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Here at Shmoop, we work for kids, not just the bottom line. Founded by David Siminoff and his wife Ellen Siminoff, Shmoop was originally conceived to generate a love of learning in kids—who were still learning with the same tools that the Siminoffs had used when they were in school. Every day, we provide consistent support for more than 10 million users and their 21st-century educational needs.


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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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they were jocks valedictorians or a beauty queens You can

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have a rollicking good time on all these pages of

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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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