Leisure is a Public Responsibility: Con Leisure can be described as what we do for fun. Leisure is in the eye of the beholder. ... So in many in many cases leisure for one person might not be the same for another person. ... So why should the government get involved with our leisure when it's a personal matter, we choose what leisure activities we participate in, not the government. ... Since leisure is not considered necessary it can be left up to that person to decide if he/she wants leisure apart of their lives....

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In Pieper's Leisure - The Basis of Culture, he defines leisure as a time where no activity is to take place: a time to let things go in order to find inner peace and a time for stillness to understand and accept reality. ... He says that leisure is opposed to considering work as a social function. ... On this day, the three elements of leisure would come together. Those elements are: relaxation, effortlessness, and controlling of that leisure time. He also believes that it is not enough to create external conditions for leisure, one cannot make leisure happen, and that it cannot be ...

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Students seldom do sports in their leisure time or holidays. ... During holidays and leisure time, there is much likelihood that Hongkongers will go to sing karaoke or play electronic games with friends. ... They put sports activities at the lowest priority and have less interest in it. ... By this, students can develop more interest towards sports activities and a wide range of sports activities can surely cater for different student's taste. ... They should be encouraged to play sports activities during leisure time instead of playing electronic games. ...

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Leisure as activity can be seen in Nicholas" experience in the game especially when he begins to do things for their own sake. ... Although it is not obvious to Nicholas during his experience in the game, these activities are all a form of leisure in a way. ... That activity covered all areas of an autotelic experience. ... Recreation programs and leisure activities can improve human beings. ... Recreation programs can help people achieve many different kinds of goals they may have and leisure activities allow us to do things that we want to do, and are not forced to. ...

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Children are also busy with school and outdoors activities with friends. ... Children and parents will tend to have less communication and conversation.While parents are spending time for their career and jobs.On the other hand,their children will spend most of their time being involved in their school life.These days,children will be attending tuition classes and extracurricular activities.Children would hardly spend time with their parents.Parents and children will not understand each other and they will never tell each other problems they are facing.Sometimes parents and children will get i...

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Families who watch little or no television, on the other hand, often find that they have more time to spend with one another in more engaging and interactive activities. ... One more thing is that the proportion of over weight children has doubled since 1980, due, in part, to sedentary leisure time activities such as watching TV. ...

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With the help of money, the life of an average person can be improved in almost every aspect since, in this days and age; money is money is not only important for buying necessities or food but also necessary in terms of leisure activities. ...

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He is one who, had given to his life a one-sided direction, together with a quite undue emphasis upon the achievement as opposed to the activities connected with it. ... He just used to be engaged in absorbing activities that would cause him to forget himself, loose track of time and stop worrying. I feel happiness is attained only when work and leisure life provide people opportunity to use their skills. ...

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Moreover, parents must do some activities with their children during leisure time. ... There are so many programmes and recreational activities that can be held that give benefits and advantages to students. All the students have to participate activities organized by schools so that their time will be fully occupied and do not have spare time to involve in gangsterisme. Recreational activities such as jungke trekking, camping, picnicking can be organized by schools. ... These activities will also help the students to foster close relationships among themselves. ...

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