To quote a few famous movies:

There are no points for second place...

If your not first; your last.

As a culture we have the problem with celebrating mediocrity and I think its crap. I enjoy helping people, and encourage everyone to help out their fellow players. What I don't understand is why everyone feels the desire to "protect everyone's feelings." Using terms like "he is still learning" or he "needs to improve" will give players a false sense of worth. We see the same problem in the school system today where the bar is constantly being lowered. We need to raise the bar not lower it.

Saying he "still needs to learn" doesn't change the fact that he is still currently a bad player. It is his\her job to seek advice to improve and make himself a better player. There is nothing wrong with being a bad player and in fact, most people who are new to a dungeon or a game in general (unless your a freak of nature like the top 1% of players) are bad at some point. We all start as bad players and some of us evolve into better players through hard work and preparation.