Undergraduate / Stanford intellectual vitality essay! 'Learning is not a momentary process' [5]

Question-Stanford students possess an intellectual vitality. Reflect on an idea or experience that has been important to your intellectual development.[250 words]

Answer- Intellectual vitality? Hmm. Learning is not a momentary process, a person learns and gains knowledge all his life. Knowledge isn't just limited to books or newspapers, every place we go, everything we do is part of the learning process. One such idea that was important for my intellectual development was maybe educational websites like Learncpp, html and code. I, being a geek, was not satisfied with what little was being taught to me in my C++ and HTML classes. The thought of walking the same path as creators of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn was really my thing. Not learning what was behind such revolutions would have made me restless. Learning the basics from my classes then using these websites to elaborate my knowledge and skills and then creating something no one in my class could, this is what gave me happiness. Bearing in mind the fact that I am not the best programmer , I like to exchange my ideas with people around the world on the forums of these WebPages and maintain some affinity with them, which challenges me to be more logical about how to solve my problems and ensure to pick up the things I have missed to learn. These educational sites enable me to always do more than what is expected from me. The best thing about these is the regular updating of content, so this way; I learn something new every time I visit these websites, which is necessary for my mental peace and satisfaction. Though there are many incidents that have impacted my intellectual development but this practice has had a significant effect.