Friday, January 28, 2011

Week Two- Free Rice?

So it’s my second week of blogging and the question is back, what am I going to do this week? After thinking long and hard I knew exactly what I was going to do. Ok, that’s a lie.  I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do this week. With a busy weekend I had put it off until this week and I was now going to have to help out sometime after school. So here’s the problem, I need to help out, and there isn’t a lot of time. That’s when my friend Megan came up with the best idea. Freerice.com. Free Rice is an amazing website. It asks you all kinds of questions ranging from English vocabulary to geography.  For each question you answer correctly they will donate ten grains of rice.
This sounded like a great idea to me so I started answering questions. Before long I had reached 100 grains, then 500, and before I knew it, 1,000. So I set a goal, 5,000 grains. With the help of Megan, we earned 3,000 grains. After that Megan had to leave, but I continued to answer questions. Before I know it I had already reached my 5,000 grain goal and I had a decision to make, do I stop, or keep going? I decided to keep going. Soon I reached 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000, and before I know it, 10,000 grains of rice!  But that’s not all; as the week goes on I continued to check back into the website. It’s not just benefitting Haiti (where the rice is going), but it is benefitting me. I’m learning a lot, especially in the French category. I have been trying to learn French for sometime now, and this is definitely going to be a good source for studying.  By the end of the week I have reached 14,540 grains of rice. Free Rice is now one of my favorite websites; I can’t wait to keep earning rice in the future.

2 comments:

  1. aw, Emma, you're such a good person. doesn't it just fill your heart with such a great warmth knowing that you've fed a starving person?

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  2. I am continuously impressed by your devotion to making a positive impact on the world. Your motives are pure and you never cease your quest to create a better life for all. The world needs more people like you!

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