Writing the Purpose of Your Textbook
This lesson demonstrates how P.L.E.M. Academy students should begin writing their personal textbook projects. The primary objective of the first page is to clearly explain the purpose of the book, the intended audience, and the long term goals associated with the project. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
The First Page of the Book
The lesson explains that the first page of the actual content should answer a simple question:
Why does this book exist?
Students are encouraged to write a concise statement explaining:
- The purpose of the book.
- The audience being served.
- The skills being developed.
- The career goals connected to the project.
- The value the book provides to future readers.
This page becomes the foundation upon which the remainder of the textbook is built. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Before writing hundreds of pages, first explain why the book should exist.
The Book as a Professional Project
The lesson emphasizes that the textbook is more than an academic exercise.
Students are encouraged to view the project as:
- A portfolio project.
- A communication exercise.
- A professional writing project.
- A resume building activity.
- A demonstration of expertise.
The goal is to create a resource that showcases growth, communication skills, organization, and technical knowledge. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
Editing Your Own Work
A major portion of the lesson focuses on editing.
Students are encouraged to read their work aloud while revising.
Reading aloud helps identify:
- Awkward wording.
- Incomplete thoughts.
- Poor sentence flow.
- Grammar mistakes.
- Communication issues.
The lesson argues that hearing your own writing often reveals problems that are difficult to notice while reading silently. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
Comparing Editing Methods
The lesson demonstrates three different approaches to editing:
- Manual editing by reading aloud.
- Editing with Grammarly.
- Editing with ChatGPT.
The purpose is not to declare one method universally superior, but rather to compare the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
Students are shown how different tools may alter wording, structure, clarity, and overall presentation. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}
No matter what editing tool is used, every line should still be reviewed by the author.
Professional Communication
The lesson repeatedly stresses the importance of professional communication.
Students are reminded that:
- Writing is a professional skill.
- Speaking is a professional skill.
- Email communication is a professional skill.
- Online communication is a professional skill.
- Presentation skills affect career opportunities.
Professional communication is treated as a skill that develops through repeated practice rather than a talent that appears automatically. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}
Textbooks and Technical Communication
The lesson compares technical writing to mathematical communication.
Just as mathematics requires precise notation and definitions, professional writing requires:
- Clear wording.
- Consistent terminology.
- Logical organization.
- Accurate explanations.
- Readable structure.
Students are encouraged to develop these skills gradually while creating their textbooks. :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}
Building a Career Through Projects
Another important theme throughout the lesson is using projects to prepare for future opportunities.
The textbook serves as:
- A demonstration of initiative.
- A record of learning.
- A showcase of technical ability.
- A communication portfolio.
- A long term professional asset.
Students are encouraged to connect their textbook topics directly to the skills required for careers they hope to pursue in the future. :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}
The Role of Revision
The lesson emphasizes that first drafts are rarely final drafts.
Writers should expect to:
- Revise repeatedly.
- Improve clarity.
- Refine wording.
- Strengthen organization.
- Eliminate confusion.
Revision is presented as a normal part of the professional writing process rather than a sign of failure. :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}
Good writing is rarely written once. It is improved through revision.
Final Message
This lesson introduces the first page of the P.L.E.M. Academy textbook project and explains how students should establish the purpose of their book. By focusing on communication, revision, professionalism, and long term career goals, students create a foundation that supports the remainder of the project and helps develop valuable professional skills. :contentReference[oaicite:9]{index=9}
Original Transcript
Okay. So, I go, “All right, guys. This is my book from my Plum Academy as a Plum Academy student for um Jonathan.David Plum Academy.” So, this is going to be the video for page one for the purpose of the books. Not not necessarily page one in the book, but the first page of the book, the meat of the book. And for you guys, you’ll do the same thing. This is the purpose of the book. I need it to be one page exactly. This is not necessarily part of the page. I may or may not keep this in there um because I can bring it up here easy enough, but we’ll see what happens. I probably want to keep it in there. So, I’m going to edit this right now. This is how you guys should edit it yourself. If you want to use AI, you can, but you still have to reread every single line to make sure it’s edited. If you don’t do that, then the you can’t trust the AI. So, you might as well just reread