Leisure

to leisure activities as well as educational ones. In my vantage point, leisure activities should be paid more attention in that not only do they boost student's’ morale, but also they provide a situation for new pieces of experience. The first point to be mentioned here is that morale improvement is a critical issue for college students as during their education some of them may experience some sorts of mental problems due to living far away from their families. That is to say, leisure…

We all engage in leisure activities whether through intrinsic or extrinsic motivation we partake in the activity with some goal or end behind it all. Our perceived notions of something being a freedom of choice or not influences how we view an activity or leisure time. According to Russell (2017) Neulinger’s Paradigm consist of one’s state of mind which can be split up into two category; perceived freedom and perceived constraint. Under perceived freedom are the intrinsic and extrinsic matters…

Three months before, I was struggling with course selection. At that time, I just wanted to fulfil the credits. Finally, I chose “Leisure and Society”. Before attending the class, I didn’t expect to learn too much. I thought leisure was only referred to the time free from work and duty. Going through the course, I realized that leisure actually plays an irreplaceable role in our daily life, it contributes to our personal growth, or even brings benefits to the community well-being. In this essay,…

The constraint of gender inequality in leisure participation Leisure activities becomes more popular in recent decades. People participate leisure activities to enjoy life and reduce pressure. Different people participate in different ways which related to a number of factors, such as their social status, cultural background, health and personal preference. The factors prevents people to join the leisure activities are known as constraints of leisure participation. Remarkably, gender as a…

Thornstein Veblen and the Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Bunde Veblen was a 19th century Norwegian-American economist and sociologist who attained a degree of reputation thanks to his critique of Capitalism, especially after the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the ensuing period of Great Depression. Veblen published his most prominent work, “The Theory of the Leisure Class” in 1899, in which he married Darwinism to Sociology to present a concept of evolutionary development of human…

Aristocrat Leisure Limited company is the world's second largest gambling machine manufacturer in Australia, and Ainsworth Game Technology Limited is also a manufacturer and supplier of gaming consoles, software and other related equipment in Australia. Aristocrat Leisure Limited company is the largest gambling machine manufacturer in Australia and it is the leader of the Australian economy, which accounts for nearly sixty percent of the market. The company produced the first machine in 1953,…

the balancing act between work and leisure is affected. Today 's world has stacked the scale that balances leisure and work, in favour of work. The heighten importance on work is a result of the influence the western world has upon the whole globe. In this Americanize global society, we have adopted the mentality that work being the major facet of human life must be completed successfully before leisure is permitted. This mentality has changed the view of leisure in our society, which has…

surrounding leisure and recreational activities. An individual’s agency is challenged everyday by society’s structure, including the social, economic and environmental factors that affect one’s limit of true agency. Social factors are one of the greatest challenges to one’s agency, depending on multiple interconnected influences such as that from an economical standpoint. In addition, the environment that individuals are in plays a role in determining allocation of time, whether towards leisure…

George Eliot uses personification and imagery to create the appearance of a preference to old leisure, but really her sarcasm communicates her true stance on the matter: that new leisure is truly an improvement to the…

family oriented, ten-year-old female named Selena Dominguez. After questioning her I discovered that, although not a fan of reading, she does enjoy reading fiction books filled with fantasy and adventure. Two books that I will be recommending for her leisure time are: The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst and Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure In Words And Numbers by Pendred Noyce and Joan Charles. Book Recommendation #1 The Girl Who Could Not Dream, according to CLCD sources, is…