March 24, 2008
FreeRice
I rather like this little time-waster - you can improve your vocabulary while donating rice to be distributed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).
According to the site, learning new vocabulary has tremendous benefits. It can help you:
* Formulate your ideas better
* Write better papers, emails and business letters
* Speak more precisely and persuasively
* Comprehend more of what you read
* Read faster because you comprehend better
* Get better grades in high school, college and graduate school
* Score higher on tests like the SAT, GRE, LSAT and GMAT
* Perform better at job interviews and conferences
* Sell yourself, your services, and your products better
* Be more effective and successful at your job
So there.
Hat tip to Bood for pointing me to FreeRice.
Posted by dompannell at March 24, 2008 1:32 PM