How it works
Here is a simple test for whether you actually know something: explain it, in your own words, without looking. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman made this his standard: if he could not explain an idea simply, he took it to mean he did not understand it. Most reading fails the test. You finish an article, and a day later you can’t say three sentences about it.
This club is built on Feynman’s insight, but what matters most is reading every day. So every day you read earns a medal: bronze 🥉 for reading the whole article, silver 🥈 for studying the handout too, gold 🥇 for explaining it all to an AI tutor for 5–10 minutes straight. Gold is the best, because ten minutes of explaining cannot be faked, but bronze and silver are real progress, and any medal keeps your streak alive. Do it every day and your general knowledge, your vocabulary, and your SAT verbal score all build quietly in the background.
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Read the article
Start from the day’s row on the home page and hit Article. Read it like you’ll have to explain it, because you will. Tap any dotted-underlined word for an instant definition, with audio so you hear how it’s said.
At the bottom, attest that you’ve read the whole article, every paragraph and every line, and hit Mark it read. That’s the day’s bronze medal 🥉, and it keeps your streak alive.
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Study the handout
The Handout button opens the day’s study sheet: the words to know and the concepts behind the story. This is the part to actually learn. The AI quiz draws straight from it.
At the bottom, attest that you’ve read every word and every concept and understand what they mean, then hit Mark it done. That’s the silver medal 🥈, and it puts the day’s words in your word bank.
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Go for gold: the AI voice quiz
The gold medal 🥇, and the best of the three. An AI tutor interviews you about the article, out loud. Press Start to answer, Stop when you’re done.
The first question is always the big one: explain the article, covering everything you learned, for 5–10 minutes. Pauses and ums are completely fine. Take your time and think out loud. A few scribbled notes from your reading can help, but keep them light: heavy note-taking hampers your thinking and turns the explanation rote.
After that, the tutor asks about the vocabulary words and concepts from the handout. At the end you get a score out of 10 and the full recording of your session, so you can track your progress over time.
Interrupted mid-quiz? It saves your place. Just resume later.
Also good to know
Medals and streak
Bronze 🥉 for the article, silver 🥈 for the handout, gold 🥇 for the AI quiz. Any medal keeps your streak going, and a medal can still go up later in the day. Both show on the home page when you’re logged in.
Word bank
Every word from every handout you’ve finished (silver or gold), collected in one place. Yours builds automatically.
Vote days
Some days the club picks the article: a ballot appears at the top of the home page. One member, one vote.
Junior track
Grades 5–7 have their own readings at /junior. Same loop, calibrated younger.
For parents
The Reports page shows every attempt and report card from your kids, including quizzes still in progress, plus a grid of their daily medals.
That’s the whole loop. Read every day, earn the day’s medal, repeat tomorrow.
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