LEISURE, DRUG AND DRUG ABUSE REVISION.
1) On what grounds do Christians or those opposed to cigarette smoking refuse or condemn this practice
i) They argue that cigarette smoking is causing destructive fire which can destroy entire forests, industrial or even homes.
ii) They argue that smoking is the chief cause of chest and respiratory diseases
iii) Smoking is an expensive leisure habit
iv) They argue that smoking has been found to cause miscarriage or birth of small and unhealthy babies.
v) They argue that smoking obviously causes bad breath and discoloured teeth.
vi) They argue that in the field of medicine there has been a recent discovery that smoking causes poor blood circulation e.g high blood.
2) In detail explain the effects of alcoholism on career:
i) Alcoholism can easily lead one to embezzle public funds which are entrusted to him
ii) Alcoholism affects ones efficiency at work. Infact it reduces significantly
iii) Alcoholism may make one to absent himself from work.
iv) A lot of money is spent on drinking at the expense of the basic necessities like food shelter, clothing etc. v) Alcoholism affects the health of a person – rendering one ineffective at work.
vi) Alcoholism may lead to break of ones family and this adversely effects one’s performance at work.
vii) Drunkards may collide with fellow workers hence affecting ones career.
viii) Alcoholics may have great risks in their career especially drivers cause accidents when they drive under the influence of alcohol.
3.) Why are High school boys and girls easily lured into drug abuse?
i) Today we have great advertisement in all forms of media
ii) Great desire to discover what one feels when he/she is under the influence of a certain drug
iii) Lack of counselling on the part of the parents, teachers and church ministers.
iv) Pressure from other boys or girls
v) Frustrations as a result of blocked goals of life
vi) The drugs are readily available everywhere today.
4. What do you think the church can do to minimise drug abuse in our society?
i) The church should work out modalities geared to rehabilitating the drug addicts
ii) Those who have fallen victims to drug abuse should be counselled and also the would-be drug abusers.
iii) The church should approach against drug-abuse iv) The church should provide recreational facilities which would take away people from drugs.
5. State five forms of modern leisure.
i) Drinking
ii) Reading novels and magazines for leisure i
iii) Watching T.V.
iv) Joining others in parties
v) Travelling and visiting friends
vi) Playing and games
vii) Gambling
viii) Playing football or other games activities
ix) Taking part in painting, knitting, weaving
x) Writing and receiving letters to and from friends and relatives
xi) Listening to radios/ cassettes.
5. In your understanding of the African Traditional communities, explain the leisure activities that were undertaken by them.
i) They conducted traditional dances e.g “Kilumi”, “Kilui” dances among the Akamba, “Kamaru” and Mucungwa” dances among the Kikuyu.
ii) During harvest seasons they held games and sports like wrestling.
iii) They held beer parties in ceremonies like initiation, naming and marriage or drinking even for leisure.
iv) Spent in listening to gifted and talented story tellers
v) As they waited for food in the evening thy discussed family matters
vi) Singing songs to entertain other people.
6. Compare and contrast the Traditional African and modern understanding of leisure.
i) In traditional African communities leisure was done in fear of the ancestors as well as God while today such a concept is not present hence today’s leisure secular.
ii) In traditional African communities people never misused leisure unlike today when we have great misuse of leisure in drug taking.
iii) In African understanding of leisure it was wholly communal while today’s leisure is dominated by individualism.
iv) In traditional African communities leisure activities were determined by age and sex while in today’s society there are no boundaries. One is free to engage in any leisure activity irrespective of age and sex.
v) In traditional African communities no money was spent in leisure activities but today leisure activities but today leisure activities are very expensive.
vi) In African traditional communities major leisure activities took place during or after the period of harvesting while today’s leisure goes on throughout; there is no time limit e.g people drink throughout.
vii) In traditional African communities older members of the community advised the youth during leisure time while today youth engage themselves in the leisure activities on their own.
viii) In traditional African communities story telling dominated the evenings while today the evening are dominated by radios, T.V.s and cassettes.
7. What are the factors that lead people to misuse leisure?
i) Lack of guidance and counselling especially the youth
ii) Some misuse leisure due to boredom or idleness
iii) Others misuse leisure because of peer group pressure
iv) Others misuse leisure due to influence from erotic pornographic literature and films.
v) When some people have too much money (wealth) they may be tempted to misuse leisure especially in heavy drinking.
vi) Extreme poverty may make some not to afford some leisure items like the legal beer hence end up the legal beer hence and up taking illicit drinks like “kumi kumi”, “Kuruta” and Kamata.
vii) Others misuse leisure due to lack of variety of good leisure activities.
viii) There are others who misuse leisure due to lack of appropriate education.
8. Explain five leisure activities that are income generating:
i) Playing soccer especially for professional players ii) Acting in drama
iii) Weaving
iv) Painting
v) Singing – those who have live performances like Kanda Bongoman, Less Wanyika, Chania Boys band, Kimangu boys band – earn a lot of money per night. vi) Painting – some people do it for leisure but it generates good money.
9. Explain how leisure can be used in the Glory of God.
i) Through praying individually or as a group
ii) Through evangelising
iii) Through joining others in Christian seminars, conferences and retreats
iv) Through singing in choir
v) Through writing Christian magazines.
vi) Through guidance and counselling to the youth or other groups that would need help.
vii) Through doing manual work in the church e.g sweeping and clearing church compound.
viii) Through donating funds to the church to propagate the gospel.
ix) Reading or studying the Bible.
10. Give reasons why you think alcohol as a way of spending leisure is condemned.
i) It can cause separation or even divorce
ii) Alcohol wastes family resources
iii) Alcohol leads to poor health or death
iv) Alcohol brews quarrels within the family
v) Alcohol is causing many accidents
vi) Alcohol leads to addiction
vii) Alcohol leads to loss of means of income or employment
viii) Alcohol may make one to commit crimes e.g homicide.
11. Explain the leisure activities that are done by the youth today.
i) The Christian youth would spend their leisure time in worshipping
ii) The youth would participate in drama
iii) The youth would visit the sick
iv) The youth spend their leisure in playing football, netball etc
v) The youth could spend their leisure time writing letters to friends
vi) Youth spend their leisure time in choir
vii) They also spend their time in charitable jobs like cleaning markets and building houses for the old and poor.
viii) The youth spent their leisure time travelling for site-seeing.
12. Explain reasons why people drink.
i) Some people drink to cover their frustrations
ii) Others drink as a way of burying problems at work, home and even at the society at large.
iii) Others drink to keep company
iv) The youth would drink to show to others that they are grown ups.
v) Others are drunkards due to heredity
vi) Others drink due to addiction.
13. Explain reasons why people drink.
i) Some people drink to cover their frustrations
ii) Others drink as a way of burying problems at work, home and even at the society at large.
iii) Others drink to keep company
iv) The youth would drink to show to others that they are grown ups.
v) Others are drunkards due to heredity
vi) Others drink due to addiction.
14. Discuss the importance of leisure to any worker.
i) Leisure is very important to a worker to enable him attend celebrations
ii) It is time which one uses to replace lost energy
iii) Workers need leisure period to attend church to pray
iv) Leisure is important for one to socialise with other people e.g members day.
v) Leisure time is important because one would use it to visit friends.
vi) During leisure one gets time to engage in his hobbies e.g gambling, golf playing etc.
vii) It is time one uses to do short courses which develops ones career e.g attending evening computer classes which is common today, reading for expanding / increasing knowledge.
viii) This is time used to stay with family members.