing (disengaging) the clutch and the car didn't either stall OR move forward AND the engine just revs = possible burned out clutch. BUT then you said when you fully release your foot off your clutch, the car is spinning its wheels...SO, maybe the clutch is fine and you need to work on your clutch and accelerator "rhythm" and get in more practice...Lord knows I had to put some time in before I could drive a MT car smoothly....and I'm STILL not as good as the people out there who say "I can drive a MT car for 80k miles or more without replacing a clutch"..LOL! Keep up the practice...and it's GOOD to see a young guy like you who's willing to learn and not just say screw it and get an AT slushbox!

The best way to learn to be gentle with the clutch is to practice making the car move smoothly without giving it any gas at all. If you are very gentle, you will get the feel for when the clutch engages. Once it is starting to engage smoothly, then you can start adding a LITTLE throttle at a time until you get the feel for how to do it smoothly. Do this on level ground, and preferably in a parking lot with nothing and nobody around. Be prepared, you will stall it at first but you will get the feel for it. Best of all, because you are not revving the wee out of the engine, you are less likely to do serious damage to the clutch. Once you have that down pat, we'll explain how to get moving on a hill without rolling back into the car behind you.

I heard this will make the engine last longer also. Is this true ? Clutch 1st start then gas.