Firtree1
Aug 23, 2010
Undergraduate / "the amazing wealth of knowledge that surrounds me" -Common App Essay [10]
Hey guys I was just wondering what people would think of my essay. In my opinion, it's very hit or miss: it'll be fairly easy to find it distasteful. I could write a more boring, standard one, but i gave this a try. Let me know your opinions, thanks.
Knowledge is not hard to find. It peeks out behind every page of the New York Times, it hides inside a URL on the Internet, and it even blatantly stares out at you on the Discovery Channel. One day I decided to don my khaki forest gear and see if I couldn't capture my very own tidbit or two of knowledge.
Any prospective hunter should start out small. So I decided to go online and see if I could spot a fact. Getting out my surfboard, I traversed the web until something flashy caught my eye. Sure as day, there it was. It was an online article from About.com listing a few French words borrowed by the English language. Taking out my net, I waded stealthily through the knee-deep cyberspace. Once behind the critter, I pounced upon my pray. Unfazed by its cries of 'adieu!' and "rendez-vous!" I wrestled it into submission and absorb it into my brain. Once I had my first taste of learning, I wanted more. I jumped out of the computer and decided to head to the library to search for bigger, more beautiful creatures of knowledge.
And so I invaded the bookshelves. There stood before me many a formidable foe, but I wanted something mighty, perplexing. My eyes rested upon 'Speed of Light,' by Cliff Nielson. Shifty and quick, 'Speed of Light' was not a matter easily grasped. Many days and hours elapsed before I finally got a firm grip of it. The 'Speed of Light' was the newest member of my brain.
I spent many years hunting for knowledge, and finally I came upon High School. Here, many Hunters like me had gathered, each seeking to put something more in their brais. I was among the best and the brightest of these Hunters; I found myself looking for ever more challenges. When fellow Hunters told me, "That's too many APs" or "Good luck, she's the hardest teacher in the school," I stood tall, plowed forward into the darkness, and faced my trials. Biology, physics, chemistry, history: all were successfully wrested into my brain.
And this is where I stand, 3 years into high school, already wondering what my next challenge will be. I am tired from all this hunting, seeking, and learning, but I know I can never stop. As long as I live, I know I must treat every day as another opportunity to imbibe the amazing wealth of knowledge that surrounds me. If something like particle physics or architecture catches my fancy, I know I have an easy decision: go out and seize it, or let it slip away. I know that my journey will never end, for a good Hunter knows that there always lurks something in the shadowy darkness of the unknown.
PS: I find the "put it in my brain" part repetitive and kinda funky.
Hey guys I was just wondering what people would think of my essay. In my opinion, it's very hit or miss: it'll be fairly easy to find it distasteful. I could write a more boring, standard one, but i gave this a try. Let me know your opinions, thanks.
Knowledge is not hard to find. It peeks out behind every page of the New York Times, it hides inside a URL on the Internet, and it even blatantly stares out at you on the Discovery Channel. One day I decided to don my khaki forest gear and see if I couldn't capture my very own tidbit or two of knowledge.
Any prospective hunter should start out small. So I decided to go online and see if I could spot a fact. Getting out my surfboard, I traversed the web until something flashy caught my eye. Sure as day, there it was. It was an online article from About.com listing a few French words borrowed by the English language. Taking out my net, I waded stealthily through the knee-deep cyberspace. Once behind the critter, I pounced upon my pray. Unfazed by its cries of 'adieu!' and "rendez-vous!" I wrestled it into submission and absorb it into my brain. Once I had my first taste of learning, I wanted more. I jumped out of the computer and decided to head to the library to search for bigger, more beautiful creatures of knowledge.
And so I invaded the bookshelves. There stood before me many a formidable foe, but I wanted something mighty, perplexing. My eyes rested upon 'Speed of Light,' by Cliff Nielson. Shifty and quick, 'Speed of Light' was not a matter easily grasped. Many days and hours elapsed before I finally got a firm grip of it. The 'Speed of Light' was the newest member of my brain.
I spent many years hunting for knowledge, and finally I came upon High School. Here, many Hunters like me had gathered, each seeking to put something more in their brais. I was among the best and the brightest of these Hunters; I found myself looking for ever more challenges. When fellow Hunters told me, "That's too many APs" or "Good luck, she's the hardest teacher in the school," I stood tall, plowed forward into the darkness, and faced my trials. Biology, physics, chemistry, history: all were successfully wrested into my brain.
And this is where I stand, 3 years into high school, already wondering what my next challenge will be. I am tired from all this hunting, seeking, and learning, but I know I can never stop. As long as I live, I know I must treat every day as another opportunity to imbibe the amazing wealth of knowledge that surrounds me. If something like particle physics or architecture catches my fancy, I know I have an easy decision: go out and seize it, or let it slip away. I know that my journey will never end, for a good Hunter knows that there always lurks something in the shadowy darkness of the unknown.
PS: I find the "put it in my brain" part repetitive and kinda funky.
