Immigrants And Leisure Constraints

The collection “Coming to America” is comprised of journal entries, biographies, and autobiographies that discuss the social and political transformations that arose from immigration. “Of Plymouth Plantation”, “Balboa”, and “‘Blaxicans’ and Other Reinvented Americans” illustrate how immigrants shape America’s direction. The changes that occurred when settlers migrated seriously impacted the nation they were travelling to. The first of these changes pertains to culture. Immigrants brought their religions and languages to their host country, and that caused a great deal of acculturation, usually to the new religion or language. Government is another principle that was implemented into the “inner workings” of the new country. Lastly, the newcomers

Day in and day out many immigrants enter the United States of America in search of greener pastures. This greener pasture includes higher educational prospects and lucrative jobs. However, life usually does not turn out as many of them usually anticipate. The expectation they usually have prior to their entry to the United States is partly due to the all rosary and nice things they hear about America. They hear such nice things from the media and also from diaspora’s who return from America to their homeland who usually don’t share their entire experiences with them. There have been quite a number of reports and research findings that outline the various challenges that are faced by immigrants in America. I personally share some of these issues as an international student in a foreign country. Prior to coming to Metropolitan State University, I had colleagues who told me about the school and their excellent environments that facilitate learning. Also other friends who were in America made me aware of the opportunity to work alongside schooling which made me more interested as I needed financial aid. With all these palatable information in mind, I did apply for the school and even though the tuition fee was quite expensive considering my socio economic background, I did apply having the mindset of working to meet up certain financial needs. Upon arrival in America, I realized that I was given a fraction of the entire picture. I wasn't allowed to work outside of campus,

Colonial Recreation and Leisure: How did changing Anglo-American attitudes about work, labor, and leisure in the 1600s and 1700s shape the recreational practices of colonial America? What does Nancy Struna mean by the “leisure

In “Immigrants” by Pat Mora, they are struggling to achieve acceptance and help their family have a better future. The parents are trying so hard to associate their children with “American traditions” and still are left wondering if they will be accepted in America. In my opinion nothing is worth loosing your actual culture or values. They are literally willing to do whatever it takes to transform heir children into American traditions. “Feed them mashed hot dogs and apple pie” (Line 2 Mora). Both Hot dogs and Apple pie are both American food and American culture. Wait there is more they are even considering changing the names of their children. Buying them blonde dolls and football cleats both have typical American

Leisure at the turn of the twentieth century was a new found type of freedom and entertainment, not only for the children, but for the entire family. It was a way for numerous families to spend quality time together but in a more modern and convenient way. Entertainment before the twentieth century consisted of household entertainment, such as board games, and “backyard games” like tennis, and football amongst others. When compared to leisure in the twentieth century, many of these activities were seen as “outdated”, as more and more people started to adopt the new ways of entertainment. Some examples were the openings of catalogs, sports, cinemas, amusement parks.

Sara Arbini decided to leave her husband in Syria in order to gain access to proper medical care. She says, “It’s like we went back 200 years.” Finding work, clean water, and electricity became

Exercise is seen as a key component to a healthy lifestyle. Team sports force people to abandon differences, and to work together towards a goal; the level of inclusion and togetherness seen in team athletics is hard to find anywhere else. However, I believe that sports and exercise can assist immigrants specifically by combatting health and risk factors faced by low income, immigrant children, by increasing immigrants’ social capitals and skill sets, and by helping immigrants to learn English and other nuances of American life. In this essay, I hope to expose these benefits, offer suggestions, and frame athletics as a practical instrument for attaining success and happiness in American life.

