diff --git a/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex1.py b/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex1.py
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+
+print("Hello World!")
+print("Hello Again")
+print("I like typing this.")
+print("This is fun.")
+print('Yay! Printing.')
+print("I'd much rather you 'not'.")
+print('I "said" do not touch this.') 
diff --git a/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex2.py b/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex2.py
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+# A comment, this is so you can read your program later.
+# Anything after the # is ignored by python.
+
+print("I could have code like this.") # and the comment after is ignored
+
+# You can also use a comment to "disable" or comment out code:
+# print("This won't run.")
+
+print("This will run.")
diff --git a/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex3.py b/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex3.py
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+print("I will now count my chickens:")
+
+
+print("Hens", 25 + 30 / 6)
+print("Roosters", 100 - 25 * 3 % 4)
+
+
+print("Now I will count the eggs:")
+
+
+print(3 + 2 + 1 - 5 + 4 % 2 - 1 / 4 + 6)
+
+
+
+print("Is it true that 3 + 2 < 5 - 7?")
+
+print(3 + 2 < 5 - 7)
+
+
+
+print("What is 3 + 2?", 3 + 2)
+print("What is 5 - 7?", 5 - 7)
+
+print("Oh, that's why it's False.")
+
+print("How about some more.")
+
+print("Is it greater?", 5 > -2)
+print("Is it greater or equal?", 5 >= -2)
+print("Is it less or equal?", 5 <= -2)
diff --git a/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex4.py b/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex4.py
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+cars = 100
+space_in_a_car = 4.0
+drivers = 30
+passengers = 90
+cars_not_driven = cars - drivers
+cars_driven = drivers
+carpool_capacity = cars_driven * space_in_a_car
+average_passengers_per_car = passengers / cars_driven
+
+print("There are", cars, "cars available.")
+print("There are only", drivers, "drivers available.")
+print("There will be", cars_not_driven, "empty cars today.")
+print("We can transport", carpool_capacity, "people today.")
+print("We have", passengers, "to carpool today.")
+print("We need to put about", average_passengers_per_car,
+"in each car.")
diff --git a/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex5.py b/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex5.py
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+my_name = 'Zed A. Shaw'
+my_age = 35 # not a lie
+my_height = 74 # inches
+my_weight = 180 # lbs
+my_eyes = 'Blue'
+my_teeth = 'White'
+my_hair = 'Brown'
+
+print(f"Let's talk about {my_name}.")
+print(f"He's {my_height} inches tall.")
+print(f"He's {my_weight} pounds heavy.")
+print("Actually that's not too heavy.")
+print(f"He's got {my_eyes} eyes and {my_hair} hair.")
+print(f"His teeth are usually {my_teeth} depending on the coffee.")
+
+# this line is tricky, try to get it exactly right
+total = my_age + my_height + my_weight
+print(f"If I add {my_age}, {my_height}, and {my_weight} I get {total}.")
diff --git a/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex6.py b/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex6.py
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+types_of_people = 10
+x = f"There are {types_of_people} types of people."
+
+binary = "binary"
+do_not = "don't"
+y = f"Those who know {binary} and those who {do_not}."
+
+print(x)
+print(y)
+
+print(f"I said: {x}")
+print(f"I also said: '{y}'")
+
+
+hilarious = False
+
+
+joke_evaluation = "Isn't that joke so funny?! {}"
+
+
+print(joke_evaluation.format(hilarious))
+
+w = "This is the left side of..."
+e = "a string with a right side."
+
+print(w + e)
diff --git a/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex7.py b/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/ex7.py
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+print("Mary had a little lamb.")
+print("Its fleece was white as {}.".format('snow'))
+print("And everywhere that Mary went.")
+print("." * 10)
+# what'd that do?
+
+end1 = "C"
+end2 = "h"
+end3 = "e"
+end4 = "e"
+end5 = "s"
+end6 = "e"
+end7 = "B"
+end8 = "u"
+end9 = "r"
+end10 = "g"
+end11 = "e"
+end12 = "r"
+
+# watch end = ' ' at the end. try removing it to see what happens
+print(end1 + end2 + end3 + end4 + end5 + end6, end=' ')
+print(end7 + end8 + end9 + end10 + end11 + end12)
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diff --git a/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/python.org b/sami/learn-python-the-hard-way/python.org
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+* Python
+** Numbers and Math: Every programming language has some kind of way doing numbers and math 
+** Variables and Names : we need to use underscore with means an imaginary space between words in variable names
+** a variable is nothing more than a name for something.