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Want affordable SAT prep for the three remaining paper SATs ever? Graduating senior? Don’t trust the new SAT digital format? Or perhaps you’d like to try both paper and digital SAT! I’m offering SAT prep classes for $35 per hour, at two hours per session. So it’s $70 per 2-hour session. Classes will meet once a week in downtown Oakland. I’ve taught SAT prep since 2002, with many great reviews from satisfied students. Class size limited to 10 students. I will add more classes if there’s demand. But wait, THERE’S MORE! You get a brand-new copy of Barron’s SAT, Barrons’ SAT Math Workbook at no additional charge. I have additional SAT practice books I can provide you. THERE’S EVEN MORE! You get online time and in-person time before and after class sessions, as available. I’ll be doing this SAT from (September 2023) until December 1, 2022 (the day before the last paper SAT). You can also use this test prep to work on the new digital SAT. I’m also an experienced ACT tutor – let me know if you’re interested in individual tutoring or starting an ACT prep course! See my Facebook reviews: https://www.facebook.com/linneballtutoring/reviews and reviews from Thumbtack (a service from which I get many referrals for tutoring) https://www.thumbtack.com/profile/services/213831566874944709/reviews and my Yelp review page https://www.yelp.com/biz/john-linneball-san-francisco?osq=john+linneball+tutoring (Do take a look at the reviews that "are not currently recommended by Yelp - they're perfectly valid, but Yelp has a weird of deciding what reviews are good and which aren't). New AP US History Video: APUSH 60: Radical Reconstruction: Radical Reconstruction to the End.9/5/2023  • Notes for AP US History Video 60: APUSH 60: Radical Reconstruction to the End.
• What We’re Covering Here : • President Johnson & Congress Fight.: 0:13 • Radical Reconstruction.: 3:21 • Reconstruction Acts of 1867.: 4:07 • The Republicans Hit a Snag.: 4:59 • Side Note: Reparations.: 6:01 • Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.: 8:47 • Reconstruction in Action.: 9:23 • Scalawags and Carpetbaggers.: 12:53 • The End of Reconstruction.: 15:23 • The End of Reconstruction: Colfax Massacre.: 16:19 • The End of Reconstruction: Final Straw.: 34:06 • Note on the Electoral College.: 34:40 • Did You Find This Video Useful?: 36:49 • Contact Me! Facebook, Instagram, Email, Phone.: 41:04 • Notice: This is Not a Substitute for Classes, Text, Etc.: 42:29 If you like this video, please don’t forget to give this a “thumbs up,” subscribe to my channel, and click on the little bell in the top right corner for notifications. Who’d Like This: Students taking Advanced Placement U.S. History. Anyone else with an interest in U.S. history. Source Material For this Video: • This video is based on my general knowledge of US history, Barron’s AP US History (4th Edition and/or the 5th Edition) and what I could access/verify using Bing/Google. • While this should help you do well on the AP US History test, I can’t be responsible for what your teacher asks you about on tests, in homework, etc. Please read your class text(s) and pay attention to what your teacher says in class. • Any webpages / resources referenced below. Links for References/Links to Relevant Topics: Bing search : value of 40 acres and a mule today $15M per black San Francisco resident – proposals range from $5M cash per adult African-American resident, to guaranteed income of $97,000 per person for 250 years, to homes of $1 per family… So this is between $24,250,000 to $5M, and whatever the value of a home in SF would be after being sold for $1. https://apnews.com/article/san-franci... Dave Chappelle’s “reparations” comedy news parody: • Chappelle's Show - Reparations 2003 F... Costs of War: Watson.brown.edu/costsofwar Wikipedia Articles (topics listed by links): Scalawag https://en.wikipedia.org/scalawag : See also the Bing search on “scalawag” and “carpetbagger” in the video. James Madison Wells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M... Black Codes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_C...) New Orleans Massacre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orl... Civil Rights Act of 1866: https://en.wikipedia.org/civil_rights... Civil Rights Act of 1866 Freedmen’s Bureau: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedme... Reconstruction Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconst... U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Bradley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_... “Riding Circuit:” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit... State Actor Doctrine: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/state_actor U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_... Chief Justice Morrison Remick Waite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morriso... Paramilitary Red Shirts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Shi...) Coushatta, Lousiana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coushat... Wikipedia Article on Colfax Massacre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colfax_... US Presidential Election of 1876: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1876_Un... Compromise of 1877 (How The 1876 Election Dispute was Settled and How Reconstruction Ended): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprom... U.S. Supreme Court Case of Plessy v. Ferguson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_... U.S. Supreme Court Case of Brown v. Board of Education. