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Everyone likes FreeRice right?
By: Kevin Xu
It’s a new game that is both educational and helping the world. FreeRice is apparently a website sponsored by the United Nations aimed at helping build vocabulary as well as fighting world hunger. The deal is that for every correct vocabulary word you answer, the UN will donate 10 grains of rice to a person in need. The words will get harder or easier depending on if you got the previous word right or wrong and the amount of rice easily accumulates into the hundreds.
I believe the aim of this website is the best I have ever seen. It is entirely free, the rice is paid by the various sponsors. It is teaching vocabulary in a fun way, which can get addictive for some and is a very useful tool for students. And best of all it is for a great cause, trying to fight world hunger. The amount of rice donated daily is growing exponentially and we could soon be are seeing millions of grains each day. I recommend everyone go check it out and bookmark it for daily use. Only two minutes can gain a person in need over 100 grains of rice!
~Kevin X





November 16th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Free Rice is genius! I love the cause and I love the game.