Hey guys, so after I read the comments for my last essay, I decided to rewrite it entirely. I have to have this done by either tonight or early tomorrow, so if you could edit this for content, grammar, etc. I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
Prompt: What intrigues you?
The little blue hyperlinks; they ruin me. I come to perform a quick search, gather the information and be on my way. But, in the back of my mind, I know it is impossible. From the moment I begin, they catch my eye and I am off. Spiraling down the vortex I have come to know as the Wikipedia Loop. A simple inquiry about Herbert Hoover, and somehow I end up learning about Fermat's Last Theorem. I am fully aware of the time that is being lost, and yet I don't regret it. The knowledge I am gathering is well worth it, I assure myself. What is so interesting is that this is not just a fate of the absent-minded individual. It captures all of us: the scholar and the layman, the royal and the commoner. Wikipedia has become the most successful online encyclopedia because it is simply engrossing. It brings people to places they thought they'd never discover, streets they thought they'd never cross. However, I must point out one fault. Apparently, it is not a viable excuse as to why I fell sleep in Health class last year. No matter. I will endure the scoldings valiantly if it means that I may spend more hours getting lost in the rabbit hole that is Wikipedia.com.
Prompt: What intrigues you?
The little blue hyperlinks; they ruin me. I come to perform a quick search, gather the information and be on my way. But, in the back of my mind, I know it is impossible. From the moment I begin, they catch my eye and I am off. Spiraling down the vortex I have come to know as the Wikipedia Loop. A simple inquiry about Herbert Hoover, and somehow I end up learning about Fermat's Last Theorem. I am fully aware of the time that is being lost, and yet I don't regret it. The knowledge I am gathering is well worth it, I assure myself. What is so interesting is that this is not just a fate of the absent-minded individual. It captures all of us: the scholar and the layman, the royal and the commoner. Wikipedia has become the most successful online encyclopedia because it is simply engrossing. It brings people to places they thought they'd never discover, streets they thought they'd never cross. However, I must point out one fault. Apparently, it is not a viable excuse as to why I fell sleep in Health class last year. No matter. I will endure the scoldings valiantly if it means that I may spend more hours getting lost in the rabbit hole that is Wikipedia.com.