It reminded me of me talking to my grandmother, and correcting myself when I use slang.
When he corrected himself he said, "I just want to get on the field and show what I got,... What I have."
Personally, I like a guy who is well spoken and doesn't "slang it up" all of the time.
But as a freshman, he's not taking ANY aerospace classes yet, so it's not accurate to say he has a 4.0 in AE.