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Great to hear you're excited ....and welcome to our side of the shooting and hunting hobby !!
I've never seen an instructor restrict a lesson to no pump guns / but it may be because he sees a lot of older guns / or Tactical guns ....that aren't conducive to really learning the techniques he is trying to teach.
You can learn a lot by hanging around a gun club / talking to guys / reading on the internet ....lots of good books, DVD's on the market at Sunrise Video's etc, ....lots of good stuff out there.
For wing shooting in general, I second OneOunces's comments about finding a Skeet club operation near you / you'll get a lot more practice with lead and follow thru concepts than in Trap - and then graduate to a Sporting Clays operation or 5 Stand if you have one close. Rely on your girlfriends father a little - pick his brain - ask him if he'll do a little instruction with you ....
and no matter what - have fun. A good solid pump gun is not a bad gun / it may not be an optimal gun for many clay games ....but its a style of gun most of us started shooting, and we still have in our safes, even though we may have moved on to other guns. You don't need a "better" gun right now --- use what you have / make sure it fits you properly - so it hits where you point ( take it to the pattern board )...
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