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Back I cant believe winter break is over. My time spent on vacation flew by ridiculously fast, and now, I find myself back on campus, wondering where the last two weeks went and getting excited about IAP :) As Jenny mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts of cool things: one of my floormates is studying abroad in Madrid, another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in India, having clinched an externship there. Though I wont be traveling abroad like the aforementioned individuals, my first IAP still promises to be interesting. Ill be taking the EMT class offered by MIT-EMS, through which Ill learn about everything it takes to be an Emergency Medical Technician. The class is intense: Monday Thursday, 9 am 6 pm (with a one hour break for lunch), and Friday, 9 am 12 pm. The training consists of lectures, readings, and labs, designed to equip trainees with the knowledge and practice required to respond to any medical emergency. The class begins tomorrow; Im pretty excited about it! Aside from the EMT program, Ill also be doing a little research in MITs Early Childhood Cognition Lab. One of the great things about doing research at the ECCL is that I can set my own hours, which allows me to work around EMT. Even better, I dont need to know MATLAB, which is fantastic since I dont know it anyway. I should probably become slightly more MATLAB-proficient soon YAY IAP!!!!!!!!!!!