The countdown of 90 days of summer holidays has started. Every year, as students get closer to their free time from education, various institutions announce their programs under the title of “Students’ Leisure Time Enrichment”. The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, the Islamic Propaganda Organization, Basij, etc. every year report statistics and programs for free time, the majority of which are artistic efforts, painting, calligraphy, gilding, calligraphy, sports classes and Urdu. Gives. In other words, art and sports are the same controversial subjects that are neglected during the academic year, so how can students’ creativity blossom in the summer semester and only think about presenting predetermined courses in the academic year? How can children be invited to the library in the summer, but no effort was made for this purpose in the library of schools and classrooms.
Experts in educational issues believe that if there is no planning to fill free time, these days can play an important role in the development of talents, and also if there is no full supervision of students, these days can be considered as a serious threat, as Many problems and anomalies are caused by some students during holidays, and this indicates the special importance of this period, which requires special attention and planning. But at present, despite the existence of youth leisure custodians, out of 14.5 million students in the country, only ten percent are covered by leisure programs and the rest are left alone. Statistics show that out of one million and 26 thousand students in Tehran, if they have six hours a day, about 295 million people have time that can be planned for, while at least 20 to 30 thousand people are boys. 11 to 21-year-olds spend their idle hours in Gamenet centers, and on average, 20 billion hours of free time of the country’s students are wasted every year.
Leisure moments for young people can be both constructive and useful as well as destructive and destructive, in other words lack of purpose and lack of planning causes the emergence of sick leisure and all kinds of deviations and crimes in society. He continues: Investigating how young people spend their free time in previous years in the summer season shows that in most urban areas, especially in big cities, street walking and going to parks and entertainment complexes is one of the ways to spend free time, which according to the characteristics of extra-local activities A huge flood of freed forces tending to collective and group activities, at any moment we can expect that their accumulated emotions will be released and provide the basis for any uncontrollable accident or activity.
The meaning of free time
If we ask a randomly selected group of people what they think about free time, they will give different answers. Some may believe that leisure time is the time that remains after doing work or fulfilling duties and responsibilities. Others may point to specific activities such as watching TV, participating in sports, eating out, and thousands of other activities that may be interesting to them.
The diversity of these answers shows that leisure time has different meanings for different people. But what is certain is that free time is not only free time from work. Rather, it is an optional activity. In the Omid culture, the following is said about the definition of free time: Leisure in Farsi means comfort and ease from work and job. At this time, a person wants to engage in an occupation that they are willingly interested in, either for the purpose of relaxation or for variety.
Functions of leisure time to relieve fatigue
One of the basic functions of free time is to relieve fatigue and provide rest. Humans all need rest and relief from fatigue. Continuous work without time to relieve fatigue causes a decrease in performance and mental health of a person, but the purpose of these times is not idleness, but a time when a person relaxes and the result is an increase in efficiency.
Leisure functions, the need for recreation
After working for days, one needs to spend some time having fun. It is said that Ali (peace be upon him) used to go out of Madinah on Fridays to have fun. Fun can have different aspects for people. In Islam, there are many healthy pastimes that can have an effective role in a person’s soul and spirit. Travel to stay healthy.
Leisure functions, flourishing talents
Human talents become action if placed in favorable context and conditions. For this reason, it is very important to recognize these fields in a person’s life. Free time is one of these very suitable situations that a person can use to identify and strengthen his talents. For example, a few who are doing painting or other things that they are talented at these times.
Leisure functions, social development of the individual
In addition to the personal effects it has on a person’s personality, their time also helps their social development . One’s use of social networks improves one’s social relationships and helps social progress. Many of the individual’s advancements are closely related to the individual’s social advancement. If a person has the best and most valuable talents, he will not be very successful until he is able to present them at the social level.
Practical guidelines for leisure time use
The main meaning of free time refers to the individual’s discretion and freedom of action. Therefore, filling it and giving it a business atmosphere reduces its functions. Therefore, during these times, it is better for a person to do the desired activity only for his own sake and with complete freedom of action, without even considering the material results and so on. Therefore, when it comes to filling children’s free time, we should also avoid imposing our favorite activities on children and teenagers. A variety of hobbies and activities should be used, and of course not intensively, so as not to cause fatigue and boredom. Even if it is possible in these times, depending on the interests and desires of the person, works of art can also be included.
Although some people mainly fill their free time with artistic works, this issue depends a lot on the individual’s interest and talent, and since the purpose of free time planning is not compulsory, it is better to match the individual’s interest and talents. Some people spend their free time with a variety of computer activities, which are computer games , chat, etc. at the top of these activities. But what is recommended is that long hours of people’s attention, especially children and teenagers, should not be spent playing with the computer because there will be many side effects that can be divided into physical, psychological, social and cultural side effects.
Occurrence of obesity is one of the physical complications and aggression is an example of psychological complications. If a person is going to spend his free time using the computer, it is necessary to plan and choose the desired activities. Salah Rahm and seeing and visiting are introduced in Islam as one of the leisure activities that have both individual and social positive effects. Do not imitate others in choosing leisure activities. People are different in terms of the amount of pleasure they get from activities. Don’t let your free time activities become a habit, which falls away from the basic philosophy of free time planning .
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