Penn & Teller FOOL US // Noah Sonie burns his College Textbooks.

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  • Noah Sonie on Penn And Teller Fool Us: Season 8 Episode 1
    Aired: 01/08/2021 on The CW Network
    Instagram: @TrustNoahMagic
    Website: www.TrustNoah.com
    Now Booking Virtual Shows!
    E-mail: Noah @NoahMagic.com
    Noah Sonie is one of the most sought after young magicians in the game. Known as a producer of Minnesota's homegrown comedy show "The Magic Underground". Noah also performs for corporations and colleges touring nationwide. In 2021 Noah was invited to attempt to fool Penn & Teller on the hit CW Show "Penn and Teller: Fool Us". Noah brings a unique high energy show to his audiences that combines elements of hip-hop, magic, mentalism and Hypnosis to formulate a fresh and entertaining experience.
    Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    *Not Jibrizy.
    ** No textbooks were harmed in the making of this video.
    *** Still waiting for a new Frank Ocean album if anyone has the plug.
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  • @assmane999
    @assmane999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Forcing students to buy new books for the courses is one of the biggest scams pulled on the public. Almost all of these books are available used online at 1/5ths or, (sometimes better)the price, but they keep making “new editions” so you feel you have to buy the updated one, but they’re pretty much exactly the same. Don’t feel bad about buying used! It’s
    Your right and necessary for a lot of students.

    • @grahamsmallwood
      @grahamsmallwood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And it not possible to use the ISBN to find the book online for free. You need to buy it from the campus bookstore. We get a cut.

    • @Nickcooperrei
      @Nickcooperrei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      College is one of the worst rackets ever.

    • @prumchhangsreng979
      @prumchhangsreng979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im a bit confuse becuz im not entirely sure how this thing work.
      But isnt college fee cause like 20 000$ or more per semester. If u have that much money to pay, 40-60$ is just a fraction of ur fee no? .-. Why is it a problem when u are thousand of dollar rich.
      (Like i said, i dont know these thing, dont hate me)

    • @assmane999
      @assmane999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@prumchhangsreng979 well, a lot of people need to apply for student loans to pay tuition. Many college students are not rich at all and struggle to pay back student loans, and outrageous book costs just compound this problem

    • @theelysium1597
      @theelysium1597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Our prof actually sold his own books BUT gave free pdfs to his students. THATS's how you do it! (and his book is great!)

  • @CanthusOfCandE
    @CanthusOfCandE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    Possibly the most expensive trick in Fool Us... Might look like it costs $250ish but you missed the $100,000 debt that went into the making of it

    • @godjhaka7376
      @godjhaka7376 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol nope. Fake books, and the smoke to fire ratio was way too low to be a real fire

    • @gmailrockmcbride49508
      @gmailrockmcbride49508 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It took me a second to get that joke...probably cuz I dropped out of college haha

    • @Arcessitor
      @Arcessitor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@gmailrockmcbride49508 No, it's probably *why* you dropped out of college.

    • @Alisonn2
      @Alisonn2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Arcessitorlmao 😂😂😂

    • @AngelicusImmortus
      @AngelicusImmortus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The sheer cost of education across the world is ridiculous.
      Just look at how many folk leave University/College with massive debts. It is quite literally built for the kids of rich parents.
      Yeah, this kids may be brilliant, stunningly good students, but the same is true for the kid who's family life savings pay for the education and they end up leaving in debt but with just as brilliant, stunning abilities.

  • @JohnnyWestMagic
    @JohnnyWestMagic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    "I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed.": Bruce Lee HAHA! Great job, Noah. Wish you all the luck (& a good agent!).

  • @diddymies
    @diddymies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Damn,Penn voice :( I hope he is okay not just getting old.

  • @mryawwwn9844
    @mryawwwn9844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    Miss you man! I remember you coming to the shop. You were always there when I worked. Happy to see you doing big things bro. Wish you would’ve fooled them!

    • @_.Infinity._
      @_.Infinity._ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Holy shit! You're the magician that taught him. Cool! Bet you were happy to see your student go so far.

    • @silversugar2140
      @silversugar2140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Awww this is so heckin' sweet! Does the shop sell online?

