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How was the Beanie Baby era parallel to the Tulip Bubble? Similar events, only the TulipMania almost bankrupted Holland. Bean Babies only bankrupte...

We need to find solutions for modern problems. The founding fathers of the country had no idea we'd have fake news. We have to adjust to modern lif...

Obama's stance on the nation: We need to reform our economic opportunities. More resources need to be allocated to those at the bottom of the socia...

SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 6 

SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 7

SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 8

SAT Reading Passage Comparison Drill 1, Problem

SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 4, Problem 5

SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 6, Problem 3

This sci-fi passage is about what? We pick out keywords and phrases and glean that it's about a single theory: Maximal tides squeeze Earth like it'...

Does the moon create lava tides? We can actually measure the moon's effects on volcanoes. How insanely cool is that? If we can do all this, then wh...

In this SAT Reading video you'll have to summarize information in a graph. We promise it's not too math-y!

SAT Reading Section: Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 1

Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 2

SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 3

SAT Reading Short Passages Drill 1, Problem 2

SAT Reading: Short Passages Drill 2, Problem 1

SAT Reading Short Passages: Drill 3, Problem 1

Contemplating one's life is key to fulfilled happiness. Thoreau's theme revolves around the simple life well lived. He clearly never tried virtual...

Thoreau uses "front" to mean "face". He wants to face The Facts of Life without shying away from our natural tendencies, roots, and the simply way...

What does "frittered away" mean in this context? Wasted. Wasted by the way. Thoreau claims we fritter away our lives praying to modern complex dist...