the short story 'the fun they had' written by isaac asimov deals with a boy and a girl,tommy and margie,who find out something about school in the past time.on 17th march 2155 , tommy, a thirteen year-old boy, finds a' real book' which has been printed on paper.he is at the house of margie,an eleven year-old-girl. they both take a look at it together.
the book is realy old and pages are yellow and crinky. in year 2155, this kind of books do not exist anymore.in this time words are moving on a television screen. these television contains over a million of books. that is the reason , why tommy thinks that they are much better.
he has found old book in the attic of his house. while reading,tommy says that it is about school.margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it..she was having problems with learning geography from her 'machanical teacher'. it was black,large and had a screen on it.it teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times.margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was geraded too quik, so that her marks got worse and worse.the county inspector rebuilt it after one hour.he was realy nice to margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time.
tommy says that the book which he has found(ziet), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago.they find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys,gave them homework and asked them question. they had a special building,al the children went to.and they learnt the same thing.
if they were the same age.at first,margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought a same thing beacause her mother says that education must fit each child's mind,but neverthless in her opinion,these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it.then it is time for margie and tommy for their school.margie goes to the schoolroom in her house,where the mechanical teacher stands.it is already on beacause the lessons are always at regular hours.she was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must had,learning and spending time together.
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They are in the year 2157.
They find a book in Tommys attic which is very old. Margie was exited to see the book but Tommy was comfortable with the telebooks.
Margie hates the school and the mechanized teacher (a computer) as she was given test after test. Her hatred was intensified due to her poor performance in Geography but later on it was found that the geography sector was geared a little bit quick so her performance was satisfactory.
Later on, Tommy briefs Margie about the schools they had centuries back.
There was a special building where all the kids would come together happily and would play, study and laugh together.
Margie then goes to her class but daydreams about the fun the kids had in the past.
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The short story 'the fun they had' written by Isaac Asimov deals with a boy and a girl, Tommy and Margie ,who find out something about school in the past time. On 17th march 2157 , Tommy, a thirteen-year-old boy, finds a' real book' which has been printed on paper is at the house of Margie. An eleven-year-old-girl they both take a look at it together. The book is really old and pages are yellow and cranky. in the year 2155, this kind of books doesn’t exist anymore. In this time words are moving on a television screen. This television contains over a million of books. That is the reason , why Tommy thinks that they are much better. He has found the old book in the attic of his house. while reading, Tommy says that it is about school. Margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it. She was having problems with learning geography from her 'mechanical teacher'. it was black, large and had a screen on it. It teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times. Margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was graded too quick so that her marks got worse and worse. The county inspector rebuilt it after one hour. He was really nice to Margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time. Tommy says that the book which he has found(site), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago. They find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys, gave them homework and asked them the question. they had a special building, at the children went to. And they learned the same thing. if they were the same age. At first, Margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought the same thing because her mother says that education must fit each child's mind, but nevertheless, in her opinion, these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it. Then it is time for Margie and Tommy for their school. Margie goes to the schoolroom in her house, where the mechanical teacher stands. It is already on because the lessons are always at regular hours. She was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must have, learning and spending time together.
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This story takes place in 13 March 2155. In the year 2155 the system of education totally changes, every child has a seperate room in their home for studies, children study in home, a technological teacher teachs the student. Now the story focuses on Margie and Tommy. One day Tommy finds a 'book' which looked like an antic in his house's attic. He reads the book and learns about a place called school where all children gather together and study together in different rooms and take notes in a book and he also learns about a human teacher who will understand each and every child and teaches every child with special care, Tommy shares this with Margie. A suprised Margie daydreams being in a school, learning, studying & playing with kids in her age, instead of a technological teacher who only teaches her the lessons - a human teacher who will teach and mingle with each and every student
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In the year 2157, the thirteen-year-old Tommy finds an old book. He and Margie, who is eleven, find it strange that the words on paper do not move after having been read. Nowadays they only read stories on the computer screen. The book is about school centuries ago. Margie is very surprised that in the past pupils had a person as a teacher and that all children of the same age learnt the same thing and went to a schoolhouse with other children. Margie wants to read more of the book but first, she has to learn with her machine teacher whose level is too advanced for her and she thinks the school in those days was much better than today.
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In the year 2157, the thirteen-year-old Tommy finds an old book. He and Margie, who is eleven, find it strange that the words on paper do not move after having been read. Nowadays they only read stories on the computer screen. The book is about school centuries ago. Margie is very surprised that in the past pupils had a person as a teacher and that all children of the same age learnt the same thing and went to a schoolhouse with other children. Margie wants to read more of the book but first she has to learn with her machine teacher whose level is too advanced for her and she thinks the school in those days was much better than today.
