April Fool's! Teacher + students pull off the ultimate prank.

For people who are good at math, this is exactly how people who suck at math feel in class.

As a former math teacher, y’all don’t understand how hard it would be to make up bad math in the first place, but then try to sound confident while explaining it. That’s impressive.

Kudos for having a classroom vibe were nobody is scared of saying,
"I don't understand any of this. "

I probably would have started crying, especially if it was making perfect sense to half the class.

I've never seen a class so invested in figuring out a problem. 😂 Props to the teacher for being able to engage these young minds.

I know this is 4 years old but it is the best April Fools joke I have ever seen.
Hats off to you.

How tf is this class so interactive with the lesson, our entire class would have consisted of 2 of the same people asking questions the whole time

Kudos to this teacher! His relationship with his students is exactly what fosters true learning! One can tell that there is MUTUAL respect and affection between them all.
How wonderful that they could strengthen this all important bond with the teacher in the heart of it!

I love how as the teacher goes through and starts to explain stuff, the kids that were in on it and the teacher himself actually started to connect a few dots and started to almost make sense of what they were talking about. There were a few spots where he kind of realized that he was stuck and he was contradicting himself, but there were also spots where he actually fooled himself into believing some of the things could almost make sense.

As a retired high school math teacher, I laughed through this “lesson.” The love between this teacher and his students is so obvious. The kids stuck to the lesson e wanting to learn and not give up, beautiful teaching moment that the kids will never forget. Bravo!❤

Absolute genius. The fact that the students play along so good makes this hilarious. If I were the teacher I wouldn't be able to hold my laugh.

As a math teacher, this is gold. When you get your students to rely on you so much that you can tell them anything and they'll try to understand it, even if it's obviously made up from moment to moment.

For people who are bad at math, every day feels like this.

On a real note it’s mad respectable how well you can get your class to engage you must be a really great teacher and person

Absolutely love this teacher and his students. Great relationship, no fear from the students to admit it they didn’t get it, the enthusiasm to try to get they didn’t even see the what the end formula spelled out, the fun the teacher could afford to have with his class because learning happens in a relaxed and happy environment. Love it!

I love how focused they were on trying to figure it all out, that even when April fool was spelled out, they didn't notice it. Kudos to that teacher for creating such a good learning environment 😊

It's funny to think that if this prank was played to me, I would have just nodded along and daydreamed away like I usually did, lol.

Love this so much. The “in on it” kids are the best. If it was just the teacher it could have been received badly, but the kids “helping” is just so good.

"It's easy when you understand it." - Literally every math teacher ever.

13:33 the moment of realization xD
I love the atmosphere of this class- teacher is awesome, students are awesome, and I can imagine that actual lessons are super engaging

This was literally me in 90% of my mathematics classes. And physics. The fact they took so long to read April Fools was incredible. So funny. And what a lovely man he is.

even if it's an april fools prank it's nice to see a math teacher actually "teaching" instead of just making the class do math problems on a website lmao

I like how the more questions they ask the more legit it seems because you make up the answers as you go on

What a brilliant teacher.
By bringing fun and humour into learning it makes it memorable, on top of which he encourages students to ask questions. He obviously loves teaching and you can see all his students will achieve much better results because he has time, energy and a wonderful persona...

I think my teachers have been playing this prank on me for the entire year...

This was fun to watch. And hearing how engaged the kids were - pure joy

so nice to see that they werent hesitant to ask him doubts and get them cleared.. clearly shows the relationship he has built with his students!

You know he's a good teacher because the students are not afraid to ask questions like this. Absolutely hillarious as well!

This is the fifth time I've watched this. How the teacher and class held it together is brilliant. Well done. Good harmless entertainment.

Kudos to you Mr. Teacher. I still remember my biology teacher getting annoyed with us because we couldn't understand something he found really simple. Your patience, outside of a joke and actually with the serious stuff, is astounding...!

I can imagine that one person taking notes the whole time until the end and just dies inside

Love how much the students are invested into the lecture to find out about the inner workings of what theyre learning. In my class, the teacher brings a power point presentation and flips through the slide, occasionally you hear "Done?" And the majority of the work we gotta do is at home, alone

This is genius! He seems so chill, I genuinely wish more teachers were like him! He's teaching them while they're having fun, it's just amazing.

I love how even ur confused with your own maths and the students are just going with it. This made my day thank you

i wish i couldve had atleast one teacher like this man dude seems like he really cares about his students and their futures

I’d be uncontrollably sobbing bc this is me every day in math

My class would literally just pretend like we understand

Honestly if it was my math class, I would nodded off and just slept through it. I appreciate how engaging these classes are.

Wish there could be more maths teachers like you. Well done.

Priceless. I wish I had teachers like him.

I SUCKED at math until I ended up with a great teacher...and suddenly I was killing it. Great teachers should make as much as doctors...seriously.

Imagine if one kid in that class actually knew what a sigma was.

I study engineering and it reminded me a lot of the typical question we ask teachers: "What the hell did you just write and why", "could you start over from the beginning?", "I don't understand anything you're writing", and so many... this is the day to day of a telecommunications engineer as in my case hahaha

I totally loved math in school and this was such fun to watch. In about grade 9 a student behind me was always asking me questions and one day the teacher thought I wasn't paying attention and called me to come complete the formula on the board. I was so shy but the class started chanting "do it" so I quietly went up, took the chalk, finished the formula etc., put the chalk back in his hand and sat. He never bothered me again about helping the student behind.

This is great! Complete attention to the teacher as well as the students! Patience was golden in this room on both sides, except for the wonderful occasional giggle! 😂😂😂

I have degrees in Math and Engineering and I didn't even know what was going on - LOL. The ending was awesome when the teacher spells out April Fool and is asking them to look at the formula. Prank well done.

