What coding language should I learn first?

Okay, thank you xD

Take a look at Learning Python the Hard Way

He's not trying to get a job for a tech giant in the next 6 months. Quit acting like he is. Let him learn Python on his own, and when he takes intro level CS courses, they'll almost certainly be in Java. He's only missing out by learning something he won't be taught at some point already.

@Invisible: I just did not want him to sell himself short

He's not selling himself short by going out of the curriculum

@1angrytitan: you can use it as a web services language, a system scripting language, graphics with the right libraries, database integration, statistics and big data manipulation. it tends to do alright with most everything. I tend to think of it as a jack of all trades, master of none. or very few, at least.

@Invisible: @malcontent: Interesting. Could I use it go analyze data and make predictions?

@1angrytitan: probably. it'd take you a good while to get all the math and such down for the prediction, but that's usually one of goals in the application of stats and big data.
I'd also check out the online courses for both big data and python. there are many free ones.