Did you ever feel opposing when someone order or tell you what to do? Yes is my answer to this question. I don't like being told to do something so I sometimes do opposite even though it is a good thing.
According to "
The rise of the adult playground", adult playgrounds, so-called outdoor gyms, become more popular in recent year. Government encourage people to do more exercise using "nudge theory" (
¶1), the theory using human nature of dislike being told what to do and want to make a decision by themselves, such as placing adult playgrounds in the parks or the other place that are easily notice. Adult playgrounds remove cost and accessibility, the two main obstacle for people who want to exercise, so the popularity of exercise has grown.
Exercise is good for health. It's is the fact and everyone know it including me. However, I usually feel bored when someone tell me to exercise. I think government nudge theory is really interesting and effective to someone like me because it is more persuasive and I feel like no one force me to do it. It's my decision.
However, I think it is not a good idea to oppose against something good just because we don't like the way someone suggest it. We should consider it carefully without prejudice that it is really bad idea or not.
The rise of the adult playground (2012, May 7). BBC News. Retrieved May 7, 2012 from
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17818223
But should governments be worrying about such things? Is it there job to be using tax money on such things? Certainly, health is important, but as rational adults, aren't we responsible for our own decisions and their consequences?
ReplyDeleteWhich governments? I mean, at what level? And where should the money come from to pay for such things?
Did you spot teh grammar mistake in my second sentence? At least I got the right word in the next sentence.
DeleteI don't think it's a problem.
Sometimes my little typo errors are a problem, for example, when I miss the word not. That usually changes the meaning seriously.
DeleteWow! Wow! Wow! this's want I want.This article is really hit!
ReplyDeleteYeah! I have to accept that I'm the one who like this theory because
I'm also do this kind of action of this nudge theory.I don't like when
someone order or force me to do something.I think I know what I should do
but ,sometimes, It's great to been suggested.
your ending is really great.It summarizes your idea clearly.About your
introduction is also wonderful.It attracted me to continue reading this article.
For the title ,What do you think if changing it to be more interesting? I think it's
great, but I think you can do better :-)
However, After read this theory, I want to do some exercise.Maybe,
jogging is a good idea for me.But the point is I have to go to AUA now ,
so, see you at the class lol ;-P
i agree. It's important to go to AUA.
DeleteYou can jog in the afternoon to refresh your brain before settling down to do the homework.
If you liked Bic's post responding to a BBC News article, you might also be interested in "The Surprising Shortcut to Better Health", which was published in The New York Times a few days ago. In it, Tara Parker-pope (2012) reports some encouraging advice from health writer Gretchen Reynolds, such as the fact that just 20 minutes of some, even mild, exercise is enough to provide the most important fitness benefits. For those not aiming to play sports, very little time is required, and Reynolds suggests that some common old advice might not be right after all, for example, that it's probably OK to skip boring warm-ups and stretching before you exercise gently.
ReplyDeleteI would like a smaller, tighter tummy, but it's encouraging to hear that I probably get enough exercise just moving around in the classroom every day. And since I'm not planning to compete in any marathons or play squash again, it's probably OK for me to relax, apart from the growing tummy problem, which I suspect has a lot more to do with my food consumption than with exercise. I blame the French.
References
Parker-pope, T. (2012, May 4). The Surprising Shortcut to Better Health. The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2012 from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/the-surprising-shortcut-to-better-health/
I admit that I come to view this post because the title of the post sounds new to me. It makes me curious about what is it. However, I agree with Cherry's comment that changing it to be more interesting is a good idea and I think it should concern about the content which you are going to talk about so that people could know early from the title. In addition, I like your introduction too because I really behave like you when I was told to do something (especially what I'm absolutely going to do). But I think feeling too free is not always good for you, sometimes it make you feel too lazy to do something. I think being free and a medium level of compulsion should be made equal.
ReplyDeleteI also like nudge theory, nowadays people are concern about health and they become to care their self much more than ever. My family is also concern about health too because I just I lost my grandmother and I had my grandfather left, so my family has to focusing on my grandfather health. Everyday my grandfather has to work out to keep his health to be strong and escape from any disease. Exercise is good for everyone including the old people and this theory is support for the old people. They can do it because of the poses that is human nature dislike.
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