it yourself and make sure it’s good. And then, if you want, you can use something like Grammarly if you want to help you. Um, that’s the other thing I was going to show you guys is I have access still to Grammarly and uh, let me see if I can get in there. I still have access to Grammarly. And that’s one of my that’s one of my books I’m writing. And let me go to a new doc here. [snorts] Come on. So, if you want to, I can go into Grammarly. Grammarly will show you that your the way you wrote it is pretty bad. I’m going to go to general. I’m going to go to inform. I’m going to go to general and I’m going to go to informal and hit done. Now, now what it tells me, see Microsoft Word says that I had hardly any typos, but Grammarly here is like you got a lot of typos and specifically the clarity. The clarity will will uh the the Grammarly will edit it pretty good. However, however, since since Grammarly integrated AI into it, I don’t like using it. I canceled it. They they removed it from Microsoft Word because of co-pilot. These these tools, you guys need to understand something. These tools are not for you. Okay? You guys are training to become professionals. The AI tools are for people that are uneducated. An educated person would not use that. Very important you understand this. In the professional world, you would not have AI rewrite this for you because in a professional setting, you’re going to have to reread every single line before you send it off to somebody. In a unprofessional setting, you would just write something, have AI edit it, and send it off to somebody. And then you’d read it after you sent it and be like, “Oh my god, there’s a typo.” So, I’m going to show you guys how to do this properly. Now Grammarly though, however, Grammarly you see here how it’s like it says I have thusly. This book is to act as a guide. They have thus this book serves as a guide. Their wording actually can be uh it can actually be a little better. Um so I what I’d like to do actually for my book is I want to do three I want to do three sections in this. I am going to I am going to provide three edits. One by myself reading reading it. Two using Grammarly
and three using chat GPT. Stop. bugging me. Jesus, my dog, she’s like, she’s like, it’s time for me to bother you because you’re working. You got to wait for like an hour. Okay, we’ll go in like an hour. She’s in that case. All right, so I’m going to provide three edits. Myself reading it, which will be page one, first page. First, I’ll label it. Okay. By myself reading it, using Grammarly, and then using chat GBT, okay? So, I’m going to do it first by reading it out loud. This is the way you guys should do it. And am I still recording? Yes. Okay. So, the purpose of this book, first and foremost, this specific textbook is designed to be a guide for other PLM Academy students writing their books as I write my title, quote, computer programming and statistics. End quote. I am simultaneously creating an outline for Plum Academy students to follow. Thusly, this book is to act as a guide to direct students down the path leading to professionalism via excellent written and oral communication skills in quotations. [snorts] I I I did that in quotations because I wanted to what I wanted to do is this actually average job application for the for the quotation. This is the quotation comes from the average job application. Excellent written and oral communication skills. So you guys are listening to me talk right now. I’m recording myself talk. I’m reading out loud. I’m composing myself. I’m articulating and I’m recording it so I can listen to it later and get over the fear of listening to myself so that I can fine-tune my skills. You guys are clearly interested in becoming highly and paid profly paid professionals. In order to become high a highly paid professional, you have to present yourself as a professional. You guys know me. I’m crazy. I do crazy stuff. But when I’m in professional mode, I’m a professional. You know, I have my after hours life. I have my weekend life, my fun time, and then I have my professional side, which is right now. And you guys, you guys also need to know how to balance that. However, both of them come together. Okay? your personal life will will interfere with your work life with your work life and your work life will be in your personal life. So like when you guys are texting, you’re texting, you’re emailing each other, you’re commenting. This is where your professional life enters your personal life. You need to practice being a professional communicator in your personal life so [snorts] that you get as much experience as you can for the new for when you apply for that job. And and that’s why when I’m out communicating, I’m always trying to talk more clearly and better. And some people they take it, they’re like, “God, you’re such you’re you think you’re so much better than me talking like that.” And I’m like, “No, I’m just practicing for a highpaying job.” And not having an emotional reaction when you respond to me is part of professionalism. [snorts] All right. So, I continue on reading. So secondly, this title is to act as a sample textbook describing the skills and qualifications I personally would require applying for a job related to my ed education. That doesn’t sound right. Secondly, this title is to act as a sample textbook describing the skills and qualifications I personally need. I’m going to write need prior to applying for a job related to my education related to my career and educational goals. My education and career goals. Okay. So, I’m going to reread that. Now, secondly, this title is to act as a sample textbook describing the skills and