ASSIGNMENT 1



This picture is of a roller coaster in the theme park Islands of Adventure.  I have probably ridden this very roller coaster 25 or more times.  This picture is significant to me because I have place attachment to Islands of Adventure.  Basically my entire family lives in Florida, besides my direct family.  I usually visit this theme park every time I visit my relatives in Florida; therefore, this picture means a great deal.  Leisure is a complicated term; I think that it is a way to relieve stress, relax, and escape reality for a while.  I believe that leisure is a significant part in everyone's lives.

   -  Abbie Markley

Assignment 1

This is a picture of a basketball court. This represents a significant part of my life because it's where I go to get away from all the stresses of my life. No matter what problems or struggles I may be going through, as soon as I step onto the court I become oblivious to it all. My sole purpose is to compete and improve on my craft. This picture symbolizes so much about me in that the solitude it represents is also prevalent in me once I pick up that basketball and start shooting. This is the ideal image of leisure for me in that it is something I truly enjoy on a daily basis and it helps to keep me sane in this otherwise nutty world. It is an escape from the many pressures of society and is a constant in my life and many others'.

-Arif Rahim

Assignment 1

The picture I have chosen is of the winning team from my family’s annual softball game held every summer in our backyard.  Every year we have anywhere from thirty to forty of our friends and family members over to get together, socialize, eat great food, and of course play softball.  In the past what we have done is had a big buffet line, where everyone in attendance brings a dish or dessert, so we are never short on food and everyone always leaves full.  After eating, we split everyone up into four teams and have a mini tournament, where the winning team gets trophies and more importantly bragging rights throughout the year ahead (just kidding).  This picture really means a lot to me because it represents family and a sense of togetherness which has always meant a lot to me.  I have always appreciated getting to see everyone and catching up with them since we often do not have the opportunity to get together and spend time throughout the year.  Whenever I look at pictures, such as this, from our softball games, it brings back memories of the music playing in the background, the smell of the fresh cut grass, and most important the laughs shared that day.  To me leisure is something that we are able to participate in, which brings both joy and relaxation; something that when we do it, takes away all our worries and attention from the hustle and bustle of everyday living.

-Ronnie Halicke

Assignment 1

I chose the Super Mario Bros. 3 logo to represent my definition of leisure.  This game brings back great memories of my childhood.  My friends and I would struggle to make it through a boring day of elementary school so we could run home and spend hours playing this game.  This picture represents millions of people all over the world who spend their free time (and not so free time) playing video games to relax and forget their problems.  For myself, video games gave me incentive to get my school/work done throughout the day so I could relax with my friends.  Leisure could stand for taking a nap to someone, while another would say they relax best by competing.  To me, leisure could be defined as enjoyable or challenging activities voluntarily performed to have fun and relax.

Jason Koss

The imagine that I went with was a beach.  The beach represents where  I spend a lot of my time at during the summer when I am visiting my family in Florida.  I've been going to the beach for as long as I can remember. For me the the beach, and the ocean represent a place where I can go to forget about the stresses of my day. I can relax  by listening to the sounds of the ocean.  It fits my definition of leisure because I view leisure as an escape from everyday life for a short period of time. The beach definitely is my place to escape from the world while I'm there.

-Joseph Ciraulo







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The image I went with is a deBeer 16 inch softball.  Pretty simply, it represents what I spend a lot of time both in the Summer and Spring doing.  It's a sport somewhat exclusive to Chicago, and I've been playing it casually since I was about 10.  To me it represents the kind of carefree hours spent at the fields just hitting around a ball even when we didn't have enough to play a full game.  It fits my definition of leisure pretty well because I consider leisure simply to be what you enjoy spending your time doing, and I definitely enjoy this.

- Pat Mitchell