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author: lucas fink

lucas fink
lucas is the teacher behind magoosh toefl. he’s been teaching toefl preparation and more general english since 2009, and the sat since 2008. between his time at bard college and teaching abroad, he has studied japanese, czech, and korean. none of them come in handy, nowadays.

  • meet myka, our new high school blogger

    hi everyone! i’m myka yamasaki and i am a new high school blogger for magoosh! i am very excited to be here as prior to this i have just been hanging out way too much with my cat.

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    many students would probably say that long readings are the most boring type of homework. if the material doesn’t interest you, it’s easy to begin skimming the words without actually absorbing their meaning, or worse, falling asleep. but don’t let these things happen to you! in college, professors often expect you to learn by reading…

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