AMERICAN WAYS

How American Spend Their

Leisure Time
ENGL 111 Project 2 Group 5

Hana Juhee Ned Vincent

 CONTENT
● Materialism
● Hard Work
● Technology
● Sports
● Fitness & Recreation
 The Definition of Leisure
● Freedom provided by the cessation(stoping) of activities especially
time free from work or duties.
(Merriam Webster
Retrived from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leisure )

● Vacation time(leisure time) renews the spirit and gives people the
energy and vitality to lead productive lives...
(American Ways chapter 10 pg.242)
Materialism & Hard Work
Juhee
Concept 1 : Materialism and Hard Work
Importance of hard work?
“Only by hard work could these
natural resources to be converted into
material possessions, allowing a more
comfortable standard of
living.”(American Ways chapter 2
pg.36)
“Americans carry over their belief in hard
work into their world of play and
recreation. The expression “We like to
work hard and play hard” is an example of
philosophy.( American Ways chapter 10
pg.236)

Materialism
Placing a high value on material
possessions (American Ways chapter 2
pg.35)
<Standard of Living vs. Quality of Life>
Standard of living refers to the level of
wealth, comfort, material goods, and
necessities available to a certain
socioeconomic class or geographic area.
Quality of life, on the other hand, is a
subjective term that can measure happiness.
(https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financ
ial-theory/08/standard-of-living-quality-of-lif
e.asp)
Ready Player One
<chapter 19>

-Wade’s rig-
● Exercise routine
● Security
● Max
● His own planet and accesorries in the game

ALL for leisure(video game)/ only possible with

fianancial backup
Relationship between materialism and hard work

https://opentextbc.ca/principlesofeconomics/chapter/6-3-labor-leisure-choices/
 WORK SMARTER

Lopez, T. (2017, February 05). Retrieved April Jubilee. (2018, June 27). Retrieved April 02,
02, 2019, from 2019, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mL4rjxEn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZwPsYu8_
bo 1I
Technology
Hana
Concept 2: Technology for leisure
TV Radio PC Smart Phone etc.

Serve all their entertainment needs through one device:

● Listen to music
● Watch videos
● Surf the internet
● Read a book
● Play video games
Technology for leisure: Development

Figure 3: Leisure and sports activities (BUREAU of Labor

Statistics, 2015) (CITE)

BUREAU of Labor Statistics(2015) “Leisure and sports activities”

Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/leisure.htm
Fact & Fiction

1. Office of National Statistics in the UK 2018

Young Britons used 14 hours of leisure time on electronic devices each week

Average adults in the UK spends 9 hours in media

2. Ready Player One:

Many people spend all of their leisure time in the OASIS, including study, work, and entertainment.
Technology for leisure: Impact
Disadvantage

● Less excersice - “coach potato”

● Less social interaction - playing smartphones all the time
● improper information
● distraction

Advantage

● Easier communication with other people

● More ways to make leisure time more colorful

Figure 8.Picture of the using time of iPhone taken by Vincent

Talks, T. (2012, September 21). Retrieved April 02, 2019, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjyxIsE3V2g
Sports
Vincent
Concept 3 : Organized Sports
“Most social scientists believe that the sports that are organized by a society, generally reflect the basic
values of that society and attempt to strengthen them in the minds and emotions of its people.”-----
“American Ways” P232

Three most popular organized sports : Football🏈, Basketball🏀, Baseball⚾

● equality of opportunity
● competition
● Sense of belonging
Equality of Opportumity

Figure 4. Sania Mirza, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and Figure 5.Paralympian David Weir
Anju Bobby George

“In sports, people of different races and economic background get an equal chance to excel.”

---”American Ways” P232

Competition

● What is the definiation of the winning a game?

● Whether sometime faliture can be kind of the success?

Figure 6. NCAA Purdue VS Virginia C. Edwards

“Anyone who tells me,’Don’t worry what you lost; you played a good game anyway,’I just hate.”---”American way” P233
Sense of belonging

Madness, N. M. (2019, March 30). Retrieved April 02, 2019,

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbNj3eKMREg
Some criticism
“When the idea of winning in sports is carried to excess, however, honorable competition can turn into disorder and
violence.” --- “American Ways” P234

Figure 7. Houston Rockets' Chris Paul, far left, is held back by Los Figure 8.Picture of the price of NBA tickets taken by
Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, second from left, after Paul fought with
Vincent
Lakers' Rajon Rondo, far right, during the second half of their NBA game.
Recreational Activity
Ned
1

CONCEPT4 : • What is it?

RECREATIONAL • What is the difference between Recreational Activities
ACTIVITIES and Sports?
2 • Hiking and camping

• Hunting and fishing

• Canoeing, kayaking and rafting

• Sailing and motorboating

EXAMPLES OF • Biking

RECREATIONAL • Rock Climbing

ACTIVITIES • Horseback riding

• Skiing

• Also…..
• Enjoys Parks, Museum, Jogging, even Spring can also be count!
3

• What’s the value displayed in these activities?

CONCEPT: • Self-Reliance
RECREATIONAL • Equality of Opportunity
ACTIVITIES • Individual Freedom
• Self-improvement
 MY STORY: RAFT AT CALIFORNIA
4
5 THE SAD THING ABOUT OUTDOOR
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
6
THE SECOND LARGEST
FACTOR THAT CAUSE CONCEPT5 : HEALTH
HEALTH PROBLEMS :
OVERWEIGHT & FITNESS
7 DO PEOPLE REALIZED THIS OVERWEIGHTING
PROBLEM?
8
HOW MANY
AMERICANS
ARE ACTUALLY
DOING SPORTS?
9
PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES
VIEW BY
STATES
10
THE TREND IN
OVERWEIGHT
PROBLEMS
11 FAST FOOD CAUSES OVERWEIGHT
12 WHY HEALTH AND FITNESS SHOULD BE
CONSIDER AS A PROBLEM

• Personal Freedom & Materialism

• Serious life threat

• Ready Player One

Discuss with your partners:

How did you spend your leisure time last weekend?

Will you rearrange your leisure time after this presentation?

References
BUREAU of Labor Statistics(2015) “Leisure and sports activities” Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/leisure.htm

Talks, T. (2012, September 21). Retrieved April 02, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjyxIsE3V2g

Press Plus Fact News”Is technology changing our leisure time?”(2018, October 26). Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlBqg9WZgfI

Madness,N.M.(2019,Mar. 30th). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbNj3eKMREg

Lopez, T. (2017, February 05). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mL4rjxEnbo

Jubilee. (2018, June 27). Retrieved April 02, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZwPsYu8_1I