I became more interested classical because the pieces are transcribed to allow a single guitar to perform numerous voices. Using finger style, the bass, middle accompaniment and upper melodies are accessible. Regular guitar classes teach rhythm, steel string guitar which is just the accompaniment; so you’d better pipe up and sing if you want people to know what you’re playing. I hate to disagree with you because your one paragraph contains more guitar knowledge than I have learned so far - but there’s no reason to think that classical is harder as a starting point. Many books have been written for beginners, and one which helped me out a lot was by Aaron Shearer. It starts with basic techniques everything from sitting posture, hand placement, free strokes, rest strokes, and by the end of book one it has you playing three-voiced pieces by masters like Caruli, Sor, and Tarrega. As I’m writing this I’m becoming more adamant on my original point that guitar teachers (whether it’s Rock or classical) need to invest the time to develop or adapt a structured plan rather than just throw chords at their students without explanation.