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Deep in the Shmoop of Texas a la Shmoop

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Hi, I’m Dave Siminoff, the founder of Shmoop. They say everything is bigger in Texas.

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This truism certainly has applied to our backsides ever since we tried your short ribs.

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We at Shmoop are all about bigger and better, and we can “yee-haw” with the best of

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them. You just won’t see us on one of those mechanical

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bulls. Either way, we are certainly down with the

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longhorn-sized enthusiasm that Texans seem to share…

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…only it’s not just mesquite and high school football that tickle our spurs.

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We want to help you grab life by the horse-collar and tackle it to the ground.

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Hopefully the refs will be looking the other way.

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In Texas, that means taking the End-of-Course, or “EOC”, assessments.

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At least it’s better than having to take the “End of Times” assessments. There’s

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a lot more riding on those. Now, you may feel the EOC is about as welcome

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as a skunk at a lawn party. But with Shmoop’s help, you’ll be saying

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“howdy” to some mighty fine test results. We’ll hook you up with guides for Algebra

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one and two, geometry, biology, chemistry, physics, English one to three, world geography,

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world history and US History. Most of those guides are available on our

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site now; others will be added in 2013.

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Depending on how comfortable you feel with the material…whether it’s cowboy boots

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or diagnostics… …you can either take our lower-level courses…

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…which measure readiness for advanced high school coursework…

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…or you can take our higher-level courses, which measure college readiness.

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Taking and passing the EOC will be part of the graduation requirements beginning with

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the freshman class of 2012… …so it’s worth being prepared.

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After all, you don’t want the test-takers to think this is your first rodeo.

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And keep in mind that EOC assessment scores are worth 15 percent of your final course

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grade. So the sooner you accept how important this

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test is and decide to take the bull by the horns, the better off you’ll be.

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As we always say, you can put your boots in the oven, but that don’t make ‘em biscuits.

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We love us some Texas barbecue. We’re huge fans of the [Cowboys/Texans, depending on

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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

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though.

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