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Jul 23, 2008

your brain is like an old sweater…

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I once heard that your brain is like an old sweater, once it has been stretched it will never go back to its original shape, and I definitely agree! I have thought about more diverse areas of research and the interdisciplinary possibilities between them over the course of this summer than in my entire life. Being exposed to so many different works by my peers from oceanography to MEMS to synthetic biology, I have stretched my brain to grasp, understand, and critically think about problems that I never imagined existed or could be solved. Not only have I stretched my sweater of knowledge in academia, I have done the same with extracurricular activities… As you can see in the picture I am skydiving from 10,000 feet above the ground and actually enjoying it. I had never even fathomed the concept of skydiving before this summer, much less participating in it. So after being exposed to the possibility of skydiving by one of my MSRP students,  last Saturday I found myself jumping out of a plane over Cape Cod. Now that I have skydived I have stretched my sweater to the point that no extreme sport is really that extreme after 10,000 feet of free fall! So I said all that to say, stretch those old sweaters we call brains! I figure I came to MIT to learn how to think more critically, more innovatively, and more interdisciplinary, and the only way I can accomplish this goal is to continue to challenge myself to think about those things deemed unimaginable. (And by the way, its pretty fun once you get over the fear of flying) Until next time..

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4 Responses To This Entry:

    hah.. i agree… ‘cept the problem w/ my sweater is the holes get bigger as it stretches and more stuff falls out…

    Posted by: fchen on July 29th, 2008 at 12:32 am

    OMG, that looks awesome! Would you jump again?

    Too bad I am deathly afraid of heights.

    Posted by: ninja on July 29th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    hi,y’all. this is not the right place to do this, i know but you dont hv an academic-ish blog topic. i’m in my 4th year at the University of Lagos, studying Electrical/ Electronics Engineering. Currently, i’m an intern with Shell Petroleum and i have this project i need help with: Improving reliability of differential pressure level type instrumentation. any ideas are welcome.
    p.s. joy, i always wanted to go skydiving…always, always!!

    Posted by: Osemhen on August 4th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    hi,i really agree to what u have said.I am an engineering student so if can teach me I will also get a n opportunity to streach that sweater u have mentioned .Reallllllllly need u to guide me to get into MIT

    Posted by: krishna on November 20th, 2008 at 1:13 pm

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