    • @mercedeswilkins9085
      @mercedeswilkins9085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What a blessing

    • @jwvandegronden
      @jwvandegronden ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn this choked me up a little! What a cool thing to do!! Thank you for spending your time with them! This is what a community is all about! And he was amazing. Don’t care P&T figured it out, his stage presence, demeanour, his voice! His eloquence all top notch and elevated the trick far beyond a first try. He’s a natural, in part thanks to you! And his own hard work and dedication of course. But man, I love this. Thanks again for speaking up to compliment him and validate him even more!!

    • @weerskrood
      @weerskrood ปีที่แล้ว

      Great personality!

  • @elric9892
    @elric9892 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Burning books... oh those memories. Greets from Germany

  • @kjrv7779
    @kjrv7779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Chill. It's not weird, it's on her Wikipedia."
    CLASSY

  • @sharkforce8147
    @sharkforce8147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    my college teacher wrote our textbook... and gave it to every student for free (in PDF format)

    • @Xsouplaxy
      @Xsouplaxy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s dedication right there

  • @soocool78
    @soocool78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I've seen so many of the tricks of picking a word in a dictionary, prediction and such (which I still don't know, or want to know the method), but this one was so creatively done with such a good routine that it was the best performance of this type of trick I've seen.

  • @caskoboli7506
    @caskoboli7506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    this was awesome!! your comfort on the stage in presenting was really inspiring as someone who struggles with public speaking! and the trick was awesome, i can't fathom it!!

    • @HarshDoshiTheHarsh
      @HarshDoshiTheHarsh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think the book just had a lot of 'brainstorm' in it, if you know what I mean.

  • @Darmachakra
    @Darmachakra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If the trick seems to be impossible, the magician felt the force ;)

  • @pauliejay4161
    @pauliejay4161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wonderful presentation - I look forward to seeing future performances! You are a natural for the stage.

  • @kurtwisener6856
    @kurtwisener6856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bud, that was excellent! It had me all the way. You, my good man, have a damn gift!

  • @coryollie2943
    @coryollie2943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Noah, I relate so much, I am an aspiring magician who works in Parks and Recreation, and this was such a great video! a great performance!

  • @drakonyanazkar
    @drakonyanazkar ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely amazing presence and great delivery of a classic prediction trick! It's also fun to notice how much louder you speak compared to other magicians on the show, which can easily be explained by your street experience. When I moved from a crowded urban center to the countryside, people noticed how loud I was whenever I presented something. So I noticed I didn't have to be as loud in such a quiet environment, but took me more than a year to adjust. And since then I kept the ability to draw people's attention, which was a survival tool in the big city.

  • @michaelkeller5927
    @michaelkeller5927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a great bait and switch. I was so expecting the fire to be the payoff then you blew my mind

  • @Jason-Moon
    @Jason-Moon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Noice, Noah! This is my favorite performance ever on Fool Us! I agree with Penn that you come off so genuine, man. Way to be yourself, and way to stand out for it! Rock on and skate tough!

    • @transformer889
      @transformer889 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looks like you were more impressed by the guy than his magic

    • @Jason-Moon
      @Jason-Moon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@transformer889 I think magic and skateboarding are cool talents to combine

    • @transformer889
      @transformer889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How about surfing and cruising

  • @Skier_girl88
    @Skier_girl88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love this and can totally relate to the textbooks 😂❤️

  • @tk20channel
    @tk20channel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome performance! Any of us who paid similar prices for those textbooks can relate and burning them was relief for us all! Well done and very enjoyable and funny performance!

  • @nogethesexymexican
    @nogethesexymexican 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great show man. thank you for sharing with me

  • @eliasarbuckle
    @eliasarbuckle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Killed it man!! 🔥🔥

  • @CZProtton
    @CZProtton ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ok I cannot even begin to understand how you force something like that... bravo man, it really takes a really talented person to create a trick where even when I know how its done now, i still can fully enjoy it. Because damn man, that presentation and everything...

    • @CZProtton
      @CZProtton ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Gary_Hun That makes a lot of sense.

  • @ShawnFarquhar
    @ShawnFarquhar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was a great performance and you have a wonderful style on stage. Congrats...

