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As it turns out, being a celebrity PA involves more than just separating skittles… but we swear, if we find one more green one in this bowl...

If you're looking for a video that'll help convince your folks that being a stand-up comedian is a solid career path...this ain't it. Seriously, fo...

Doubles and ints. At first glance, it may look like this video will be about baseball and football statistics. But they're actually computer scienc...

AP Computer Science: Classes and Objects Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following is a correct {/* Implementation */} for the isInsect method?

AP Computer Science 1.1 Inheritance, Abstraction, and Polymorphism. Which of the following are correct?

So the revolution was pushed along by… pamphlets? Sure, what the heck, let’s go with it.

Buckle up, Shmoopers. Today, we're talking about the wildest, most sinful topic we've ever covered: Puritan poetry. What, you thought we were serio...

What do you get when the guy who wrote “The Raven” makes a serious effort to write in verse? Poe-try… Now, when you’ve detached your eyes f...

ELA Drills, Beginner: Point of View. Is the statement in the video true or false?

ELA Drills, Beginner: Textual Analysis 1. The purpose of the instruction manual was...what?

ELA Drills, Beginner: Point of View 3. Which sentence in the passage best shows the narrator's point of view on the topic of Chelsea Simpson?

This video explains the difference between affect and effect and provide tips for remembering which is which and when to use each one. If you suffe...

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How do you become incorporated? Go to Legal Zoom. Pay $150, file with the state of Delaware or whoever each year. Pay another $150. Most file as LL...

How do you get a startup funded? Depends if we're talking about a tech startup, or a non-tech startup. If you've got a promising, budding tech comp...

Okay, so you want to be a company financial manager. It's basically up to you to make money for the shareholders. It would also be swell if you mad...

Wake up. Brush teeth. Go to school. Repeat...forever. No matter what language you speak, describing your routine d'heir (daily routine) is an essen...

In this video, we model a perfect oral presentation on our most favorite subject: food. (More specifically, the classicly French dish ratatouille.)

Nouns, verbs, adjectives: they exist in French, too. Quelle surprise.

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Why should you take AP Calculus? Well, because AP Addition and Subtraction would be too easy.

The goal of this video is to help you understand how to best use Shmoop to improve your AP test scores, have a better life, and conquer the world!

So you're having a bad day. You're dog peed on your bed, your mom burnt your pop-tarts, and you tripped over a chair...at your graduation ceremony....

In this sequel, your favorite characters from Divergent make life-altering choices as they try to stick it to the man. It might sound like your ave...

Sorry, guys: this novel doesn't follow the dramatic life events of pumpkin pie, nor does it explore what it truly means to be the mathematical cons...

What's the difference between a real estate agent and a real estate broker? Is the latter just, uh... out of cash? Quite the opposite, in fact. Jum...

So... what's a TSA worker, and what do they do? Oh, we thought maybe you knew. Okay, okay... so TSA (or Transportation Security Administration) wor...

They say that honesty is the best policy, but Jack lies about his identity and still gets the girl. Does that mean we should all lie to get what we...

Ever wish you could remember everything that you ever studied? How about everything that everyone has ever studied? Yeah, pretty sure our brains ju...

Find out the meaning behind "all that glitters is not gold."

ACT Math: Pre-Algebra Drill 5, Problem 2. If a and b are prime numbers, how many factors does ab have?

We don't like knocking people down to size, but we do like simplifying radicals. Join us?

Ever lie out in the sun and think, "Wow, I could really use a cool breeze right about now"? Unfortunately, all these FANBOYS are good for is joinin...

Find out the meaning behind "brave new world."

Find out the meaning behind "the be all and end all."

Find out the meaning behind "full circle."

In this video, we dive beneath the sea to review the kinds of interesting animals that live in the deep blue.

Don't like how someone looks? Blame their phenotypes.

Anything that has a cell (bacteria, listen up!) has phospholipids that keep the cell contained and give it form and shape. Phospholipids protect us...

GED Social Studies 1.1 Civics and Government

How do you tell fake news from real news?

Ever heard of a "living document"? They eat and breathe just like the rest of us! They even walk around on their own two legs. Okay, fine—maybe t...

ACT English: Punctuation Drill 1, Problem 3. Is that comma being used correctly?

CAHSEE Math: Algebra and Functions Drill 5, Problem 3. Solve the equation.

CAHSEE ELA 1.1 Writing Strategies. Which of the following sentences, if placed before sentence 1, would be the most effective introductory sentence?