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.
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.
