Carrell,
My only real point was that I think your instructor is letting you attempt to solo before you've learned how to land. I think it's great that he likes to teach aerobatics, and there's truth in what he says about them putting the plane in situations, and helping you learn to get out of them. But as you just learned, landing can be one of the most dangerous manuevers we do with these things, simply because it's when you're closest to the ground and people, and you have very little time to recover from a small mishap. (Unlike when flying aerobatics a couple hundred feet up. )
Dennis-