A Busy Spring Vacation

 kyungJin                       

    It was a little busy spring vacation because I had many things to do during the vacation.

The first was go to Albany to see my friend and her lovely baby. The second was go to the

Korean hair salon in New Jersey. The Third was go to the dentist with my younger son.

   The first thing that I did was to go to Albany. One of my charming friends moved to Albany at the end of last December and she gave birth to a lovely baby son. Since she moved there, I was

too busy to go to Albany so I have missed her and her baby. When I saw her and her baby

so glad. The baby looks angelic and bewitching. I watched the baby for a long time.

   The second thing that I did was go to the dentist with my younger son. He had to get four

wisdom teeth taken out because his orthodontist said to do that. He got the painful surgery

extract his four wisdom teeth. Unexpectedly from the next day, his lower face was swollen very

 seriously so he had to go to the dentist again. He couldn't open his mouth and he

felt the very sharp pain. He had to apply ice pack until his swelling subsided. The dentist changed
antibiotics to stronger than before. I had to take care of him more carefully and took him a
nutritious liquid diet for several days. After he got the wisdom teeth extracted, I was busy
taking care of him because his swelling was more serious than I thought. I didn't do my other
plans after that day and only focused on my son.
     The third thing that I did during spring break was I got my long hair cut. My friend and I went
to a Korean hair salon in New Jersey. After the skillful hair dresser cut and set my hair, my hair
was beautious. I like this short, a little curly and refined hair style.
    In sum during spring break I got a enough rest, met my charming friend and her lovely baby,
took care of my painful son and got my hair cut. It was a valuable period but it was too short.
I'm already looking forward to summer vacation.

Spring Break in the U.S.

Kyriakos Theoti

           This spring break was excellent for many reasons. First I went to my Uncle’s home to visit my family. Second I went to New York City to visit some friends and because I miss New York City. Finally I went to Atlantic City.

            First of all I went to my uncle’s family home to see my cousins and hang out with them. Also we went and to some family friends’ houses for visit. The food there was very delicious. I love my family here and I had a very nice break with them.

            Second I went to New York City to visit some friends from Greece. I haven’t gone to New York City for a long time so I missed it a lot. Also, New York City is great plays but you have to be careful because it has a lot of dangerous and crazy people. Finally I had a fantastic time in New York City because we went with my friends to some Greek café and bars so I saw a lot of friends that haven’t seen for a long time.

             Third I went to Atlantic City with some friends from New York City. We spent two and half hours to get there, but the casino next to the beach is very nice. Atlantic City is a very wonderful place. Also I wine and $1100 this night so it was better than I was waiting to be.

             Lastly I came back to upstate New York to my uncle’s home. This spring break was very interesting and nice. Also I can’t wait for summer which is the largest break and best I think. In the end I hope you all had a wonderful break.  

Spring Break

Madiha

My Spring Break was excellent. I had a lot of fun with my family. They came from Saudi Arabia to spend the Spring Break with me and my brother.

 

      First was ( the welcoming day )  I decorated my apartment with balloons and fabrics that said (welcome home) to surprise my family.

On Monday May 18^th, my family arrived in the U.S. I was so happy. I welcomed them in my small apartment. My beauteous niece brought me an adorable bouquet of flowers and my angelic nephew was surprised to see me.

 

      The next day we went to Disney world by car. It was a long trip but it also was fun. When we arrived at the hotel it was too late so we couldn’t do anything, we just slept.

The next day we went to the Magic Kingdom Park and we ate lunch in the Winnie the Poo restaurant. We took a photo with all the characters of Winnie the Poo cartoon. The other days we went to the other Parks and we had lunch in a famous restaurant in the parks. The food was delightful and the parks were bewitching and charming.

 

      The last thing was the shopping. We went to Woodburry four times, and we bought a lot of fancy clothes. We went to the Galleria Poughkeepsie and we watched movies .It was the most exciting days because we spent it in shopping and movies.

 

      Finally it was a fantastic Spring Break, because I spent it with my family and we had fun together. Any one wants to take break or holiday I suggest the Spring break, because the weather is so beautiful and it will be fun.

   

My spring break

My spring break was an excellent holiday. I went with my family to Florida by car. We reached Florida in two days. It was a long way there.

The road was very long between Florida and New York. We took two days. In the first day we stayed in Hampton inn. On the next day we arrived in Florida. When we reached Disney World everything was alluring.

The first day in Disney was great. We went to the Magic Kingdom. The only problem was very crowded. For instance, there is a game road took 120 minutes. We had dinner there after that we got back to the hotel.

In the next day we went to the Hollywood studios in Disney. it was enjoyable with the a great smell of popcorn and a huge status of the main characters of Disney. We had our breakfast and started to play. There was a game about movies. In the game there was a lot of actors with a classy look.

In the last day we went to the Animal Kingdom. It had a disgusting smell because of the animals. But we enjoyed that day.

After that day we prepared our bags and returned to New Paltz. I think it was a very long trip but it was perfect. Next time I will go to a new place in Florida.

 Mohammed

A wonderful spring break

Qiqi

      I had an awesome spring break. Even though most students enjoyed their travel during spring break, I just stayed in New Paltz. But I still had an admirable break because I went to the mountains to ski, went to the amazing Japanese supermarket and made an alluring dessert.

     One of the fascinating movements during spring break was going to the mountain to ski. This was a moment I looked forward to for a long time because I never skied before. The ski area was frigid and still snowing. I often fell in the snow, the most kids were laughing at me. They were maybe just 9 or 10 years old, but they skied like professionals. Over and over I fell down but I enjoyed this time. Since I have enough experience of this time, I think next time I will ski better than the first time.

