THE REASON FOR TEACHERS MAKING STUDENTS WRITE NOTES IS THAT IT IS BELIEVED THAT YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHING EASIER IF YOU WRITE IT DOWN FIRST. THIS IDEA ORIGINATES FROM THE 18TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHER AND WRITER ROUSSEAU, WHO WROTE PEDAGOGICAL BOOKS TOO. BUT IF YOU'RE A STUDENT, YOU KNOW THAT FEELING WHEN YOU'RE JUST WRITING OR READING OR COPYING SOMETHING AND IN MIND YOU'RE IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE AND YOU DON'T MEMORIZE ANYTHING... SO STOP TEACHING WITH CENTURY-OLD IDEAS AND STOP MAKING US WRITE LITERAL KILOMETERS OF INK AND GIVE IT TO US AS SHORTENED BOOKS CAUSE IT DOESN'T F*CKING WORK!!!