Parks and Recreation

NBC is home to two workplace based sitcoms: Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock. On both the shows they have a goofy, simple, and lovable employee, on 30 Rock it is Kenneth the buck toothed page from Georgia and Parks and Rec has Jerry Gurgich, the local frumpy and simple uncle. Both characters share the same television trope, therefore having many similarities, but the characters also have many differences. Both Kenneth and Jerry are simple, loyal, and kind employees who try their best to help…

2. Segregation and integration in recreation played a critical role in the development of recreational programming that we see in today’s society. During the 1960s and 1970s, the public recreation movement was not equal and did not benefit all Americans. The United States had separate recreation facilities for African and Caucasian Americans. Public education and recreational facilities were similar in the separation of the two races. It wasn’t until the late 1950s and early 1960s following the…

In the reading assignment, “Reclaiming Community”, there were two different stories that were very, personally fulfilling to read about. My goal as an aspiring Recreation Professional is to do exactly what Lillie Lucket and Lucy Troisi did. They recognized a broken community and created a foundation for those community members to rebuild from and grow as a collective group. I think the main point of this paper is to show people that reclaiming community is like putting a puzzle together, you…

The important social factors that lead to the growth of recreation and leisure are the following: An increase in gross national product and household income plays an important role in recreational growth. According to Kraus, over $500 billion was spent on recreation in late 1990’s. Since there is an increase in earnings, it is expected to see an increase in spending by a family that is earning more due economic growth of the nation. There’s more disposable income which a family can spend on…

According to the American Therapeutic Recreation Association "recreational therapy, also known as therapeutic recreation, is a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling condition, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being." (ATRA, 2009). This service helps restore and rehabilitate the functional ability and reduce the limitations one may have due…

INTRODUCTION: The meaning of Tourism is the limited period travelling for recreation, leisure, and family visiting purposes. Tourism is generally concise with trans-national travel, but it is also associate with travel of some other region within the country (John Swarbrooke, 2001). Tourism becomes the popular recreation activity now days around the globe. It relates to both domestic and international. International tourism create a good influence on country's balance of payments either it is…

Graduating high school is supposed to be the most magical and freeing time of any young-adult’s life; at least that is what the movies would like everyone to believe. Coming into the “real world” straight from high school can actually be a terrifying time. Like a colt attempting to walk after coming from his mother’s womb, learning to support oneself is extremely demanding. The expectation of graduating high school was that I would have no more school, have fun all the time, be independent, and…

Have you ever gone down a path of self-destruction? Maybe at first though you did not realize that you were heading down that way, you thought you were just having fun typical teenager fun. Cocaine, the party drug of choice for most teens to stay awake and feel unstoppable for a night of Prom, on the town, or just to have fun. My drug of choice to get me through work, school in all honesty the whole day, and probably the rest of my life. Bending over the mirror, and snorting the sweet crystals.…

If you ask me my plans for the summer vocation, I will reply you many answer. I am very like the summer vocation. Because it is my last summer vocation, firstly I will go out to travel with my friends, I want to XiAn best, I like old city very much. Then, I plan to buy a guitar, I really want to learn play the guitar, because I used agree on learning play the guitar with a boy who is my best friends. I also want to learn cook, my mother always decline to teach me cooking, she thinks I need’nt…

How to find the best Tour Package in Nepal? Once in a while everyone needs to take a break from their monotonous life and go on a holiday. Whether you dream your holiday to be wild and adventurous, culturally insightful or more relaxing along the serene beauty of nature, Nepal is an ideal holiday destination. Nepal is a wonderful destination for all types of travelers looking for relaxing family holidays to the most adventurous endeavors. There are a variety of activities you can do and numerous…