  • @ichlieberammstein8251
    @ichlieberammstein8251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a teacher doing the textbook scam too, except it was much worse. It was $60, and on the topic of “health.” It was the most rudimentary information I’d ever seen on a university campus. “What is a calorie? What is exercise?” And it was a required class and textbook for every single student at my university of 26,000+ students. Over 6,000 students spent $60 on what was essentially a pamphlet with elementary school level information. Oh, and it was digital. Basically a PowerPoint.

  • @everythingbobbywolfe
    @everythingbobbywolfe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You deserve 100k subscribers. Wonderful stage presence and performance.

  • @stevenospam4216
    @stevenospam4216 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent, Noah! Thank you!

  • @tugsboldgerelchuluun6973
    @tugsboldgerelchuluun6973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the best book and guess word trick I ve ever seen on the show. Bravo Noah 🥳☺

    • @HiddenAgendas
      @HiddenAgendas ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nah the best one was with Shawn Farquhar and he actually fooled everyone.

  • @AuspexAstarte
    @AuspexAstarte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A billion/a billion for energy and enthusiasm. Mad respect . “Exuberance” as all of what Penn said

  • @leodeschain0926
    @leodeschain0926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    LOVE that performance!

  • @JoseGarcia-bw9go
    @JoseGarcia-bw9go 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have the act, show, and the voice for a Vegas Show!! Can’t wait to see you in Vegas hopefully one day when you make it!!

  • @JimmyIchihana
    @JimmyIchihana 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful! Really enjoyed it!

  • @Ryan_Schlutz
    @Ryan_Schlutz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! You crushed that. Awesome job.

  • @fitzmagic
    @fitzmagic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congratulations! That was a really fun performance.
    💥BOOM!!!💥™

  • @TheTwick
    @TheTwick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great magic, guy. Ya fooled me! The most expensive textbook I ever bought was for virology $75 in graduate school in 1975. It was for a course by the same name and written by the prof who taught the course! One of us figured out that we could buy one copy and then photocopy each page (@5 cents/)… Nobody tried that and we never had any need to open the book. I think this has been a trick played by profs since Aristotle.

    • @andyhighroller8217
      @andyhighroller8217 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At $5 per 100 pages, could’ve had a reeeaaally nice payout at $55 a pop. If it was less than say, 800pgs($40)

  • @TheSleightedShow
    @TheSleightedShow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    STOP! This is so good.
    Insane performance man!

  • @Hypnostedon
    @Hypnostedon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Greetings from Greece bro. Great performance

  • @SgtJoeSmith
    @SgtJoeSmith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I did couple years community college. 1st week was last time I read anything in a book. I could've made it without them. Almost didn't bother buying them. But had left over grant money to cover part of cost and since I dropped out I 9th grade to work construction I wasn't expected to ever go to college. But later got GED and went to local community college thanks to government grant. So I got the books to keep as a trophy for making it to college kind of.
    You seem like great guy. I hope you get millions of subs. Congrats for making it as far as you have. You would be a perfect role model for lots of kids. Best wishes

  • @MrMcMaN
    @MrMcMaN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, this is amazing!!!!

  • @darlenedee310
    @darlenedee310 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this!!! Looking forward to seeing you in Boulder!!

  • @kopoflakes6009
    @kopoflakes6009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That trick was really cool! I loved the presentation, I really related to the storyline. Keep It Up!

  • @stephaniewaters1777
    @stephaniewaters1777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The catharsis of burning text books .. I loved that at the end of senior school! Very relatable
    :) Fun and funny performance

    • @YasserSedrati
      @YasserSedrati ปีที่แล้ว

      Can yiu explain what "catharsis" means in your sentence. I struggled with it.

    • @stephaniewaters1777
      @stephaniewaters1777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@YasserSedrati it means burning the books was a way of releasing the bottled-up negative emotions of highschool. A way of saying "that's finished now" ands starting anew.
      Catharsis is a little stronger than the idea of emotional closure. It's more like cleansing, a purging of bad feelings, release.

    • @YasserSedrati
      @YasserSedrati ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stephaniewaters1777 Thank you!

  • @JoelTornatore
    @JoelTornatore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great performance and I love the story you told. Well done!

  • @CalebWilesMagic
    @CalebWilesMagic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job, Noah!

