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Socializing can be defined as the way that social order is maintained through a learning process that encompasses culture, social norms and roles and the accepted behaviors of society. The process of socialization takes into account someone's status; a person may have several statuses that relate to their age, sex or religion for example. Each of these will have a role attached to it. Hence in order for an individual to become socialized, they must learn to recognize these statuses and roles, in themselves and also in others. Socialization itself has three primary goals: teaching impulse control and developing a conscience, preparing people to perform certain social roles, and cultivating shared sources of meaning and value. Therefore, this notion refers to a general process, but socialization always takes place in specific contexts. One of them is the way of spending free time or simply entertainment.
Entertainment is surely necessary in our life. Without it, we don't have any relaxation or refreshment, simply we will do our work round the clock like a machine.
Nowadays people don’t have enough time as they are working hard to earn their livelihood, so they lead a very busy life, and don’t have too much time for extra curriculum activities. However, all the human beings need to get some pleasure, for which they need to enjoy some special entertainment.
But a tfirst let us define what is an entertainment itself:
The act of entertaining.
The art or field of entertaining.
Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show.
The pleasure afforded by being entertained, amusement.
So, entertainment can be relative to each individual based on their personal preference, because people have a variety of options in which to entertain themselves with.
In consequence of this fact there are as many ways of entertainment as people over the world. The most common forms of entertainment are: reading, going to the cinema or theatre, going out with friends, watching TV, practicing sports, travelling…the list could be never ending. Furthermore, the way you choose for entertainment tells a lot about your personality. If you practice parachuting you might be a very energetic person, quite crazy and courageous. But if you are the one who spends hours collecting stamps, you might be a calm individual, maybe a little bit shy and with a lot of patience.
However,
maybe not very critical but quite unpleasant problem exist, which is
widespread nowadays. It is related to the circumstance that
unfortunately
a lot of preferences, that were mentioned before, are
at
best
a waste
of
time,
or
worse
harmful
to
people
and
detrimental
to
society
at
large.
On the basis of the foregoing we can divide all the ways of spending leisure time into three big groups: the wrong ones (drugs, alcohol, laziness, bullying), the right ones (self- education, sports, charity, art) and the boundary ways, (that ones, which are good in moderation: clubs, parties, computer games, games of chance).
And now we will focus on the most popular ones which can lead to different kind of problems.
Alcohol.
There are some people who have fun totally wrong. When it comes to how to spend free time they prefer just to stay at home drinking alcohol. Such personalities need nothing in their life, spending all of their money and time on the drinks. Having no interests brings them to ruining their life with their own hands. The main problem consists in that a lot of modern youngsters drink just for filling their free time with something or being cool among friends, and they are unaware of the fact that it becomes a serious problem. Psychologists claim, that such people need somebody to help them, because in the majority of cases they don’t have any real friends and values, and in addition alcohol drinks are very harmful. The most effective way to cope with drinking too much alcohol is a good company, friend or mentor who will indicate some problems of that person and will show him others ways for spending time without such serious consequences.
Clubbing
Nowadays this kind of entertainments very wide-spread among young people. They don’t think of their study, of how much money they spend, at least, they don’t take care of their health. Thinking in this way you may consider that clubs are only evil. But, in very deed, go clubbing can be really a great way to unwind, to spend time with your friends and to forget about all your daily routine problems. But you should know when to stop not to let it become a disaster– just make the right priorities. It would not be a disaster if you miss a few parties to fix your problems with studying, to save money or just to sleep. Also you should understand that loud parties aren´t the only way to relax – life can offer you a lot of great things, if you want it. Why not try travelling, cooking or just stay at home with a little cozy company of your friends? You really may enjoy it.
Computer games
Computer games amount to be one of the most popular entertainments in our age of modern technologies. Some scientists confirm that in good sooth, this activity has many positive aspects. For example, when people come home tired, they can choose something to get away from the daily routine, to mellow out or just to escape for a while from the cloying reality by playing favorite games. At the moment, the game industry is highly developed and one can find the game to his liking.
But the problem appears when many young people spend more and more time with their computers, assuming a kind of an addiction, an as a result they prefer keyboard and screen to their friends, family and beloved ones, which can lead to misunderstandings in the relationships, quarrels and discord in family life.
To avoid such consequences the most correct is to allocate the time you spend with “real” and “computer” world. And do not forget that each of us has responsibilities that we must fulfill. Of course, games are good, but in the end, they did warm nobody on long winter evenings.
Over studying
Today's world allows us to have fun as we want to one's utmost, but not all.
Unfortunately, not all of the youth understand how they want their leisure to be. So, they spend time making themselves bored, and try to do their best but by sacrificing some parts of the social life.
This kind of individual spends all free time with books, studying from morning till night. But alas, it does not bring relax or pleasure. The main problem consists in loosing social tights which can cause such psychological problems as closed nature, obsessions, autism etc. Being such person needs somebody who will show the right direction, and different possibilities of entertaining in the right way. The world, which is described in books are around us and we should enjoy it.