Primary Radar Depicts Position and Movement

So, yeah...

We have taken nine end of lesson tests now, including the two we took after our main big test Tuesday morning. The ELTs do not count.. they just exist to give our instructors an idea of which questions are being missed. I have not missed any questions on any of these ELTs, one of only two people in the class to claim that (to my knowledge... I don't talk to everyone). So, of course, we took our first block test this morning -- i.e. our first test that actually counts -- and.... yeah, I missed one. And a bunch of people didn't miss any. They all suck. :)

I suppose I can't complain, considering there are some in my class who take another crack at the test in the morning (missing more than three earns you a coveted retake). But, this really is a symbol of my entire life -- rock'n and roll'n when nothing's on the line, but when it actually counts... me = choke. What's the point of getting everything right in practice if ya screw the proverbial pooch during the game?

So, for all those who were wondering... primary radar depicts position and movement. Not movement and speed, or position and altitude (my answer) or speed and altitude. This is vital life knowledge for everyone, so learn it.

Anyway, guess that's one of the good things about this course... we have four more tests over the next four weeks, and then Lord knows how many more after that. I ain't missing another one. I'll be the most boring person in class -- nothing really new there -- but the annoyance I held with myself all day is worth not experiencing again. Our instructor warned us Friday that no matter how we did on the block test, that we had to get right back to work without letting it bother us, and I did that -- reference the two perfect scores on the meaningless tests afterward -- but it still pissed me off something fierce. So, no more.

Today we started learning about airspace and all the Federal Air Regulations that pertain to us. Pretty dry stuff, but gotta learn to get onto the good stuff.

Oh, and I said I would get back to my classmates in the blog I posted on Monday last week. I know them all better now. Two guys are going with me to Memphis, and they are both cool cats... even Kendrick, who tells people he will meet them somewhere then, ya know, bails on them. Bart is the smartest guy in class, and I'd been keeping up with him till the hideousness of today. RuMar is the nutjob who drove like 45 hours from Anchorage to Oklahoma City, but it was a chance for he and his "friend who is a girl (his words, not mine, but we all know what that means)" to see the country, so, that's cool. Two guys are going to Guam, Keef and Phillip. Keef has been getting dates left and right down here in OKC, and I'm thinking that won't be so easy stuck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

I sit in between two guys named Mundo and Matt, who are both cool. I spent the weekend studying with just about everybody.. Ashley (who is going to Denver and thus, sucks) and I studied a bunch on Sunday, then I studied with Bart, Hsiang (pronounced Shang, like Shang Tsung from MK... he has the coolest name in our class, hands down) and Kevin Sunday night. Monday was a BBQ for Memorial Day, and I hung out with a bunch more people. Namedropping would be pointless at this point, so, won't do that, but it was fun.

And then, I went out and missed a question on the test. So, yeah.

Yours in the quest of perfection....

Mitch