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fix(curriculum): misleading explanation of compound assignment operators (#65751)

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In JavaScript, all arithmetic operators have a compound assignment form. Compound assignment operators allow you to perform a mathematical operation and reassign the result back to the variable in one line of code. Instead of writing something like this:
In JavaScript, all arithmetic operators have a compound assignment form. Compound assignment operators provide a concise shorthand for an operation on a variable followed by storing the result in that same variable. They combine the operation and assignment into a shorter form like `x += y`, which is equivalent to writing `x = x + y` but without repeating the variable name. Instead of writing something like this:
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Perform a mathematical operation and reassign the result to the variable in one line of code.
Provide a shorter way to perform an operation on a variable and assign the result back to that same variable.
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