The thing is newbies will get it in the hard way especially now that they can't do small transactions since fees will surely eat up their hard earned Bitcoin. Now that's sad. But it is not impossible since it really is feasible to achieve 1 BTC as long as you have the determination and eager to learn more as to how you will earn more.
Fees are not that ridiculous, they are high but if you didn't collect dust in your wallet you will manage. If you don't need to use BTC so wait for the scaling solution to be implemented.
Bitcoin upgrade which awaits us in the second half of the year hopefully will reduce fee rates significantly. Util then use bitcoin as emergency payment method only.