The Joy of a Spring Day

   Enjoying a delightful Easter Sunday afternoon about 4:30 pm on April 16, 2017. Sitting on the front porch with my friend Helen from New York City in Phillipsburg, NJ, just around the corner from Lopatcong elementary school. This a beautiful day with the sun shining bright in the sky with a slight breeze blowing, then an occasional rain coming through the clouds every now and then. As we sat on the porch and watch the children play in the yard, I sat admiring the trees starting to bloom. With no leaves on the trees yet they were the most beautiful trees you have seen. The birds chirping so load yet pleasing to the ear. One of the children found a birds nest right below the tree in the grass with a bird egg. I advise them the nest fell out of the tree and Its mother must have left it when it fell from the tree.

         

       All the children running around look for eggs hid all around the house, listening to the laughter and finding myself laughing at them. They were told that some the sparkled eggs had special things in them, so all you could hear is the shouting I find a sparkle egg and around back you hear another child yelling I found one. They all filled with laugher, we found ourselves laughing as well. Then watch the little boys be boys and climb the bear tree. Oh, the joy of just sitting and listen to the excitement of the children on this spring day. It was the  most peaceful day I have sent in a long time. Just sitting and enjoying nature is so rewarding.

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Campus Resources

Campus Resources

         The campus resources I use was the learning center and the library. Both I found to be very helpful and very interesting. I meet with a learning center tutor and her name was Cherise Fung., who was very pleasant and patience with me.  I schedule a half hour not knowing that I could have allotted an hour or even need ed my time, that half hour went by so fast  so i suggest that you make sure to schedule an hour.  I had to schedule another meeting and this time I for sure made it for an hour. I really appreciate the school for having this service for someone like, who is a first-year student and knowing very little about writing a paper. I also advise the use of the online tutor, the tutor was very fast with her responses, and her feedback was very helpful.

I also had a visit with the librarian and her name was Margaret Murry who I learned a lot from, like how to use the resources in the library or online. There are different ways to research a paper and different materials I could use in the library, like the reference corner, or the media tower; there was magazines, blog post, newspaper articles, all kinds of book, and then there was the online resources for research and credential source I can use to back up almost any topic I decide to use. Margaret was very detail on how to use the online library and how start your research on any given topic.

      Margaret had a well of knowledge about the library. She was very helpful with each student and took the time to answer any question that you may have. The information I received at the library was very much helpful with researching for my Speech Communication class and English class when trying to find creditable resources. 

      I look forward to using these two service for many days ahead and suggest all students to take advantage of these resources. I has made my experience at Northampton Community college a success.