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v... Bush v. Gore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v.... National Archives Link to Information on Electoral College:https://www.archives.gov/electoral-co... Books: Leeanna Keith's The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction Oxford University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0195310269. Charles Lane's The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day... Songs/Videos: Not in the video, but referenced: Darryl Cherney and the Chernobles: Bush It! • Bush It! I’m also now on LBRY – at lbry.tv@JohnLinneballTutoring Please "like" this video on, and subscribe to my YouTube channel if you liked it! This is the best way to help me, and it costs you NOTHING. I get ad money if I get 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours of watch time in a year. Why not help me make more videos (each one takes hours to make!) by donating to my PayPal at https://paypal.me/johnlinneball ?  Here's the link:
• Notes for AP US History Video 59: APUSH 59: Reconstruction Comes and Goes. • What We’re Covering Here : • Reconstruction’s Limited Success and Serious Setbacks. 0:12 • Different Tactics and Strategies used in Reconstruction. 1:22 • Reconstruction Starts During the War. 4:30 • Reconstruction by the President. 6:24 • Black Codes. 9:39 • 13th Amendment Bans Slavery, or Does It? 11:05 • Is Prison Labor Fair? 13:05 • Virginia’s Vagrancy Act of 1866. 24:51 • Application of the Virginia Vagrancy Act. 29:35 • See also “Workfare.” 33:36 • More on “Workfare.” 35:58 • Did You Find This Video Useful?: 37:49 • Contact Me! Facebook, Instagram, Email, Phone. 39:37 • Notice: This is Not a Substitute for Classes, Text, Etc. 40:36 If you like this video, please don’t forget to give this a “thumbs up,” subscribe to my channel, and click on the little bell in the top right corner for notifications. Who’d Like This: Students taking Advanced Placement U.S. History. Anyone else with an interest in U.S. history. Source Material For this Video: • This video is based on my general knowledge of US history, Barron’s AP US History (4th Edition and/or the 5th Edition) and what I could access/verify using Bing/Google. • While this should help you do well on the AP US History test, I can’t be responsible for what your teacher asks you about on tests, in homework, etc. Please read your class text(s) and pay attention to what your teacher says in class. • Any webpages / resources referenced below. Links for References/Links to Relevant Topics: Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration | AAIHS by Patrick Rael Workfare May Make Things Worse (albionmonitor.com) The Lantern 26 June 1997 — Ohio State University Newspaper Archives (osu.edu) Workfare – Wikipedia The Who – “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (Shepperton Studios /1978) • The Who - Won't G... George Carlin: excerpt “American Values” from What Am I Doing in New Jersey? (1988): starting at approx. 19:22 Vagrancy Act of 1866 - Encyclopedia Virginia https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entr... U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new report finds | University of Chicago News (uchicago.edu) https://news.uchicago.edu/story/us-pr... Sociologist Loc Wacquant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo%C3%A... ) (Jeff Manza – a sociologist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Manza Academics have labeled “workfare” as a form of institutional or systemic racism. Boycott Workfare boycottworkfare.org (British site criticizing UK workfare programs). See also Facts -Boycott Workfare While this isn’t in my video, I strongly suggest you listen to: How prison labor contributes to the U.S. economy : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/884989... I’m also now on LBRY- a cool new video archive – at lbry.tv@JohnLinneballTutoring A Few More Notes/Requests: Please "like" this video on, and subscribe to my YouTube channel if you liked it! This is the best way to help me, and it costs you NOTHING. I get ad money if I get 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours of watch time in a year. If you found this video helpful, why not consider helping me make more videos (each one of these takes hours to make!) by donating a couple of dollars or more through my PayPal at https://paypal.me/johnlinneball ? I'd appreciate your support. Thanks in advance! Fair Use Notice/Disclaimer: All non-licensed clips used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015). Any use of copyrighted material falls under the “Fair use” exceptions to the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. §107; see also Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (1994), 510 U.S. 569. SPECIAL NEW CUSTOMER OFFER: Free 30-minute diagnostic session. Limited spots. 415-623-4251. APUSH 58: Post-Civil War Reconstruction: How Did It Affect Society? <-- click here.