Great teacher. Awesome connection with the students, and what a way to say life doesn't have to be so serious.

**knows it’s not a real lesson**
**still tries to understand it**

Great classroom climate! Hats off to you, Mr. Teacher. All the best to you. Cherish these days. They’re gone too soon.

That was soooo cool! What a fantastic teacher to put a little humor and fun into class!

If only more teachers, especially math teachers were more like this. It would make learning much more fun and enjoyable. Not just in high school, but in all the grade levels.

I love how comfortable they are with eachother this was amazing my teachers would’ve said it was too much time wasted or whatever I miss having classes like this I took 1 or 2 classes like this I’m tired of listening to videos to explain the problem the teacher can tell me and I wanna express my confusion.

I wish I had teachers in school like this. I would have studied a lot more.

Imagine if this man accidentally created a formula for quantum physics scientists have been looking for for years

This actually makes more sense to me than actual math.😂

I love that he has "April Fool" written blatantly and it takes the class another minute and a half to get it, they have NO idea they're being pranked and aren't even looking for it.

It said "WARNING! The following scene requires a sense of humor" and I started laughing immediately

This is exactly how pre-algebra felt to me 😂. I spent 2 years trying to absorb it & I just could NOT 😂.

This is great. I had a good math teacher too. Makes such a difference when the class is happy and having fun. Wish more teachers were like this!

Me: *knows that this is an April Fools joke*
Also me: *"wait i don't get it"*

I come back to this video once a year it never fails to make me laugh

This is the very essence of humor, well done everyone

This was fantastic, and handled very well by everyone.

For those who don't have a sense of humor...
"Warning the following requires a sense of humor." LOL
This was a hilarious joke.
I love this teacher. XO
The students were trying to understand the math by asking questions. What a great bunch of students in his class.
It shows how much fun this teacher is, and when you have a good teacher, who takes time with their students, they will learn more than teachers who aren't engaged with students.

Being good at math, this had me crying laughing 😂 AMAZING

I feel like this is how math was actually created

I absolutely love this!! Everyone needs a teacher like this!!

I love how he goes "look at the formula" at 13:20 😂😂🤣

That was hilarious - had me crying my eyes out - best class prank I've seen, by far. 🙂

I honestly wish my school had been this much fun, wow, what an awesome teacher and the whole class is awesome too, brilliant.

Good to see a teacher with such a good relationship with his students that they can all have a laugh together

All students: "Why?"
Teacher: "It's the slopes"
Students: "Ah, okay"
3 seconds later in all of their minds
"Wait, what does that mean?"

As a math geek, I’m having heart palpitations.

I enjoyed this so much 😊 I ❤ knowing he spent half of the previous lesson planning and giggling with his pupils he he he 😅 Ironically, this made as much sense as an actual lesson on true algebra 😂

I am sure this teacher can teach any subject and still keep the entire class involved.

I wish I had a teacher like this when I was in school. 👍

The world needs more teachers like you

I love how the teacher is "teaching" something completely useless but is still making it sound so legit 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

XD i love that the half of the class that was on the field trip is trying so hard to actually understand it but everyone else is trying so hard not to laugh

This is a perfect example of an amazing teacher, hats off to you sir!

Hard to pull off the ridiculousness of it when all the kids are smart and super engaged. Well done!

Every student should have teachers like this ! Most of mine hadn't smiled since Nixon was in office, much less actually had a fun personality. Good video, GREAT teacher and class ! And for the record, "actual" algebra equations look like this to many of us !

It’s amazing how comfortable the students are with this teacher

Im convinced my teacher is pulling a prank on us every day

That is so awesome, we need more teachers like this in the world, Bravo Teach

Man this prank was unbelievable- It was the best kind of prank- no one got hurt, everyone's having fun and it's so funny at the end. That formula was brilliant. Kudos to you- this was legenday

I'm an Accountant and this is the most hilarious and mind-bending entertainment in a long time 😂😁👀

This teacher has the gift. I'm sure he should be paid a lot more for what he does for these kids.

At every class reunion, these kids will remember this teacher, and this particular class!
As an English/History person, I'm getting hives, just watching this. 🤣

That’s a great April fools, and I love how the class loves what the teacher is doing, so much fun! I wish all teachers were like that. Teachers are great.

Funniest part is when they actually thought they were making progress lol

Back in high school 6 years ago i used to watch his videos trying to pass algebra. He helped me a lot and made me feel human while learning for school for a moment. Rare moment.

Good one. I always hated, despised mathematics.
I had no clue what was going on.
Then it turned out to be a prank. 😂
Smart kids.

Props to the confererate student. She really did a good jog bullshitting her way through it. This may have been my favorite April Fools prank ever... no one got hurt and tortured. The ones that figured it out were just as amused as the perps.

It's been 44 years since I did Algebra 2 and I sat here being so thankful that this is a prank because I was so lost. Having graduated over 40 years ago I can safely say I have not used algebra in all that time.

This is, clearly, a high level math class that the students were so engaged in trying to make sense of what seemed like nonsense- which is essentially what math seems to become once you graduate past Algebra 2 and into Calculus. Lol

I love how comfortable the student were with showing confusion and asking questions. It tells you a lot about the teacher. Tbh if it was my school everyone would just pretend to understand

This was fantastic lol. Well done with your class, sir.

it's a testament to the teacher that students who see stuff on the board that makes no sense try so hard to understand it by engaging with the teacher and the class instead of just instantly checking out like it would happen with a bad teacher.

That was great.. I had fun with this video.. to say I'm bad with numbers is an understatement but this video made me laugh at my self for all my insecurities.. I loved it.