qualifications I personally need. I don’t think there should be a combination column there. I personally need prior to applying for a job related to my education and career goals. Okay. In my book, as the leader of PLM Academy, I am pinpointing my own personal problem areas when when looking at job applications. For me, I mostly am lacking years of experience in programming languages and applying statistics. Now, each of these jobs, sorry. Now, each of these topics branches into a series of digital languages/software that is needed to be effective in the workplace. Students will use this textbook as a guide when they when writing their own textbook. It acts as an instruction manual for the Pllem Academy students as well as a guide for others who may have the same problem areas as I do when applying for a job. I am well-versed and skilled in a plethora of skills needing needed for modern resumes. However, I lack certain knowledge that should be addressed before I attempt to seek employment. Clearly, I am not interested in finding work as I am the founder CEO of Plem Academy and False Reality Publishing. But I may want to work someday down the road for a company such as X or NASA, something related to theoretical physics. This should be well it depends on how you’re stating it. Something related to theoretical physics or the application of math and physics in new and strange sciences. There may be a time in my life where running a business runs its course and I may wish to join a team of scientists for a greater purpose which is what I’m doing with Plum Academy but in a different sense you know more technologically advanced. I am very devoted to the elongation of the animals and the human race in space exploration or underground survival after an apocalyptic event. I’m going to write plant life and the human race. I’m very very uh these skills uh where I wrote I’m very devoted to the elongation of the animals, plant life and the human race in space exploration or underground survival after the apocalyptic after an apocalyptic event. The skills required for such a feat will be heavily related to computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics and language. Hence Plem P.L. do. Rar CS is related to L for language. Therefore, this book is going to be approximately 8 point fi I’m gonna say finally finally or I could say I’ll say finally last I’ll say lastly lastly lastly and I’ll keep with the colon as I did in the previous paragraphs lastly. This book is going to be approximately 800 pages of data exploring exploring explaining exploring explaining and guiding another person through what I went through to gain the appropriate knowledge needed to apply for such a job. Offering instructions and examples of application.
Okay. So lastly, this book is going to be approximately 800. This book and your book is going to be approximately 800 pages of data exploring, explaining, and guiding another person through what I went through to gain the appropriate knowledge needed to apply for such a job. Offering
the text offers the text offers instructions and examples of application.
This the text the text will offer the text offers instructions and examples of application. After after this introductory page I will gather the necessary skills qualifications information uh skills qualif I the necessary skills qualifications. I will gather the necessary skills and qualifications
for needed for various job applications related to my interests. [snorts]
Then we will write the first 10 to 20 pages of the book one page at a time.
describing what the skill qualification is and then how to find it and use it. I will then incorporate it it into my personal projects which will be related to homework assignments. Applying the needed technologies for my and homework assignments and applying the needed technologies for my resume to fill in my resume. Okay. So what I want to do now is I wanted to um I wanted to also have the unedited. So now for my book here. So let me do this insert page break. Page break page break. And let me put this over here for now. I am going to I’m going to do the unedited unedited edited by me edited by Grammarly edited by chat GPT. All right. So, edited by me is the one I just did. And then edited by Grammarly. I just want to show you guys what they all look like. And then the unedited and then unedited.
Unedited.
And I will do it like this so that it doesn’t change the dimensions. Come on now.
I should have made a duplicate. I don’t think I saved it yet. Let me do this real quick. See if I didn’t save it.
I want the unedited. I don’t think I hit save yet. Did I?
This one is lastly I hit save. All right. So now I got to go to the unedited one here and I’m going to export this as a Microsoft Word document. So, I can put the unedited version in there. Let me go to desktop.
Where did it go?
Is that the one I just did? Yeah, that’s the unedited one. Good. Okay. So, I’m gonna I’m gonna put this unedited
The unedited one goes in here. So, unedited. Let me change this to unedited. And this will be for heading two. And then I’m going to add that in there. Now, when I when I took it out of the PDF, it did not do it in the font that’s default for my so I changed that back to normal. And I do recall that I had Okay, that looks good. So, so this is the unedited. Okay. And then now this is the edited by chat GPT. So, I am now going to have chat GPT edit this.
I need a browser.
[snorts] So, we use chat GPT’s edit. What’s up, hypersonic? Ew. She’s like, ew, that’s a lot of work. Don’t like work.
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Why did it Okay. Edit.
All right. I I uploaded it. So, this is chat JBT’s edit.
