What I learned this semester

This semester in college writing class I learned a few new things. I learned how to write a summary and be very specific with regards to citing people and their thoughts. It taught me how to be very precise about certain scenes and how to use pathos to connect with your audience. The other task that I had to pick up was learning how to blog. Blogging was a very different and unique concept to get down because there is no real direction on what we have to write about. Which is the fun of it as well. I enjoy picking my own topics because it makes it much interesting to write about. One other thing that I learned in class is how to write a micro theme. At first I thought this was going to be a very easy assignment because it was only one page long. In fact, dissecting every line of a one page paper is much more difficult than I thought it was. I did my micro theme on a topic that I enjoyed as well which made it a lot easier. I also was able to experiment on youtube editing videos. This was good because sometime in the future I would like become a moto-vlogger. I learned a lot this year that not only applies to my writing skills but also hobbies that I would like to do in the future.

Blog day friday

I think the whole situation regarding Colin Kaepernick is an absolute disgrace. Mr. Kaepernick's message was trying to make a point about the black lives in America have been getting oppressed by police. If this man doesn't understand what it means behind standing up for the National anthem, then I think he is very under educated. He doesn't care about all the men and women overseas that have fought and are still currently fighting for our freedom. America is a great country and if he doesn't like it, then he can leave. America has given him the opportunity to play on the NFL and this is how he repays the American people for that. This is what younger generations see and think it's ok to disrespect police and military by taking a knee or not standing. Colin, be proud of the country you live in. I agree there is always going to be good situations in police forces around the country but BLM and Colin are just focusing on them. BLM stated the they want to defund the police force. How is that going to help? When you are a hard working man and you have earned things through working countless hours, then someone tries to steal it or destroy it; who are you going to call? Better not be the police because they are most likely going to be busy with hundreds of other callers asking for their help or simply do not have the means and resources to help you. What changed within the past 6 years to make Colin all of a sudden take a knee. Colin does have the right to do so because of his freedom of speech. That is also what is so great about this country, Freedom of speech. Colin along with the rest of the NFL must wear American Flags on the back of their helmets, so if he was so up hauled about the idea of wearing and standing by the American Flag, why doesn't he take his helmet off when he plays. I feel very strongly about this topic and today especially it seems like some people are too afraid to voice their opinion because they may offend someone by doing so. Thats what makes everyone unique and special is each and every person voicing their opinion about something. If Colin wants to make a statement, why doesn't he start help funding the school system, and help change the way the younger generations think because thats who will be leading this country next.

What to fix for next video

In class we were given the choice of either doing a picture frame slide or a video to describe our micro theme paper. I thought I was truly able express my feelings towards how regular passengers view the everyday commercial planes. It was tough coming from a my view being a pilot and knowing what is going on throughout the flight. The biggest hurdle that I had to overcome was seeing it from a different point of view. Dr. Kyburz gave me some insight on this. It was interesting, even after my presentations that something that may seem elementary to me, may be vary complex to someone whom isn't educated with aviation. It really took me back and made me realize I was in their shoes and scared at one time as well. Some things I should have changed was to figure out out to use Youtube editor more effectively. I could not figure out how to remove the text from the first slide. Other than that, I thought for my first time creating a video it wasn't a complete disaster. This was a very fun project because it brought my creative side to the table which, in aviation, I rarely get to use.

Night Flight

Last night, my friend Leigh and I went on a flight to Quad cities. It was such a gorgeous night when we departed and the air aloft was very smooth. When we got to our cruising altitude of 6500 feet, I engaged auto-pilot to our destination. When we were 25 miles away from our airport, I called up the approach controller. I said, our position, altitude, confirmed that we had obtained the current weather, and what we intended to do when we got there. The approach controller than cleared us to enter into his airspace and we then contacted tower. Tower then cleared us for the option to either d a stop and go or touch and go. When we landed, we stopped and took off again. We were told to fly the run way heading until further advised. After about a minute, we turned to a heading of 310, another minute 040, then proceeded on course. Climbing up to 5500 feet this time did not take us as long and we had a tailwind on the way back so that pushed us along as well. It was a lot of fun getting back in the air with an old friend and hopefully we will be able to fly again soon

Omaha

This weekend was very fun. My roommate Mitch and I went to his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. I was thinking Nebraska was very flat and nothing out there. Parts of the state was definitely like that but in other ways it was urban as well. Unlike Philadelphia, you have to drive everywhere! It takes about 20 mins to get to wherever you need to go. If you need to go to the store, it takes 20 mins. Mitch's family is very Italian. The first night we were there his mother invited his family over to celebrate Mitch's 21 birthday. We had pasta and meatballs the first night and it was so authentic and delicious. The next day we went downtown Omaha and explored. Not many people were there because it was Saturday morning but the streets were still quite filled with tourists. The city looked old and rustic but had a modern day twist to it which made it very fun to explore. When we got back we had steaks for dinner which was incredible as well. His family is very welcoming and friendly and I was able to have another great night with them. Overall, I really enjoyed my stay at his home and would love to go back sometime.

What I fixed

I handed in my paper today. I made multiple changes to my paper. The changes that I made were a whole new introduction paragraph, refining verbs, correcting to MLA format, adding information about the film, as well as making my conclusion stronger. The peer evaluations seemed to help me a lot because we had more than thirty minutes to critique people on what they should fix and amend. I did enjoy this because it showed how much other students can help as well as Dr. Kyburz's notes. All in all, I believe my final draft was much improved from previous drafts. I did learn a lot from this assignment and will improve on future assignments.

What to fix

I know for my summary entry I need to fix a few things. First thing I need to change is to extend my  actual paper. Make everything more in detail and extend the summarization of my paragraphs. Explain what is happening in each scene in more detail. Another thing that I need to work on is trying to not give my own opinion. I find this quiet difficult sometimes because I am always trying to say what I think about everything I write.  Making sure my tense is correct. I need to make sure that I am always in the present tense instead of switching back and forth from present to past or vice versa. The last ting that I should focus on is making sure my verbs are precise to what scene I am trying to portray. This is extremely important to the reader because verbs pretty much describe what the message is you're trying to get across. Transition between paragraphs would be big as well. Make sure my paragraphs are easily flowing from one to the next. Other than that just making sure that my summary makes sense when reading it allowed!