Feed the hungry on the internet: Free Rice
The price of rice is out of control right now. It is threating to destabilize most of the rice-eating third world, especially heavy rice importing nations, such as the Philippines. Rice producing states are limiting exports and everyone is hording rice, especially at Costco. High rice prices are threating world food aid. Its a good time to stop worrying about gas prices and be glad you aren't worrying about food prices.
To make matters worse, Americans are suffering through a record lack of complex vocabulary. Great English words such as, "supple" and "unsavory" just aren't used enough anymore.
To counter this growing food and vocabulary problems we must turn to the internet! It has given us freerice.com to educate generations of Americans while giving rice to the impoverished parts of the world.
In all seriousness, Free Rice is a fun website. You answer increasingly hard vocabulary multiple choice questions. For every question you answer correctly, you donate 20 grains of rice. The site is paid for by advertising at the bottom of the screen. One could make the argument that playing freerice.com is probably more productive than some days in the office.
Do you know that poteen is bootleg whiskey? How about if caragreen is an Irish moss? The correct answer will help the worlds needy while simultaneous getting you prepared for the SAT/GRE.
There is also a leveling system. For every three consecutive correct words, you increase your level, but for every incorrect word, you fall back one level. I made it to 41 in about a half hour. Given the leveling up algorithm, you have to get more than 75% of the words right consistently just to maintain your level. By 41 the words got pretty weird. I would guess I don't have any vocabulary rockstar blog readers, but if you beat 40, leave a comment so we can see who is the makethebestofwhatsaround.com vocab champion. May you feed and vocab with great vigor!
To make matters worse, Americans are suffering through a record lack of complex vocabulary. Great English words such as, "supple" and "unsavory" just aren't used enough anymore.
To counter this growing food and vocabulary problems we must turn to the internet! It has given us freerice.com to educate generations of Americans while giving rice to the impoverished parts of the world.
In all seriousness, Free Rice is a fun website. You answer increasingly hard vocabulary multiple choice questions. For every question you answer correctly, you donate 20 grains of rice. The site is paid for by advertising at the bottom of the screen. One could make the argument that playing freerice.com is probably more productive than some days in the office.
Do you know that poteen is bootleg whiskey? How about if caragreen is an Irish moss? The correct answer will help the worlds needy while simultaneous getting you prepared for the SAT/GRE.
There is also a leveling system. For every three consecutive correct words, you increase your level, but for every incorrect word, you fall back one level. I made it to 41 in about a half hour. Given the leveling up algorithm, you have to get more than 75% of the words right consistently just to maintain your level. By 41 the words got pretty weird. I would guess I don't have any vocabulary rockstar blog readers, but if you beat 40, leave a comment so we can see who is the makethebestofwhatsaround.com vocab champion. May you feed and vocab with great vigor!
posted by beatdodgers at
8:55 PM
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It took me at least an hour and 3700 grains of rice, but I made it to level 43! And now I'm done.
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