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Help! I'm Trapped in the Recursive Windows of Path@Penn!

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 It has been a week since I’ve logged onto Path@Penn, and I have not gotten out since. A week ago, all I wanted to do was see if a class could fit into my schedule. Indeed it did, and I registered for the class. But that was when my problems started. Now, a week later, I am still  trapped inside the never ending recursive, side-sliding windows of Path@Penn. 

My thirst, my hunger, and my lack of sleep makes it increasingly difficult for me to navigate the windows, as I stumble from window to window. Am I moving forward? Or am I going backward? I can’t tell, as all the windows look the same. Did they ever look different? Is my hunger getting to my head? I don’t know how much longer I can last trapped in this labyrinth. 

How foolish of me to venture into Path@Penn without any survival equipment, much less anything that can put me out of my misery quickly. Where is a cyanide pill when I need one?

I will now put this note in a bottle and bury it in the ground, in case I can’t make it out. Fellow explorer of the unchartered territories of Path@Penn, if you find this, please tell my friends and family that I love them. I wish you well in your journey and I pray that you make it home. And please tell the professor that I am unable to drop the class, as I am dead. 

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