What We’re Covering Here : • Introduction: 0:12 • Constitutional Amendments Redefine Citizenship. 0:52 • 13th Amendment Bans Slavery. 1:46 • 14th Amendment – the Linchpin of Civil Rights. 2:07 • 14th Amendment Also Banned Traitors/Rebels from Serving in Government Positions. 6:49 • The Fifteenth Amendment: 8:59 • Women’s Movement and Civil Rights in the Reconstruction. 10:38 • 15th Amendment Debates over Sex/Gender. 11:35 • Did You Find This Video Useful?: 14:32 • Contact Me! Facebook, Instagram, Email, Phone: 16:23 • Notice: This is Not a Substitute for Classes, Text, Etc.: 17:30 If you like this video, please don’t forget to give this a “thumbs up,” subscribe to my channel, and click on the little bell in the top right corner for notifications. Who’d Like This: Students taking Advanced Placement U.S. History. Anyone else with an interest in U.S. history. Source Material For this Video: • This video is based on my general knowledge of US history, Barron’s AP US History (4th Edition and/or the 5th Edition) and what I could access/verify using Bing/Google. • While this should help you do well on the AP US History test, I can’t be responsible for what your teacher asks you about on tests, in homework, etc. Please read your class text(s) and pay attention to what your teacher says in class. • Any webpages / resources referenced below. Links for References/Links to Relevant Topics: Wikipedia article on Birth Tourism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_t... (landing in a country so babies can be born there). Snyder Act of 1924 : https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materia... (14th Amendment rights extended to Native Americans). I’m also now on LBRY- a cool new video archive – at lbry.tv@JohnLinneballTutoring A Few More Notes/Requests: Please "like" this video on, and subscribe to my YouTube channel if you liked it! This is the best way to help me, and it costs you NOTHING. I get ad money if I get 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours of watch time in a year. If you found this video helpful, why not consider helping me make more videos (each one of these takes hours to make!) by donating a couple of dollars or more through my PayPal at https://paypal.me/johnlinneball ? I'd appreciate your support. Thanks in advance! Fair Use Notice/Disclaimer: All non-licensed clips used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015). Any use of copyrighted material falls under the “Fair use” exceptions to the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. §107; see also Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (1994), 510 U.S. 569. SPECIAL NEW CUSTOMER OFFER: Free 30-minute diagnostic session. Limited spots. 415-623-4251. Are there any ways to assess true intellectual abilities beyond academic performance indicators such as test scores and GPA?
