I will apologize in advance for sending this out, but I
really think a lot of you will find this interesting if you haven’t
already heard about it. There is a website at www.freerice.com that everyone should check
out. As I heard on national news last night, it was originally created by
a businessman trying to help his teenage son increase his vocabulary for his
SAT’s. The website is basically a vocabulary game. As soon as
you get to the home page, you are given a word and four multiple choice answers
to define the word. The beauty of it is that when you get the definition
correct, 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food
Program. Every time you get a word correct, you are given a harder word
to define – get a word wrong and you get an easier word, and so on.
It is a great learning tool (I just played and ended up donating 400 grains of
rice).
You are not required to register and the site is free to use
– sponsors on the site pay for the donated rice. There is one
serious side effect though – you’re learning while playing!
:O Plus, it’s fun to watch your rice pile up.
I haven’t yet researched the site so I don’t
know how legitimate it is. If it is truly legitimate (as I hope it is)
you could probably provide enough rice for a family’s meal on your lunch
break.
Thanks for listening and once again I apologize for being
completely off topic on this list.
