Almost every pilot starts their training in a Cessna because the basics of flight apply to every aircraft, and operating a small simple aircraft is far less cognitive load than sitting in the glass cockpit of a jumbo jet. An electric plane removes the complexity of operating the engine which is not insubstantial, even in the smallest of general aviation aircraft.
I kind of hate Cessnas. They feel dramatically underpowered to me. Sailplanes OTOH feel great because they have no engine at all. It--focuses the mind. I've probably learned a lot more about pure flying from sailplanes than from Cessnas. It just feels safer to me to have no engine and a good glide ratio than a small (potentially unreliable) engine and a poor glide ratio.
Of course nobody's going to be commuting in a sailplane, but they're awesome for pure fun and learning piloting skills.
