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.
"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!).
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!
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!!
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
@@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.
@@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 ruclips.net/video/FD_vXHff87c/видео.html
@@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.
The end is so confusing, did RUclips 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.
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!
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!
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!
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
They did not make hands your color. "I wonder why"? Because black magicians are a fucking rarity and it is all about demand. But I am glad you found your path in magic.
Great trick. I'm glad I'm in a Scandinavian country where tuition and healthcare is accessible to all (brr..... socialism....). Noah does look a bit like Killmonger from Black Panther, and I mean that as a compliment.
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
I don’t know very much about magic but I’m guessing the key word pen said was “forced”. When he said “they forced you to buy it.” Also I’m gonna say that on the slit of papers she had I’m assuming there was somthing like 95% maybe even more that the “not boring word” picked would be brainstormed. You forced that word on her bc all the other words were small and “boring” that’s my guess and my take on it. Edit: I realized I put “I do know much about magic” instead of “I don’t know much about magic” so I fixed it.
You showed a pre-picked word that Alysson also happened to pick... and all they had to say that they got it was that you forced her to pick it? I don't think they got it at all.
I imagine all the pages are the same text and formatted in such a way that when you tear it the word "brainwashed" is visible. He "forced" her to say a large word and not "the"
@@pepheroofguitars1341 they actually edit these pretty hardcore. Since by now most viewers get the FORCE thing he probably said other code that gave it away. They edit things out to keep us from figuring it out .
I think the book was fake. I would guess that every page was the same (words could have been moved around), and written in a way that there is only 1 'interesting' word. It was a good trick, and not sure how it can 100% accurate considering the size of the piece that was left. Maybe Brainstorm is on every paragraph.
@@markburke1396 yes this is what I was thinking. Every page is same. Fake book. Every paragraph same and brainstormed is probably the biggest word and in each sentence so it stands out the most. Penn said forced. So means he forced her choice. Or influenced it. Or she didn't have much to choose from. But I still think great act and super cool guy performing.
@@SgtJoeSmith That is why a story had to be told that would justify the destruction of the book, which is well suited to the theme of college, which I would venture to doubt, but well. It must also be ensured that no one requests an inspection of a torn book. Therefore, it was necessary (even the last smallest piece) to be thrown into the fire. If you want to replicate this trick, use a shredder. Indeed, the word Brainstorming must be included in each sentence. This word must have some "area" density in the text, for example one occurrence on an area of 5x5cm. In order for the word to appear in some context, the text could be compiled into 3 sheets (6 pages). The other sheets are copies of these sheets, which saves a lot on the compilation of this prop. It is good to try it on one sheet, on which, after tearing to some size, at least once an interesting long word will remain in context. Then you can have this prop made in a book printer. When you see the corpus delicti disappearing in the fire, everyone should know where the center of gravity of the trick is. Of course, Penn knew that, too. Penn's speech was cut off, of course, because everyone would decipher it. Trimming key elements of the trick is also common, or a distant view or editing of the spectators is provided, but in this case nothing like this has happened exceptionally. The trick is very good.
I don't get it... How the heck were you supposed to force anything? I mean, you had to, but I don't see how you did it. 🤷♂️ Also, having to buy textbooks sucks. Luckily, I never had to. I did buy some, but only because I wanted them.
@@knowledgetracer7067 My guess is that the entire book was one paragraph repeated over and over, and that brainstormed was the largest, most interesting word in that paragraph. If that’s not it, l have no idea. It seems risky, though, that she might have picked a different word.
@@hoopyfrood4391 You're spot on. It could honestly be gibberish as he kept Allison distracted with banter. It would have been something simple like: "He brainstormed all day to see if he left the house. Even though he brainstormed it didn't help. Then I brainstormed...." Throw in enough of the word and keep the others basic. It creates a clear choice when following his instruction to pick a "nice, big, interesting word. Don't pick something boring."
The force was the method in the clue that Penn gave. But unless the pages that were torn up all had the word brainstormed I don’t see how it was a force. I think you were nervous and walked out early. I would have challenged there assumption.
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.
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
Lol nope. Fake books, and the smoke to fire ratio was way too low to be a real fire
It took me a second to get that joke...probably cuz I dropped out of college haha
@@gmailrockmcbride49508 No, it's probably *why* you dropped out of college.
@@Arcessitorlmao 😂😂😂
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.
Burning books... oh those memories. Greets from Germany
"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!).
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!
Holy shit! You're the magician that taught him. Cool! Bet you were happy to see your student go so far.
Awww this is so heckin' sweet! Does the shop sell online?
What a blessing
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!!
Great personality!
Damn,Penn voice :( I hope he is okay not just getting old.
I noticed the voice too.
