I would like to learn how to draw.
Sure! Drawing is a form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments
I wonder if been a good drawer made you a good painter too.
I remember a secondary subject on technical drawing ,we used the .Technical drawing tools include and are not limited to: pens, rulers, compasses, protractors 
Good to know,  Do you know any good books about drawer>
Well you can find them in book stores but I could also suggest a  freehand drawing, usually not intended as a finished work.
But I am very bad at drawing at this point,  what else should I know about drawing?
More so,drawing is extensive ,it includes.graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax colored pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds of erasers, markers, styluses, various metals