at Chat GBT’s edit might you might like it better than my edit. You know, I’m not trying I’m not trying to tell you you can’t use it. I’m trying to tell you after you use it, you still have to read every single freaking line to make sure that it comes out right. And I need to change this to normal. And then this needs to be heading two. And so is it on one page? It’s not on one page. Uh, so it uh chatb added to it. Since it added to it, I’m gonna do this to get get it on one page. That’s not going to get it on one page. Uh, whatever. I’ll leave it like that for now. And then edited by Grammarly. Now, let’s crunch through Grammarly’s edits quick. [snorts] I’m just going to I want to Can I accept all? Does it give me an option to accept all suggestions? Can I just accept all suggestions? Are they going to make me go through all of this? I don’t This This Grammarly was awesome. This is the last time I’m ever going to use Grammarly right now. So, I’m just going to go through and I’m going to accept everything that it has to offer. And I’m just going to take it all and I there should be I think I can’t remember if there’s a spot where you can just accept everything, but Grammarly is set up for you to read it out loud as you’re going through it. I did this a lot to help. I did Grammarly a lot to help fine-tune my own personal writing. But I I don’t use this stuff um anymore. I just I do it the I write it and I read it out loud. Uh so [sighs] we’ll take Grammarly’s I’m just going to take Grammarly’s edits. That’s all. And put it back into the book so you guys can see the differences is all. Okay. Okay. So now I put this back in the book edited by Grammarly and Grammarly. [snorts] Get rid of these spaces and put it back to the normal output. God, click in the right freaking spot already. This problem when I when I copied and let me actually let me go back. I I want to uh I want to recopy and paste this. And I did not hit command shift V or whatever edited by Grammarly and get this back in its own page. Insert page break. So edited by Grammarly. That will be under styles heading two. Okay. Now I can go back here. I can get rid of this. Get rid of this. And then I can go here.
and here and change this. Hit normal. Okay. So this is GR. Okay. So now the purpose of the book this is my edited. Okay. And then in here in this page I’m going to add in some more in plum academy instructions.
So my book is acting like an instruction manual and as a guide. So, I have the I have the unedited. Edited by me. [sighs] Where’s the unedited? Is it at the bottom? Oh, okay. So, I edited by me. We’ll do that. Uh on this one here, this is um edited by me.
the first first and foremost. Okay. So, I did that. So, so those of you who are PLM Academy students, this is this is what you need to do for the first page is write the purpose of your book, which the purpose of your book will be tied to the um to the uh topics you choose. So then I I showed this is this is Grammarly’s edit. This is edited by chat GPT. And then and then we have the unedited version. Okay. and the So then you can see this is how I wrote it before I edited it. This is what it looks like edited with Chat GBT. This is what it looks like edited with Grammarly. And then my own personal edit. This is not a formal paper, guys. It’s not an APA. It’s not an MLA. It’s it’s that’s when you’re in the when you’re writing in the professional world, you can choose a certain style or you can just there’s slang use of things. Same with math. There’s professional, there’s there’s um there’s what’s that word? Uh formality, and then there’s highly tuned slang, which is what my personal edit here is. Highly tuned slang. Notice [snorts] how I have the CEO attached to the founder here. I do that sometimes with my parenthesis. That’s just my style. I do that sometimes. Whereas down here, they separated it with a space right there. If you’re in college and you’re operating under like APA or MLA format or something, you’re gonna have to follow that stuff. This is not a formal book that you’re writing, but you want it to be professional still. All right. So, this is so this is the first part of my book for you guys. For you guys, you do not need to do for PM Academy students.
The following three pages are not necessary.
They are just here to show the differences in editing. I chose to edit myself reading out loud then to have the other technologies
edit for comparison.
I think I just answered that question that Bella that when you’re in class and you’re doing APA or MLA format or like Chicago style or whatever, if you’re in Europe, it’s going to be different. If you’re in Canada, it’s going to be different. the the uh formality would come in your college education or if you work for a company that’s operating under a certain strict guidelines for writing. In this case, we’re just this is this is the difference between when I’m talking about math and physics. When you’re studying from the book, you can’t leave the book. When you’re in the real world and you’re applying sciences from different books, that’s a different story. Right now, I’m applying many different writing styles in a articulated professional fashion that delivers a nice clean message, which would be the highly tuned slang. In college, your formality would come from APA, MLA, you have to follow that. You have to follow their instructions to a T. What that implies is that sometimes like if you have quotations, does the comma come before the quote or after the quote? When does that happen? You know, I’m I I’m always showing you guys these things because sometimes it’s an apostrophe after the s, sometimes it’s apostrophe, then it asks for for possession and plural and all these different things. [snorts] It depends on what language you’re in. And that that’s why I stress so much to you guys. It’s so important that when you’re studying math and physics, you can’t leave the book that you’re in because it’s like you’re studying French and you go to a Spanish book to learn English. And you guys, but they’re so similar. And I’m like, yeah, the the European language very similar. They spelled things differently. They use the quotations differently. Ultimately, the message you’re trying to deliver will be wrong. Be wrong. So good. Gotcha. Bella. Elabella. My dog used to call her Elabella. Elabella. Okay. All right. So, so this is the start here of um my book for you guys. You just need to write this page. Okay. So, this is going to be the video now that will go into my personal website that I’m building as a practicing plum academy student. So, this video that you’re watching right now is going to be put right here at the top of this. So I will end it and add it