Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first at college.In 2007,_1__he was a student at the University of Illinois,he came up with an ideato_2__his tuition fee and college costs probiem.Hayes_3__everyone could afford to give him a penny.
He wrote to Chicago Tribune write BOb Greene.Hayes wanted each of the newspaper's_4__to send him a penny.Greene thought the idea sounded_5__and agreed toda it.
"Just one penny,"Hayes said."A penny doesn't_6__anything to anyone_7__is reading your paper looks around the room right now,there will be a_8__under a seat,or on the corner of the desk,or on the floor.That's all I'm_9__.A penny from each of your readers."
In less than a month,the Many Pennies for Mike Found had around 2.3 million pennies.Not everyone sent _10__a penny,many even sent dollars.Money was_11__from every state in the United States.So,Hayes_12__his $28,000 target and went on to get_13__for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois.
Perhaps the last_14__is best left to his father,Bill Hayes:"When Mike first told me about his_15__,I just laughed and said that I thought it was fooolish-which shows you that he's smarter than I am."