FOR GOOD CHALLENGE
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Devanshi Kothari | 10 | Historian
This month, we had many different virtual volunteering opportunities. However, one of my favorite ones was the UNICEF’s Math for Good Challenge. In this volunteering project, we were directed to a website where we could compete in one-minute rounds and answer as many math problems as possible. For every problem, a gift of 25 cents will reach UNICEF and the money would go toward getting children to school and out of poverty. We could do as many rounds as we wanted, and the questions definitely got harder as we answered more questions. Gradually, I got the hang of the challenge and was answering more and more questions each time. By the end, I had earned about a hundred dollars for charity and had a lot of fun doing it! This was an enjoyable and memorable event that I think helped me sharpen my mind and get even better at mental math as well as support children who face obstacles when trying to obtain an education. I hope we can continue to this event and hope we earn even more money for these children struggling to get an education because of countless obstacles and hurdles. Competing with friends and just dusting off those mental math skills are some other reasons why this event was so satisfying, instructional, and helpful. Additionally, we are all in quarantine and spend so much time at home so why not use your spare time benefiting children and helping them out with an education they deserve? I encourage everyone to do this math challenge in your free time because this event helped me work my mind during summer break when I haven’t done mental math for a long time and to help those children out there who don’t have the same opportunities as us. In all, I am happy and satisfied that I got to help so many children around the globe get an equal opportunity towards education and get themselves out of poverty by my choice of spending just a few hours answering simple math problems. It is really not that hard!
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Ryan Dang | 11 | Historian
With school having ended a while back ago, it was really relieving to be finished with AP testing. I could finally say, “I can finally take a break!” But, I didn’t because immediately after I had to worry about my summer classes, next year’s courses, the SAT! Life was just bogging me down with tons and tons of work again. And so, with not much control over my summer, I began to slave away at my work. Summer wasn’t looking like I was going to have the greatest of times, but fortunately, Key Club helped create a lot of enjoyable moments during my times of misery. With school starting in 2 weeks, give or take a few days, I found myself enjoying the thrill of working through playing the UNICEF Math Game For Food Challenge. The challenge was really enjoyable as it was in relation to a subject that I enjoy a lot. Doing these problems wasn’t only a way for me to relieve stress and have fun, that doesn’t matter as much, but what does matter is that I was also able to raise money for those less fortunate than me. This service project is like a double whammy! I had a great time answering questions before the timer reached zero, while also raising money for every correct answer I get right. The service project was really motivating, and it had me sucked in for hours. Though the moments Key Club gave me over the summer might seem small, it meant a great amount to me that OAKC was my shining sun during the dark summer days, a bit ironic I know!
