Good on you for calling it Pierre, everybody should have a mentor or two. I was lucky enough to have a couple of mentors when starting out, one enforced a "double screwgate belay off the anchors" mentality, and the other having done some mountaineering was a tad more flexible and used clove hitches and accompanying body cushioning accoutrements.. With exposure to a couple of different mentor styles a young padawan will find their his place in the spectrum.
10a is 18 for sure, hit up the gyms midweek and you'll rocket through the grades, and likely make contacts too.
ciao
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