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Author: 11t1 on December 13 2007 Viewed 1676 times. 13 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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Feed the word and improve your vocabulary at the same time: link
I love sites that can make a difference in peoples' lives and all you have to do is click, like link , but this one seems to have put an interesting spin on things. Today I learned that restive means fidgety, as well as donating a few thousand grains of rice to UN missions worldwide.
Do you also like to click to make a difference? If so, where?
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owl
i've been doing this for 2 weeks now
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owl
i'm using new words all over the place : P, i like discombobulated most.
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MatthewCosta
is this for real? if they really give rice for each question i get right, that is pretty damn cool.
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opticecho
I work in the public school sys, and this has been the talk of the teachers for the past month now. This ASD student fricking aced it when I showed it to him ...
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mulletballet
Hmm. Cool. Hit 1000 before I had to get back to work (hehe)
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11t1
the world really needs more of this - share the link with everyone you know
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flies
10 grains of rice is a lot less than a gram. vocab is cool but i'm not a fan of this.
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sohcahtoa
It's cool, but I'd rather just click one button and give a million grains of rice...why should hungry people have to wait for me to improve my vocabulary before they can eat?
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disturb
lol @ sohcahtoa
Nice blog, but don't forget to turn you ac-blocker OFF.
I managed to make a thousand grains in about five minutes ... and i'm french !
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tmns
disturb said: "don't forget to turn you ac-blocker OFF."
damn so the 3000 grains i just made meant nothing.
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cbit
sohc said: "It's cool, but I'd rather just click one button and give a million grains of rice...why should hungry people have to wait for me to improve my vocabulary before they can eat?"
faq said: "FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 20 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people."
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cbit
vocab is cool but i'm not a fan of this.
what's not to like?
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disturb
I'd feel more comfortable donating pasta though, but that's just me.
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sohcahtoa
Thanks for clearing that up cbit. I'd hate to think someone missed out because I couldn't remember what putrescent meant.
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cbit
Well; i guess it could be criticised on the grounds that rice only (seems to?) gets donated when you get a word correct. But the banner ads get served whether or not you get it right.
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