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It’s hard to stay safe online. Heck, you don’t even know who we are. Are we Shmoop, or are we just highly trained chickens, typing out these de...

Ben Franklin famously said, “nothing is certain, except death, and the attitude your cat will give you after you’ve been gone for a while.”...

You should be determined to watch this video about determination. Can you tell we weren’t determined to think up anything more clever than that...

Dear 23B, Life is hard enough as it is, so stop being such a jerk, or we’ll throw airline peanuts at you. ...Oh. Is that not a nice thing to...

Check out this video on honesty. You’ll love it. Honestly. Would we lie to you? (We wouldn’t, because we’ve watched this video. So seriousl...

What’s worse than failing a test? Becoming friends with a unicorn, accusing it of cheating at foosball, then losing its magical friendship foreve...

Imagine a world where integrity no longer existed. It would be full of people who cheat and lie on a daily basis. So...basically, it’d be like...

How to be involved in class: Step 1: Cover yourself in glitter. Step 2: Frolic around the classroom singing, “Tiptoe Through the Tulips.” Step...

How to be involved in class: Step 1: Cover yourself in glitter. Step 2: Frolic around the classroom singing, “Tiptoe Through the Tulips.” Step...

Have you always dreamt of having your own Cinderella story? Well, now’s your moment, and your Shmoopy Godmother’s here to help. So put on some...

If black slime oozes out of your locker when you open it, and you hear a weird growling sound deep within the abyss, maybe it’s time for some org...

Want to end up on Hoarders one day? Excellent. Disregard this video. Want to avoid the embarrassment of ending up on Hoarders one day? Even more...

Nothing's worse than having a black hole of a backpack. Seriously, we’ve lost so many friends that way… Check out this video to save yourself...

Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, “go and clean your room.” Catchy, right? We’re sure you’ve heard that one before. Want to neve...

Life is meaningless...unless there’s pizza involved. And if you can make it through this video, you’re one step closer to pizza. Sounds like a...

Negative Nancys just want to watch the world burn. About that, we’re positively confident.

Learn about public transportation safety with this video. Or don’t, and risk losing a kidney. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Sharing is caring...but only if you ask first. Like, seriously. Just ask. Don’t just take our stuff, say that, and walk away. That’s the actual...

We’re pretty responsible. Once our buddy asked us to watch his turtle, and when we totally forgot and it wandered away, we responsibly told our f...

If the “check engine” light pops up on your dashboard, perhaps it would be best to take it to a mechanic. Or you could just risk losing control...

If we stay in a protective bubble for the rest of our life, we won’t have to watch this video, right? ...Okay, fine, we’ll watch it. But you’re paying the return shipping on our protective bubble.

Living in a world with no rules would be awesome, right? Well...as long as you don’t mind cheaters, thieves, liars, and that one dude who always spoils the ending of movies being able to wreak havoc with no repercussions. Maybe rules aren’t such a bad thing afterall. And we know, Jerry, he was dead the whole time. Jerry’s the worst.

Protect your loved ones by keeping your home safe. It can be as easy as putting away the knives, locking your door, or throwing the one ring into Mount Doom.

We’re not saying you should be a cocky jerk, but we are saying you should take pride in your accomplishments. For instance, once we drew a hand turkey. We’re still bragging about that one.

The secret to being a successful club member? Bringing cookies to every meeting. The other secret that might be more cost effective? Cooperation.

Committing to your schoolwork is great. Until it starts asking where you’ve been all the time, and telling you you don’t work hard enough, and it could’ve been with anyone else, but no, it’s with you… Then it just gets kind of weird, clingy, and uncomfortable.

Stuck on an abandoned island with your buddies? Guess you better learn to cooperate. Otherwise, no one will be able to get back to civilization and binge watch Lost.

You’re hanging with your pals and you just can’t decide...Star Wars, or My Little Pony? So you ask if everyone can cooperate and make a new show, My Little War Pony...in Space. Weirdly, no one seems into it. Maybe they should check out this video on cooperation, because c’mon...it’s a great idea.

Always know the rules and protocols of your school. You never know when there might be an emergency, like a sharknado. ...What? It could happen.

Sadly, the “kid at heart” mentality doesn’t pay the bills...or raise the children...or keep you from dying, shivering and alone in a pit... Time to be a responsible adult.

Okay, not every scenario where you disrespect your family ends in death, destitution, and divorce, but that doesn’t mean you should stop respecting your family.

We’re always honest with our peers. Like that one time we told Pam from HR that she didn’t just have a bat in the cave, she had a whole bat sanctuary living in a protected, hairy environment. We still don’t know why she seemed so upset afterwards.

Sometimes, we all have to rely on our pride to kill gazelles, so we can all eat around the watering hole and… Oh. Pride and your peers. Not pride of your peers. ...Carry on.

Being proud of your family is pretty darn important… ...especially when you have friends over and your dad won’t stop singing “It’s Raining Men,” while your mom tries to figure out if she has a psychic connection with the cat. You gotta have a lot of pride to get through that.

If you ruin your friend’s stuff, it doesn’t really matter, right? Cool. That’s the excuse they’ll give after they crash your new car. Okay, so maybe it does matter. Check out this video to learn more about responsibility with other people's property.

Don’t be a couch potato like Sally. Join some extracurriculars. And no, Sally. Couch club doesn’t count. That’s not even a club. ...Neither is potato club.

So you broke your mom’s favorite vase and now you’re afraid to tell her. What if she yells at you? Takes away your video games? Maybe sends you away to military school? Or maybe she’ll just forgive you, if you’re honest… Only one way to find out. Hit play, sit back, and watch your fate unfold.