Yes, there are. That’s why, for example, colleges usually allow people whose talents aren’t easily measured using standardized tests or school grades (e.g. artists) to submit portfolios of artwork, recordings of their performances, etc. Athletes are recruited by coaches who measure the prospective student athletes’ abilities. College admission essays also force students to express themselves and, hopefully, tell the admissions committee who they really are - what their goals are, if they’re likely to meet those goals, their ability to express themselves appropriately, and their relative maturity level (an essay that’s all about how a students wants to “be super rich and drive a hot car” might not play as well as an essay by a serious academic expressing how this college is the best place for them to take the next step in their academic development). Personal interviews may also play the same role, although many college interviews are more for the purpose of allowing the students to ask questions about the college than to gather information about the student for the college. Letters of recommendation may also serve the same purpose. An instructor’s, classmates’, or employer’s evaluation of a given student should give insight into that student that written tests and grades (unless they’re descriptive grades, not simple letter grades) cannot. Hope this helps! Why do people take the SAT/ACT multiple times?
They want to improve their SAT/ACT scores. Both tests are based on math, reading, grammar, etc. - all things you can improve with practice. Also, practicing those particular tests by taking them will can greatly improve your scores in later attempts, since you’ll be familiar with how the questions are presented to you, and what you’ll be expected to do. There are also factors that depend random events that might make it desirable for you retake the ACT or SAT. Some such events might deal with your health- you’re sick on the test day, but not sick enough to stay home, so you take test when you feel like dirt. You could have a death in the family, experience a breakup with your significant other, or have some other emotional problem that might distract you from the test. You might get into a car accident on the way to the test, or the car might break down. Even if they let you into the test late (I don’t believe they do), that probably wouldn’t be your best test score if you retook the test. The SAT/ACT both allow you to pick and choose what scores to send, so many schools will only see your highest scores, although some schools require you report all your SAT and ACT scores. Some schools even offer “superscoring” so you can combine the highest scores from different sections. You’d have to take the ACT or SAT more than once for these things to help you. Those are at least some of the reasons people take the SAT and ACT multiple times. Hope this helps! Answer to Quora Question: "How many times can we retake the ACT or SAT in the United States?"1/19/2023 How many times can we retake the ACT or SAT in the United States?
Practically as many times as you want. Realistically, that’s about 7 to 10 times per year, for weekend SATs, so maybe 24 to 35 times between 9th grade and the first semester of 12th grade. It looks like there are up to 6 more “school day” administrations that the SAT offers, so you could add 21 more dates to the previous count, for a total of 45 and 56 dates. I’m not at all sure you could actually take all the School Day SATs, or even just one of them (They’re generally for schools that pay for their students to have a special SAT session, and you have to have the school contact you). The ACT offers a similar program, but I don’t see if there are particular ACT “school days” or not. The number of weekend ACTs is the same as the number of weekend SATs, so you can take the ACT about the same as the SAT. You’d have to be crazy to take those tests that many times. It would be a better use of your time to work hard in school, do volunteer work, etc. But hey, it’s your time and money. Answer to Quora Question "Is the SAT certificate equivalent to a high school certificate?"1/19/2023 Is the SAT certificate equivalent to a high school certificate?
There’s no “SAT certificate”- you just get an SAT score. No SAT score is equivalent to a high school diploma - that’s a GED (General Equivalency Diploma). See Get Your GED - Classes, Online Practice Test, Study Guides, More | GED® Get your GED using official GED test study material, classes, and practice questions. Learn how to get a high school equivalency diploma with GED®. https://ged.com/for more information. Hope this helps! Do online courses (like Khan Academy) help when preparing for an exam such as the SAT/ACT or is there no substitute to real teacher training?
There’s no substitute for real live teacher training. Khan Academy videos, etc. are great, but video sessions with a tutor or teacher are better, and in-person training with a teacher or tutor is better. A video can’t stop and answer your questions. Video conferencing doesn’t give you the same experience as being with a person “live” in the same place. It’s just easier for you and the instructor to pick up on each other's body language and to pay attention to each other. It’s really easy for a student on Zoom, for instance, to be distracted by the Web, especially if the video lesson has many students and only one instructor. It’s also better to have tutoring one-on-one or in small groups for the same reason. It’s too easy to lose focus in a large class, and the instructor can’t give you the same individual attention as in a small group. Hope this helps! |
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