  • @hamishmacpherson6080
    @hamishmacpherson6080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such a great take on the trick. Love it. But knew something was up when you laid into your teacher so hard!

  • @Alireza-yw8yq
    @Alireza-yw8yq 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This so good and so clean

  • @robbyfiveboy4862
    @robbyfiveboy4862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You young man have a big future. Well done

  • @Gary_Hun
    @Gary_Hun ปีที่แล้ว +16

    4:21 - I immediately knew the book was home made. You see, there's this thing called grain direction in paper... it is a given that in your average printing paper the cellulose strains are going one way in a sheet, and in which direction they go they make the paper much stiffer, then in the perpendicular direction. Book makers know this and don't print in a way that the grain direction will cause the book to always try and close itself because the pages are too stubborn. According to this rule, the very first tear should have been at a crazy angle, and the second should have been nice and perpendicular to the page's side.

  • @kingrobert1st
    @kingrobert1st 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I'm an English teacher and I perform and teach magic in class.

    • @eliyahuw
      @eliyahuw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm a physics teacher and I perform and teach physics based magic in class.

    • @kingrobert1st
      @kingrobert1st 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eliyahuw Don't tell me, sponge balls and subatomic particles? Right?

    • @eliyahuw
      @eliyahuw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kingrobert1st 🤣 Yesterday I did crush by eric ross as part of an explanation of the ideal gas law for example.
      What do you do in english? That sounds harder to make it work.

    • @kingrobert1st
      @kingrobert1st 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eliyahuw I do a lot of spontaneous close up tricks in class with chalk or a bit of string or elastic bands, coins rings anything I can find lying around. I also made some vids just recently for the agency I work for in BKK: English Through Magic th-cam.com/video/FD_vXHff87c/w-d-xo.html

    • @kkgt6591
      @kkgt6591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shouldn't you be teaching English?

  • @crystalheart9
    @crystalheart9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was so beautiful I never want to know how you did it. 🤩

  • @SkyeRangerNick
    @SkyeRangerNick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Knowing the trick or not knowing the trick; boy do I love the theater of it all.

  • @AdemVessell
    @AdemVessell 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a terrific act! Really fun, nice flow...great effect!

  • @alvinkoeswanto8622
    @alvinkoeswanto8622 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing performance! Keep up the good work

  • @structioner4588
    @structioner4588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He’s really funny and smooth with this act.

  • @mike2600
    @mike2600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FLEXIN ON EM

  • @fatalescap3649
    @fatalescap3649 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hell yeah, I’m from MN too man. Might have to check out some of your shows. Nice trick btw.

  • @justinisorange
    @justinisorange 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this is fantastic

  • @kimflores6359
    @kimflores6359 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely loved your performance

  • @ty88
    @ty88 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro that was awesome, real fun and engaging plot

  • @mglmouser
    @mglmouser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well, I'm stomped.

  • @______jsh______
    @______jsh______ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an awesome trick and performance!

  • @common_cross
    @common_cross ปีที่แล้ว

    inCredible! I'm usually pretty ok at figuring out a trick Penn and Teller piece together but I genuinely have no idea how you did this one.

  • @PetersonRodrigues0
    @PetersonRodrigues0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The trick was great, of course Penn and Teller would get it, since they do this for decades, but wow, what a great performance, so funny and fun to watch!

  • @AwesomeMetalBands
    @AwesomeMetalBands 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's a wonderful routine done very differently and modernised :) tearing of the pages is brilliant and something you don't normally see.

  • @siddeshrohri5565
    @siddeshrohri5565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This performance was just amazing. The misdirection was woubderful

  • @Cet3010
    @Cet3010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have seen coutless fool us Videos and got fooled every time 😂

  • @wildae.
    @wildae. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    loved your performance and story

  • @kelador80
    @kelador80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved the intro and your motivation for this.

  • @fRikimaru1974
    @fRikimaru1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I usually hate mentalists and prediction tricks but that was entertainment.

  • @jagjosh103
    @jagjosh103 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your presentation is awesome!

  • @rexfoster9629
    @rexfoster9629 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet Performance!!!

  • @SpaetzleOperator
    @SpaetzleOperator 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one!