I think he was sick for a few episodes
Haven’t seen ya since high school, but suddenly found you flourishing in a field you’re passionate about. Awesome to see, man.
my college teacher wrote our textbook... and gave it to every student for free (in PDF format)
That’s dedication right there
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.
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.
"Chill. It's not weird, it's on her Wikipedia."
CLASSY
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!!
I think the book just had a lot of 'brainstorm' in it, if you know what I mean.
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.
If the trick seems to be impossible, the magician felt the force ;)
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.
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...
@@Gary_Hun That makes a lot of sense.
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.
At $5 per 100 pages, could’ve had a reeeaaally nice payout at $55 a pop. If it was less than say, 800pgs($40)
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
Love the dudes energy honestly a lot of times that is more important than the magic itself
I'm an English teacher and I perform and teach magic in class.
I'm a physics teacher and I perform and teach physics based magic in class.
@@eliyahuw Don't tell me, sponge balls and subatomic particles? Right?
@@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.
@@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 ruclips.net/video/FD_vXHff87c/видео.html
Shouldn't you be teaching English?
The catharsis of burning text books .. I loved that at the end of senior school! Very relatable
:) Fun and funny performance
Can yiu explain what "catharsis" means in your sentence. I struggled with it.
@@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.
@@SerendipityChild Thank you!
What a great bait and switch. I was so expecting the fire to be the payoff then you blew my mind
The end is so confusing, did RUclips 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.
A billion/a billion for energy and enthusiasm. Mad respect . “Exuberance” as all of what Penn said
I usually hate mentalists and prediction tricks but that was entertainment.
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!
Looks like you were more impressed by the guy than his magic
@@transformer889 I think magic and skateboarding are cool talents to combine
How about surfing and cruising
My advice: a little humility goes a long way.
That was a great performance and you have a wonderful style on stage. Congrats...
Knowing the trick or not knowing the trick; boy do I love the theater of it all.
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!
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!!
Sweet Performance!!!
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!
STOP! This is so good.
Insane performance man!
Playing the old racist card when looking for the fake black hand
Loved every second of that. Great patter. If there is a force in the trick, I did not see it.
LOVE that performance!
It's a wonderful routine done very differently and modernised :) tearing of the pages is brilliant and something you don't normally see.
Wonderful presentation - I look forward to seeing future performances! You are a natural for the stage.
This is the best book and guess word trick I ve ever seen on the show. Bravo Noah 🥳☺
nah the best one was with Shawn Farquhar and he actually fooled everyone.
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!
Bud, that was excellent! It had me all the way. You, my good man, have a damn gift!
That explanation from Penn was Greek to me, but you don't drink Chi...........
Your presentation is awesome!
Greetings from Greece bro. Great performance
I have seen coutless fool us Videos and got fooled every time 😂
I love when kids think they started something late lol
I love this dudes vibe
Love this!!! Looking forward to seeing you in Boulder!!
Well, I'm stomped.
Guy lights a match. The audience: “Ohhh!” Easily impressed or low expectations?
It's impressive because it raises the stakes. If you're willing to destroy your props, it's harder to cheat with them.
2:57 Noah is channeling Penn's BS vibes!
The real trick was missing Obama… good one! Lol.
I enjoyed your performance. I hope you find the road you seek... and I hope its more Majic.
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!
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.
Killed it man!! 🔥🔥
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
It is standard that when a professor publishes a book, it will be used in the course that professor teaches.
They did not make hands your color. "I wonder why"? Because black magicians are a fucking rarity and it is all about demand. But I am glad you found your path in magic.
Love this and can totally relate to the textbooks 😂❤️
once i got to my major courses, like half my books were written by the professor. it's really normal.
Ooohh, them shoes!
Bro that was awesome, real fun and engaging plot
You deserve 100k subscribers. Wonderful stage presence and performance.
Great trick. I'm glad I'm in a Scandinavian country where tuition and healthcare is accessible to all (brr..... socialism....). Noah does look a bit like Killmonger from Black Panther, and I mean that as a compliment.
Excellent, Noah! Thank you!
Wow! You crushed that. Awesome job.
He’s really funny and smooth with this act.
Can someone link me to the book? I can't find it. (probably the magician has made her ... disappear...)
Hell yeah, I’m from MN too man. Might have to check out some of your shows. Nice trick btw.
Somewhere there are 3 authors who are screaming. “Noooo!! I spent years writing these! I wanted to squeeze more students’ wallets dry.”
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
I don’t know very much about magic but I’m guessing the key word pen said was “forced”. When he said “they forced you to buy it.” Also I’m gonna say that on the slit of papers she had I’m assuming there was somthing like 95% maybe even more that the “not boring word” picked would be brainstormed. You forced that word on her bc all the other words were small and “boring” that’s my guess and my take on it.
Edit: I realized I put “I do know much about magic” instead of “I don’t know much about magic” so I fixed it.
Such a great take on the trick. Love it. But knew something was up when you laid into your teacher so hard!
