today ’s young people from becoming tomorrow ’s problem drug users’ (Home Office‚ 2002‚ p. 7). The strategy emphasises the harm drugs can cause to society and stresses young people ‘need good quality drug education‚ information and advice’ (p. 3). In January 2007 Barnfield Borough Council in North London commissioned the present study as part of its ongoing initiative to improve the standard of drugs education provided to local secondary schoolchildren. The prevalence of drug use among young people
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The activities performed for leisure are divided into two categories; passive leisure time and active leisure time. The department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2013) defines passive leisure time as the time spent on rudimentary activities that require minimal mental and physical exertion. In contrast‚ active leisure time is the time spent on leisurely activities that require the use of physical or mental abilities such as playing sports or socializing. For the purpose of clarity
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Nowadays almost all schools include such subjects as art‚ drama‚ and music in their educational program. Therefore‚ by the time when children graduate school they have general understanding and basic knowledge in all of them. In my opinion‚ it is a positive tendency and these subjects should indeed be a part of every child’s education. I would like to introduce several reasons and examples that I believe will support my viewpoint. First and foremost‚ teaching of subjects such as art‚ drama and music
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Are professional athletes paid too much? Today’s sport’s world is the biggest revenue making industry in the world. Different sports bring in different amounts of revenue but they are all enormous amounts. I myself love sports so there are a few sports that I contribute to financially also. Is it fair that professional athletes get paid millions of dollars to entertain us? It is known that the sporting industry Sporting events is a place for people to go‚ relax‚ have fun‚ and do something they
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What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted‚ like money? Or is it something we have no control over‚ like the weather or classifier? Is time the same all over the world? That’s an easy question‚ you say. Wherever you go‚ a minute is 60 seconds‚ an hour is 60 minutes‚ a day is 24 hours‚ and so forth. Well‚ maybe. But in America‚ time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe that’s why they are fond of the expression‚ "Time is money." Because Americans believe
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Time goes by quickly‚ too fast sometimes and with it comes changes. I am very much the type of person that struggles through having to do things differently. It is not because I like to do the same old things‚ but because changes interfere with my plans. Two changes I have gone through were my life in high school and my life in college. Since I started college everything seems unclear to me. I still cannot get used to the idea that I have grown. I have problems readapting from one place to the other
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Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting Z A C H A R Y Z I M M E R 1 & H U I - S H E N G LIN 2 Population Studies Center and Department of Sociology‚ University of Michigan‚ and Centre on Aging‚ University of Victoria; 2Research and Planning Division‚ Taiwan Provincial Institute of Family Planning‚ The Republic of China Abstract. Studies conducted in Western nations suggest hypotheses regarding the relationship between leisure activity
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THE AMERICAN LEISURE CLASS Thorstein Veblen During the earlier stages of economic development‚ consumption of goods without stint‚ especially consumption of the better grades of goods – ideally all consumption in excess of the subsistence minimum – pertains normally to the leisure class. This restriction tends to disappear‚ at least formally‚ after the later peaceable stage has been reached with private ownership of goods and an industrial system based on wage labour or on the petty household
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Fashion is becoming more and more important to young people. However‚ some argue that this has negative impact on young people and on society. Do you agree or disagree? In the 21st century‚ It is difficult to ignore the immense popularity of fashion‚ which could be found anywhere and everywhere‚ on the street‚ television‚ internet and magazines. Its influence have extended to younger consumers. However‚ some argue that this trend has an adverse effect on youngsters and even the whole society
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MEASURING TRENDS IN LEISURE: THE ALLOCATION OF TIME OVER FIVE DECADES Mark Aguiar Erik Hurst Working Paper 12082 http://www.nber.org/papers/w12082 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 March 2006 We thank Susanto Basu‚ Gary Becker‚ Kathy Bradbury‚ Kerwin Charles‚ Raj Chetty‚ Steve Davis‚ Jordi Galí‚ Rueben Gronau‚ Dan Hamermesh‚ Chad Jones‚ Ellen McGrattan‚ Bruce Mayer‚ Kevin Murphy‚ Derek Neal‚ Valerie Ramey‚ Richard Rogerson‚ Frank Stafford‚ and
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