First Steps on Orchestration

I wrote my first orchestra piece when I was 11. Granted,
I wasn't any good at it. I don't like that piece and I am
never showing it to anybody. When I explained my complaints
to my previous teacher, he said that even if I hated it,
it taught me more about orchestration than anyone could've.
After that, I wrote a symphony. I am also not proud of that
piece, but it definitely showed improvement. Here is where my
teachers decided that it was time to get serious about orchestration

A lot of orchestration is about instrumentation and arrangements.
Wind instruments usually have a softer, more gentle sound, while brass
instruments are loud, and well, brassy. String instruments are always
used as a family most of the time, unless you have solos, which usually
is only for the section leader/concertmaster. Depending on the arrangement
of the piece, you would be able to judge which instrument fits the best
by judging what type of sound you want to create

What I learned is that anyone can orchestrate.
Anyone can orchestrate as long as they have the drive to do so
What I learned in class are more about instruments and more about
how they sound in context and in each register of the instrument