Almost everyone has some kind of leisure time whether it is a couple hours or a couple days. What varies is the type of recreational activities people choose to do during that time. Although leisure and recreation is chosen based on ones unique individual interests, there are many sociocultural factors that influence the type of recreational activities we do, when we do it and how often we do it. These factors include political,

Thank you for your input. However, I disagree with you first statement. By allowing immigrants and refugees into the United States, this is not going to put a huge threat on our nation’s population. There are currently 326 million (roughly) people living in America. With this in mind, an extra one million is not going to tip the scale so drastically that this would become a “risk”. In addition to this, the people living in America have migrated from across the globe. You argue that our American ideology and culture may be threatened by immigrants, but in what way particularly? The only true natives are American Indians, but even their culture has not been fully assimilated or accepted in United States today. Because people come from different

The restriction towards immigrants from Europe failed during the 19th century because of the need for population from state, the interest of employers, weak government, and some policies. First, America had a huge territories after independence and required Americans to manage it. For example, the Homestead Acts of U.S. federal government gave each 160 acres land to each citizen and alien. The reason why the government did that was because it wanted to improve its revenues and production. Besides the Homestead acts, in ninetheeth century, state bureaus were established to recruit immigrants as settlers, according to the Reimer's reading. The bureaus were complemented by private industry, especially railroads and shipping lines, eager for newcomers

Government policies are not simple problems that can be solved with a one-size-fits-all solution. They are bitterly contested in practically all forms of government around the world. Even in the United States, the Government suffers from lifelong politicians arguing incessantly with the opposing side. It must be said that if intelligent senators who have spent practically their entire adult life in the political arena are unable to come to a unified solution on hot-button issues, it is unlikely that one paper will change all of that; yet what I endeavor to do today is present a clear and accurate take on certain social issues, as well as the general necessity of a separation of powers in the three branches of government.

Immigration has become both a controversial and widely debatable topic in contemporary governmental affairs. Within David Miller’s Immigration: The Case for Limits, we are faced with many trivial ideas on what constitutes the opportunity for people to legally immigrate to where they please, how matters are dealt with in the case of refugees, and to what level we hold everyone’s right to make a living. As I was investing myself in Miller’s book excerpt, I became aware of several debatable and agreeable content sections that stuck out to me. For instance, Miller states that “There is something fundamentally unfair about a world in which people are condemned to relative poverty through no fault of their own when others have much greater opportunities, whereas if people were free to live and work wherever they wished, then each person could choose whether to stay in the community that raised him or look for a better life elsewhere.”; I believe that Miller is correct in stating this fact due to the idea that everyone is entitled to make themselves the most well off that they can. However, a problem arises when Miller states that the basic rights consist of freedom, security, etc., and proclaims that freedom of movement is also a basic human right. I find fault in this because for most Miller’s conversation about immigrants (excluding refugees) it seems as if he is approaching the scope without putting his previous statements into perspective. He seems to contradict himself when

Some of the major issues were the working conditions and immigration. People were immigrating to the US in waves desperate for money and a new start that they would take the lowest paying jobs around and living in the poorest conditions. Due to all of the immigrants taking all of the jobs, the us citizens in need of jobs were mad so they began to protest the new immigrants coming to the US. Many of the immigrants were told by political machines that if they were to vote for them they would make more money, have better work places and better home. Most of witch did not happen until labor unions were formed and had demands. With that going on the government investigated many political machines and arrested many bosses for fraud witch inturn helped

When planning leisure activities for disadvantaged groups it is essential to consider both the sociological and psychological factors that may influence participation. A short stay excursion to a Melbourne Cup race can be used to highlight the complexities involved in providing equitable leisure opportunities that combat both low social class and disability. As this excursion will highlight, despite the psychological benefits of leisure, young people with a disability face multiple sociological barriers to leisure choices and participation. When looking at leisure from a sociological perspective it is apparent that poverty restricts involvement in leisure choice and participation, which goes beyond the impacts of disability alone. The high

Before we delve in the research conducted, we have to determine the definitions of a few words including recreation, outdoor recreation, socioeconomic status, and Erikson’s eight stages of development. Recreation is a necessary component in the promotion of health and stability. Recreation is an activity done for the enjoyment and physical exercise. Outdoor recreation refers to leisure pursuits engaged in the outdoors, often in natural or semi-natural environments. Socioeconomic status (SES) is a social standing or class of an individual or group. It is often measured as a combination of