hehe its ok dont worry im not the best too
so... first I think that your texture can be the problem
so go in your hypershade and double click on the texture
and its probably a binn
so after double clicking go in specular shading
and play with the two lines till you get it like you want
im not sur if it will help you...
other thing... when you render be sure that you are in production for the final setting because I've already forget it and I was in draft
and there's a free video tutorial on the web site for rendering maybe its a good idea to look at it (I think ill take a look too)