That was so beautiful I never want to know how you did it. 🤩
You showed a pre-picked word that Alysson also happened to pick... and all they had to say that they got it was that you forced her to pick it? I don't think they got it at all.
I wish my text books were 125.
This performance was just amazing. The misdirection was woubderful
Congratulations! That was a really fun performance.
💥BOOM!!!💥™
You young man have a big future. Well done
But how did he force that page, and then the appropriate part of the page, to Allison?
I imagine all the pages are the same text and formatted in such a way that when you tear it the word "brainwashed" is visible. He "forced" her to say a large word and not "the"
I don't understand when Penn speaks in codes,I still dont know what he said to get it
he was saying that the magician FORCED her to choose the word "Brainstormed" but as to HOW he did that? I have no damn clue
@@pepheroofguitars1341 they actually edit these pretty hardcore. Since by now most viewers get the FORCE thing he probably said other code that gave it away. They edit things out to keep us from figuring it out .
I think the book was fake. I would guess that every page was the same (words could have been moved around), and written in a way that there is only 1 'interesting' word. It was a good trick, and not sure how it can 100% accurate considering the size of the piece that was left. Maybe Brainstorm is on every paragraph.
@@markburke1396 yes this is what I was thinking. Every page is same. Fake book. Every paragraph same and brainstormed is probably the biggest word and in each sentence so it stands out the most. Penn said forced. So means he forced her choice. Or influenced it. Or she didn't have much to choose from. But I still think great act and super cool guy performing.
@@SgtJoeSmith That is why a story had to be told that would justify the destruction of the book, which is well suited to the theme of college, which I would venture to doubt, but well. It must also be ensured that no one requests an inspection of a torn book. Therefore, it was necessary (even the last smallest piece) to be thrown into the fire. If you want to replicate this trick, use a shredder. Indeed, the word Brainstorming must be included in each sentence. This word must have some "area" density in the text, for example one occurrence on an area of 5x5cm. In order for the word to appear in some context, the text could be compiled into 3 sheets (6 pages). The other sheets are copies of these sheets, which saves a lot on the compilation of this prop. It is good to try it on one sheet, on which, after tearing to some size, at least once an interesting long word will remain in context. Then you can have this prop made in a book printer. When you see the corpus delicti disappearing in the fire, everyone should know where the center of gravity of the trick is. Of course, Penn knew that, too. Penn's speech was cut off, of course, because everyone would decipher it. Trimming key elements of the trick is also common, or a distant view or editing of the spectators is provided, but in this case nothing like this has happened exceptionally. The trick is very good.
@3:19 looks like her hair is doing magic it just stays stuck to her blue out fit
I don't get it...
How the heck were you supposed to force anything?
I mean, you had to, but I don't see how you did it. 🤷♂️
Also, having to buy textbooks sucks.
Luckily, I never had to. I did buy some, but only because I wanted them.
Wow, this is amazing!!!!
Those book prices are rookie numbers
FLEXIN ON EM
Way to rep Minnesota, sir!
Way to bring your emotional damage on stage.
Feel better now ?
How in the world did he force that word?
That trick was really cool! I loved the presentation, I really related to the storyline. Keep It Up!
Great performance and I love the story you told. Well done!
612 big ups. Good performance.
How did he force that? Was every page the same? Alison had the whole book to discard!
He burned all other pages so that they cannot be examined by anyone later.. Yes, probably all pages were same and so it was a force.
@@knowledgetracer7067 My guess is that the entire book was one paragraph repeated over and over, and that brainstormed was the largest, most interesting word in that paragraph. If that’s not it, l have no idea. It seems risky, though, that she might have picked a different word.
@@hoopyfrood4391 You're spot on. It could honestly be gibberish as he kept Allison distracted with banter. It would have been something simple like:
"He brainstormed all day to see if he left the house. Even though he brainstormed it didn't help. Then I brainstormed...."
Throw in enough of the word and keep the others basic. It creates a clear choice when following his instruction to pick a "nice, big, interesting word. Don't pick something boring."
"I wonder why that is....."
It's called supply and demand, and it's Economics 101.
Wonderful! Really enjoyed it!
The force was the method in the clue that Penn gave. But unless the pages that were torn up all had the word brainstormed I don’t see how it was a force. I think you were nervous and walked out early. I would have challenged there assumption.
Maybe that's where burning the other pages comes in, so you can't get a closer inspection of the other choices
@@plasticcoated85 that's risky
Yeah pretty sure I'm missing some clues penn gave or he fooled them. It's not just a force. There's more to this.
@@HeyJD123 and it’s driving me crazy
There is a background judge who knows the trick and if they think it's not enough then they will let penn and teller know.
This so good and so clean
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.
Tear up all the pages from the book.
Now you don't see it. Am I right. I hope " fool "👨🏫