Maybe? ...but then only because you didn't make one (or presented it poorly enough that I couldn't understand what you were trying to say).
I'm afraid that he won't learn much of anything from a modern el-cheapo digicam except how to change ISO. All the other settings are given cute/mnemonic names so that the average consumer can remember them like 'beauty mode' or 'sports mode', etcGet a cheep $100 digi-cam to see if it is your bag, sure... it will teach you the interface with your computer which is very valuable.