Scripting Languages

[Adrianis]

As long as your resource for education in C++ is based on the fact that you are starting with C++, then there is no reason to learn C. Learning C will set you up for C++, but you may as well spend the time learning C++ from the ground up anyway.

"Reading C just to understand WHY people made C++ seems utterly pointless to me" - Yup!
That said, C has it's own style - Procedural rather than Object Oriented, its just that procedural isn't so important these days, but it is good to have the knowledge of both, eventually, just don't start with it or you'll have to unlearn a bunch of stuff.
I started out with C and am now learning C++, had I started with C++ I think I would be in a better position than I am now.