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Thank you We sneak in either south carolina I'm dave

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symon off and i'm the founder shmoop well it certainly

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seems that your state wants every test taker to knock

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it out of the park because virtual sc has purchased

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shmoop licenses for every student in the state Thank you

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We're talking to a piece of s and p s

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from greenville with charleston and everywhere in between don't now

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all it takes for an sc native to nail those

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tests is a little bit of shrimp grit and determination

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maybe that's grits but we'll get into what we offer

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in terms of test prep in just a bit But

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in case you've never heard of shmoop before let's start

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at the very beginning It's a fair question to ask

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what on earth is schmuck Well technically shmoop is the

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verb my grandmother use when she missed her chocolate I

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get a wink and she'd say han nation may my

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chocolate please the word means move things forward a little

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bit and that's what we aim to do well my

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wife and i started this company with the goal of

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doing things better as our kids engaged in grammar school

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And beyond we were stunned that learning tools had barely

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changed since we were in school Stone age same dull

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wrote forms of teaching serial linear uncreative exposition and no

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love no love of learning no love of open minded

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discussion and there should be We loved school and yes

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we were in our proud geeks so shmoop is a

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different approach to education way want to remove the friction

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from learning no five dollar words no pretense no chest

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pounding were all about being relevant riel and approachable More

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specifically Here it from up we're learning guides test preparations

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life lanterns toe like the way we are guides to

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in depth analysis of literature history and civics Our guides

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are not shortcuts They celebrate and encourage deeper thinking and

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student engagement We're test prep exams covering everything from the

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n s a toe every ap exam on earth South

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carolina has officially joined the shmoop community by licensing our

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a p s a t and a p ece guides

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Now that we're on the same team we might even

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let you guys use the company car Our online test

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prep guides include a unique student dashboard to track and

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individuals progress and to check items off their to do

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list a topic review section right here where a student

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can take all those little tidbits of information they've learned

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and make a permanent deposit into their memory bank a

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ton of drill questions to keep him sharp full length

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practice exams that immediately project to a student what their

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exam scores would and could be They were taken this

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thing in real life and there's also the chance to

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earn shmoop points you know our frequent flier miles which

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will make students the envy of all their friends neighbors

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and strangers on the street and we spend our days

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creating with a grimy group of hundreds of writers who

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hail from shmancy phd programs from the finest long haired

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institutions in the world we have over a thousand guides

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on our site We can't show you everything but let's

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wet your appetite with a little taste Arlette analyses explain

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why you should care about reading these stories and why

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they're relevant to today's teens but sometimes we get so

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excited that are write ups are longer Than the original

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story Sorry about that way Welcome students to shmoop biology

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one o one the virtual home for all things vegetable

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animal and mineral in mythology we have facebook the gods

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leaked their tweets and e mail logs and revealed whether

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shmoop without spending in time but now let's go to

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our premium service looking into the future put down that

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crystal ball from up also has a comprehensive college readiness

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solution We want to get you your students and your

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children ready for college What we don't believe in snores

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and ridiculous price is what we do believe c s

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i can teach you something about the batman and joker

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can explain imager is better than many teachers We're sure

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you have people telling you all day long why they're

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the greatest thing since sliced bread for your students We

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believe we're right up there with this and other world

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changing discoveries because we're fun or funny looking were affordable

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to all Well we're thrilled south carolina has jumped aboard

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team schmuck and we can't wait to fill your brains

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with all sorts of amazing facts and figures need to

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create your shmoop account Contact your school administrators They have

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the key to unlock the test prep doors or visit

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www Shmoop Dot com slash sign up slash s c

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v s or you can contact us at supported shmoop

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dot com ng us please We're not shampooing our hair 00:04:49.113 --> [endTime] Saturday night yours in shmoop penis out

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