It will improve your flying skills as a novice pilot, and it will also serve as a relaxing "burn holes in the sky" plane later on when you're pushing yourself with fancier or higher performing planes. There's always a place in the hangar for an Ugly Stick.

For what it's worth, here's the progression I'll suggest. Since we're talking about park flyers, I'll keep those in mind although the progression works with nitro planes also.

Trainer- preferably 4 channel, but the Super Cub is fine. Gets you comfortable with flying and teaches your orientation.
Stick- bigger flies better, but they all fly well. Teaches you to fly the plane yourself instead of depending on the self righting characteristics. Lets you start working on basic aerobatic skills. Gives you more flying days due to much improved wind handling. The Parkzone T-28 isn't a stick, but it has a lot of the same desirable qualities.
Aerobat- any SPA type plane is good, or anything made for pattern. Teaches you to fly more precisely and is even better in the wind. Also makes stalled maneuvers like spins and snaps possible.
Scale- Go whatever direction you want here. True scale Cubs are ubiquitous for good reason (not the foamy Super Cubs, but models that actually fly like Cubs) as are the various warbirds. Park flyer warbirds really fly like sport planes with funky coupling issues. Balsa nitro and gas powered planes are more sensitive to bad piloting. For the ultimate challenge, go with a detailed out (which means heavy) WWI biplane.