The class would also look at alternative types of employment, like self-employment as a freelance writer or photographer, or something like that, that they could use skills they have to help others. They could also develop these skills if they had always thought about doing them but never had the time. Another alternative is selling things they make. The class would explore their hobbies and interests, and tell them how to market their handcrafts online or at craft fairs, and such. The Fremont Senior Center has craft fairs throughout the year where they could sell items, and there are other craft fairs in the area, too.
Another class could look at selling at online auctions like eBay or other similar sites. They could learn how to do it, and decide what to sell, and this could make them a part-time income if they were devoted to it. They would have to have computers in the classroom so they could see...
There are a number of reasons for this. The first is that this is a growing group, and any store that fails to embrace a new market will come (in general) to regret it. The second, in the case of this particular market, is the morbid but true fact that if Michael's focusses on only the elderly knitter, then the store's demographic will relatively soon simply disappear through attrition.
The different tastes in personal pleasure can be seen in the leisure industry as a whole. Some people seek out community service vacations, some seek adventure vacations, and other people simply want a nice, pretty beach and warm sun. All seek, I believe, to become better people, even if only simply through relaxation. My standards for happiness and my virtue ethics are less stringent than Aristotle's standards. So long as
Painting as a Leisure Activity History of Painting Humans have been painting pictures since roughly 15,000 to 17,000 years ago. How do we know? The oldest known paintings were found on the walls of a cave near Lascaux, France, by in 1940 (by a dog named "robot" who led four boys into the cave). These extraordinary cave paintings (of very large animals: horses, bulls and stags), were tested through carbon dating and
Status in Hospitality How Class and Status are Reflected in the Modern Hospitality Industry Issues of class and status are reflected in the modern hospitality industry as this consumer-driven marketplace seeks to respond more effectively to the demands of a diverse public. Class may be defined as one's "social class [or] socio-economic class -- people having the same social or economic status." (http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn?stage=1& word=class). When class is considered together with income,
The YMCA states the following statistics: 1,712 Ys work with elementary schools; 1,406 Ys work with middle schools; 810 Ys work with homeschool programs; 1,282 Ys work with hospitals; 1,515 Ys work with churches; and 519 Ys work with juvenile courts (About the YMCA, 2007) V. Other Services Provided by YMCA Recreation and leisure services are only a part of the YMCA's program scope and reaches "far beyond the United States" into more than 120 foreign
VIDEOGAMES: THE NEW CULTURE? The modern world is a complex world, despite its many luxuries and ease that have been created by the introduction of the Internet. We are more and more becoming a Global village, with endless possibilities of communication, literary, at our fingertips; new possibilities regarding how we learn and communicate with each other are opening up every day. Not only this, even things like shopping, leisure activities, hobbies,
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