Figuring out an entry-level DSLR?

Currently I'm using a point and shoot camera, and I was wondering if I invested in a DSLR camera if I would be able to figure out how to use it without taking any kind of class. Would I be able to figure it out well enough from just the manuals? I will be taking a photography class at school this year, but I don't believe the class will teach me how to use a camera, as most of the students will probably just take their photos with their iPhones. However, I actually care about my photo quality.

So, are they relatively easy to understand with a little practice?

My 5 week old pup eye is swolen?

I have a 5 day old puppy and her eye is swollen. My nephew was playing with my iPhone with a Otterbox case
and it fell on one of the puppy's and the next day we saw that her eye is really swollen. She always cries and it hurts her when it is touched. They are still new borns and I'm scared cause it looks painful. What can I do to get the swelling down, everything is closed do to a event.

How to unlock iphone 5s T-Mobile?

I bought a T-Mobile iPhone 5s from someone on CL. The phone was on contract, now it won't pick up signal when I inserted SIM. How to get this phone unlocked?

How to transfer music from Windows tablet to iPhone?

So I have a Windows Surface RT tablet, and on the music/Xbox music application I have songs that I would like to transfer to my iPhone 4, which is plugged into the tablet via USB. Is this possible, and how do I do it?

Why do I look bad in pictures?

I look good when I'm on camera and haven't taken the photo yet but when I take the photo I look ugly in it like the photo has bad quality and it makes me feel insecure of myself. I use an iphone 4s to take the pictures by the way.

Added (1). How can I fix this

Dropped iPhone 5 in water, Replacement?

Dropped iPhone 5 in water, Replacement?

Added (1). So last night i accidentally dropped my iPhone 5 in water and it's fried. It's in rice now but i have little hope for it. Problem is my family did not buy a warranty for the phone so it would cost like $269 to replace (i think thats right). Would it be cheaper to just buy a different smart phone? Could I get all my contacts and stuff back? Also, could I downgrade to like the iPhone 4 and still keep everything? Thank you! I leave for college very soon so this is imperative haha!

Can you rotate the whole iphone screen upside down?

Basically I have smashed the very bottom of my screen and the touch has stopped working.
so I was wondering if I could flip my whole iphone upside down in my settings and use my phone the wrong way up? Because obviously all the things I need are at the bottom such as my keyboard and send button ect but I don't really need things so much at the top?
so is this something that can happen? And can you explain how to do it?