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Howdy! At Shmoop, your academic success is our first priority. That's why we're here to help you prepare for the End-of-Course Assessments in subjects that range from Algebra I to U.S. History. With our comprehensive, hilarious, and really, really, really ridiculously good-looking guides, you'll be ready to ace those EOC exams when they rear their ugly heads.
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- 00:04
Deep in the Shmoop of Texas a la Shmoop
- 00:10
Hi, I’m Dave Siminoff, the founder of Shmoop. They say everything is bigger in Texas.
- 00:14
This truism certainly has applied to our backsides ever since we tried your short ribs.
- 00:19
We at Shmoop are all about bigger and better, and we can “yee-haw” with the best of
- 00:23
them. You just won’t see us on one of those mechanical
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- 00:26
bulls. Either way, we are certainly down with the
- 00:31
longhorn-sized enthusiasm that Texans seem to share…
- 00:34
…only it’s not just mesquite and high school football that tickle our spurs.
- 00:40
We want to help you grab life by the horse-collar and tackle it to the ground.
- 00:43
Hopefully the refs will be looking the other way.
- 00:48
In Texas, that means taking the End-of-Course, or “EOC”, assessments.
- 00:53
At least it’s better than having to take the “End of Times” assessments. There’s
- 00:56
a lot more riding on those. Now, you may feel the EOC is about as welcome
- 01:04
as a skunk at a lawn party. But with Shmoop’s help, you’ll be saying
- 01:09
“howdy” to some mighty fine test results. We’ll hook you up with guides for Algebra
- 01:13
one and two, geometry, biology, chemistry, physics, English one to three, world geography,
- 01:21
world history and US History. Most of those guides are available on our
- 01:26
site now; others will be added in 2013.
- 01:31
Depending on how comfortable you feel with the material…whether it’s cowboy boots
- 01:34
or diagnostics… …you can either take our lower-level courses…
- 01:37
…which measure readiness for advanced high school coursework…
- 01:40
…or you can take our higher-level courses, which measure college readiness.
- 01:45
Taking and passing the EOC will be part of the graduation requirements beginning with
- 01:48
the freshman class of 2012… …so it’s worth being prepared.
- 01:52
After all, you don’t want the test-takers to think this is your first rodeo.
- 01:57
And keep in mind that EOC assessment scores are worth 15 percent of your final course
- 02:04
grade. So the sooner you accept how important this
- 02:08
test is and decide to take the bull by the horns, the better off you’ll be.
- 02:13
As we always say, you can put your boots in the oven, but that don’t make ‘em biscuits.
- 02:16
We love us some Texas barbecue. We’re huge fans of the [Cowboys/Texans, depending on
- 02:16
who is reading this.] We remember the Alamo. In short, we’re Texas through and through…
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except that we don’t live there. We’re thinking of getting a vacation home there
- 02:18
though.
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