     Another outdoor activity was going to an amazing Japanese supermarket in New Jersey. This supermarket had many appealing Japanese goods such as snacks, makeup and electrical products. I’m crazy about Japanese candy therefore this for me was a delightful time.

     On the rest of spring break’s time I was laid back at home. I searched a dessert recipe online because I miss Chinese dessert. So I went to stop&shop to buy material that I needed. I made a lumpy mashed mango that I never did before. It’s kind of like yellow, and is the taste of coconut milk and mango dessert. It tastes is the same which we used to eat, me and sisters both love this dessert.

     These were my wonderful activities of spring break. I did delightful skiing, bought classy Japanese goods and made an appealing mashed mango dessert. I enjoyed this spring break.

My Spring Break in Florida

             

                  Xin

             I had an excellent spring vacation. My friends and I went to Miami and Orlando. We traveled to a lot of places during this vacation. This vacation had fun, surprise, and childish games. I enjoyed it.

             First, my friends and I had so much fun in Miami, we watched an NBA match. The match was so splendid and admirable. LeBron James is one of dazzling NBA players that we saw he and his amazing team defeated the other team. The second day, my friends and I went to South Beach. We enjoyed the warm sunshine on the awesome beach. We also saw so many classy and charming girls wearing bikinis on the beach. Finally, we returned to the cozy hotel.

            We had so much surprise in Key West. Next, my friends and I took a bus from our hotel in Miami to Key West. Key West is a small and wonderful island off of the southern end of Florida. My friends and I went to Hemingway’s house. When I arrived there and bought the ticket, I saw my professor Sarah. What a small world! That was a big surprise during my splendid journey. We said “how are you” to each other. Then, we visited Hemingway’s house. I saw that all cats have six toes. After that, we ate some lobsters in a famous seafood restaurant. Finally, we returned to the cozy hotel and made some plans for Disney World.

           After that, my friend and I played many childish games in Orlando. We went to Disney World and I thought that all these games were good for children. We behaved like children and play with children. It reminded us of our childhood.

           Finally, we came back to New Paltz. I was both exhausted and joyful. In sum I had an excellent vacation. It will give me some deep memories.

Today's Walk through New Paltz

Today we explored beautiful New Paltz. The warm sun was shining brightly, the birds were singing gayly, and a soft breeze was in the air. We made several stops along our long walk to take photos for a writing assignment. We played at the playground across from Van den berg Hall (VH), met some colorful metal people at Water Street Market, and explored the old Rail Trail down by the Wallkill River. The green grass is finally starting to grow and the little blue and white flowers are starting to bloom. On our walk back up Main Street, we found some onion grass along the sidewalk and picked it to smell the strong fragrance. Before returning to the classroom, we gathered in the field across from VH for some group photos by a gazebo. We really welcome the  fresh air and new life of springtime in New Paltz!

Should Students be allowed to use Technology in Class?

Kyriakos

         Technology is very important for everyone. We have to put it in the class because first the class is more interesting With Technology. Second helps the students to remember the class, and the technology can help you with self-evaluate and understand easier.

          First of all class is more interesting with technology those days because technology this days became very good. Also class is more interesting because if you use technology in the class the students focus more. Also videos is very interesting for the students because videos is something how makes you want to see it and you learn the sometime.

          Second technology helps students to remember the class because if you go to the class and you just listening to the professor first, you will be boring at one point, and after the class you will maybe remember the half from what you heard, but if you watch a video is mach interesting and easier to remember almost everything. Also with the technology you can record all the class with video so when you go home you can watch the important parts of the class or all the class if you have time and with this way you can repeat and remember the lesson. With the technology in the class you can show, for example scientific videos or pitchers, and help you and the students remember not only the theory, but and the practical site, so you like this is more difficult to forget it.

            Third, class with technology helps students and professors with self-evaluate and understand easier because you can record yourself in the class and after when you go home you can watch the video again and correct your mistakes so the next time you will be better. Also with technology in the class you can understand the lesson easies because the professor can show videos, pitchers or whatever he thinks is the best example for the lesson, so the students can understand better. Finally some of the students including me is better at the practical thinks and they are not so good at the theories, so if you in clout the technology in the class you will help a lot this students to learn, and the rest also to understand and take better grades.

             Finally, technology is very important and interesting for the class, and makes the students to remember and repeat the class with a better and more interesting way. In my opinion technology has to be in the class.

Plan for Spring Break

Kyriakos

          This spring break is going to be very good and exiting. My plans for the spring break is to go first to visit my uncles family. Also I will go to the New York City for a few days and finally I will go to Miami for the rest of the break.

          First of all I will visit my uncles’ family, how they live upstate New York. I will be there for a few days so I will see my cousins, aunt and uncle. Also we will go to visit some other friends houses who the also are from Greece so we will have very good time.

           Second, after my uncles house I will go to New York City for a few days to visit some friends from Greece. We didn’t plant anything yet, but we will probably go out for (club, café…). Finally we will meet again after a long time so I believe is going to be very good.

           Third, after New York City we will go to Miami to meet with some other friends. In Miami I believe is going to be very good because I don't like cold weather, and in Miami the weather is very good for me because is too hot. Finally I believe Miami is very good choosing for the spring break.

          Finally, I love break, so I can't wait for it, and I hope you all have a very good spring break.