I've started with worse. One of my early assignments involved training younglings no older than five or six.

[He, at least, sounds confident in his ability. She's obviously no youngling.

Her reasoning for the choice, in some ways, makes a lot of sense to Anakin. He hadn't felt particularly 'called' but it was certainly his experience that working backwards rarely went well.]

You saying that makes me feel a little better about my own decision. We Jedi are taught to let go of the past, and to look ahead. Preserve what we can, but always focus on the here, not on what was.