  • @wamrainc176
    @wamrainc176 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love the dudes energy honestly a lot of times that is more important than the magic itself

  • @realtaiter3991
    @realtaiter3991 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love when kids think they started something late lol

  • @jonathanc5928
    @jonathanc5928 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My advice: a little humility goes a long way.

  • @magicalzachary
    @magicalzachary 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Noah, you freaking destroyed.

  • @davidwilson917
    @davidwilson917 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome trick!

  • @ghost-cy7gz
    @ghost-cy7gz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love this dudes vibe

  • @icemn
    @icemn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Get in there Lewis

  • @theculturevulture
    @theculturevulture 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    612 big ups. Good performance.

  • @josephtaylor3857
    @josephtaylor3857 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved every second of that. Great patter. If there is a force in the trick, I did not see it.

  • @tkfg331
    @tkfg331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I enjoyed your performance. I hope you find the road you seek... and I hope its more Majic.

  • @andrewvelonis5940
    @andrewvelonis5940 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is standard that when a professor publishes a book, it will be used in the course that professor teaches.

  • @piopi_starjr7455
    @piopi_starjr7455 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn, can’t find where you forced the word lmao. Great trick man

  • @christianward5616
    @christianward5616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Playing the old racist card when looking for the fake black hand

  • @AGallegos288
    @AGallegos288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hello! Im a fellow magician from Minnesota, Im curious if you were referencing Twin Cities Magic in your interview?! Anyway, great job! Very entertaining!

  • @anthonylombardo1261
    @anthonylombardo1261 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The end is so confusing, did TH-cam edit out the professionals explaining what he thought he did and you can’t see that online? I’m so lost guy kinda just said “I think I know” and that was it.

  • @RobertBallMagician
    @RobertBallMagician 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You were incredible well done.👍👍👍👍

  • @Daugust77
    @Daugust77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those book prices are rookie numbers

  • @khanpathan79
    @khanpathan79 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing trick

  • @cowpuddles4851
    @cowpuddles4851 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guy lights a match. The audience: “Ohhh!” Easily impressed or low expectations?

    • @Merlewhitefire
      @Merlewhitefire ปีที่แล้ว

      It's impressive because it raises the stakes. If you're willing to destroy your props, it's harder to cheat with them.

  • @andrewvelonis5940
    @andrewvelonis5940 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ooohh, them shoes!

  • @brewchowski6445
    @brewchowski6445 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sure it’s a force, but that’s one hell of a force. I don’t think just saying that is enough to actually figure out the trick. It was awesome!

  • @mercedeswilkins9085
    @mercedeswilkins9085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learn that experiences is better than degrees. Not saying that you should quit school or not further your education. Just saying what’s happening in the real world

  • @Zelemetal
    @Zelemetal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Way to rep Minnesota, sir!

  • @burningbend
    @burningbend 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    once i got to my major courses, like half my books were written by the professor. it's really normal.

  • @gonzophoenixaz7853
    @gonzophoenixaz7853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @3:19 looks like her hair is doing magic it just stays stuck to her blue out fit

  • @h0riz0n89
    @h0riz0n89 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ayyyeee minnesota

  • @theelysium1597
    @theelysium1597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can someone link me to the book? I can't find it. (probably the magician has made her ... disappear...)

  • @timothy4664
    @timothy4664 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was a music education student in the late 90s. We had to buy a book about teaching recorded and arranging a recorder ensemble. It was maybe 50 pages, soft cover and spiral bound. $75 dollars. We never used it. I sold it back for 15. This was around 1998 or so. Adjusted for inflation, $124. Complete nonsense

  • @FusionDeveloper
    @FusionDeveloper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great performance.
    I also feel like school is an overall unpleasant experience. The people who disagree, likely recall the fond memories of things they did at school, such as making friends and talking to friends between classes. Who has fond memories of sitting in class, being forced to read stuff they didn't care about?
    I had a few useful classes, a few fantastic all-star teachers I will never forget, but many things I was required to "memorize" (not to be confused with learning and understanding), were a complete waste of time. I wish school was more about learning and understanding. In school, if you use notes to help you answer questions, you are called a cheater and fail. However, when you get a job as an adult, if you use notes to help insure you do not make mistakes, you are considered a valuable employee.