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the book is realy old and pages are yellow and crinky. in year 2155, this kind of books do not exist anymore.in this time words are moving on a television screen. these television contains over a million of books. that is the reason , why tommy thinks that they are much better.
he has found old book in the attic of his house. while reading,tommy says that it is about school.margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it..she was having problems with learning geography from her 'machanical teacher'. it was black,large and had a screen on it.it teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times.margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was geraded too quik, so that her marks got worse and worse.the county inspector rebuilt it after one hour.he was realy nice to margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time.
tommy says that the book which he has found(ziet), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago.they find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys,gave them homework and asked them question. they had a special building,al the children went to.and they learnt the same thing.
if they were the same age.at first,margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought a same thing beacause her mother says that education must fit each child's mind,but neverthless in her opinion,these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it.then it is time for margie and tommy for their school.margie goes to the schoolroom in her house,where the mechanical teacher stands.it is already on beacause the lessons are always at regular hours.she was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must had,learning and spending time together.
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the book is realy old and pages are yellow and crinky. in year 2155, this kind of books do not exist anymore.in this time words are moving on a television screen. these television contains over a million of books. that is the reason , why tommy thinks that they are much better.
he has found old book in the attic of his house. while reading,tommy says that it is about school.margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it..she was having problems with learning geography from her 'machanical teacher'. it was black,large and had a screen on it.it teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times.margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was geraded too quik, so that her marks got worse and worse.the county inspector rebuilt it after one hour.he was realy nice to margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time.
tommy says that the book which he has found(ziet), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago.they find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys,gave them homework and asked them question. they had a special building,al the children went to.and they learnt the same thing.
if they were the same age.at first,margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought a same thing beacause her mother says that education must fit each child's mind,but neverthless in her opinion,these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it.then it is time for margie and tommy for their school.margie goes to the schoolroom in her house,where the mechanical teacher stands.it is already on beacause the lessons are always at regular hours.she was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must had,learning and spending time together.
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The short story 'the fun they had' written by Isaac Asimov deals with a boy and a girl, Tommy and Margie ,who find out something about school in the past time. On 17th march 2157 , Tommy, a thirteen-year-old boy, finds a' real book' which has been printed on paper is at the house of Margie. An eleven-year-old-girl they both take a look at it together. The book is really old and pages are yellow and cranky. in the year 2155, this kind of books doesn?t?? exist anymore. In this time words are moving on a television screen. This television contains over a million of books. That is the reason , why Tommy thinks that they are much better. He has found the old book in the attic of his house. while reading, Tommy says that it is about school. Margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it. She was having problems with learning geography from her 'mechanical teacher'. it was black, large and had a screen on it. It teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times. Margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was graded too quick so that her marks got worse and worse. The county inspector rebuilt it after one hour. He was really nice to Margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time. Tommy says that the book which he has found(site), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago. They find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys, gave them homework and asked them the question. they had a special building, at the children went to. And they learned the same thing. if they were the same age. At first, Margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought the same thing because her mother says that education must fit each child's mind, but nevertheless, in her opinion, these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it. Then it is time for Margie and Tommy for their school. Margie goes to the schoolroom in her house, where the mechanical teacher stands. It is already on because the lessons are always at regular hours. She was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must have, learning and spending time together.
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They are in the year 2157.
They find a book in Tommys?attic which?is very old. Margie was exited to see the book but Tommy was comfortable with the telebooks.
Margie hates the school and the mechanized teacher?(a computer) as she was given test after test. Her hatred was intensified due to her poor performance in Geography but later on it was found that the geography sector was geared a little bit quick so her performance was satisfactory.
Later on, Tommy?briefs?Margie about the schools they had centuries back.
There was a special building where all the kids would come together happily and would play, study and laugh together.
Margie?then goes to her class but daydreams about the fun the kids had in the past.
Hope this help you
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The short story 'the fun they had' written by Isaac Asimov deals with a boy and a girl, Tommy and Margie ,who find out something about school in the past time. On 17th march 2157 , Tommy, a thirteen-year-old boy, finds a' real book' which has been printed on paper is at the house of Margie. An eleven-year-old-girl they both take a look at it together. The book is really old and pages are yellow and cranky. in the year 2155, this kind of books doesn?t?? exist anymore. In this time words are moving on a television screen. This television contains over a million of books. That is the reason , why Tommy thinks that they are much better. He has found the old book in the attic of his house. while reading, Tommy says that it is about school. Margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it. She was having problems with learning geography from her 'mechanical teacher'. it was black, large and had a screen on it. It teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times. Margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was graded too quick so that her marks got worse and worse. The county inspector rebuilt it after one hour. He was really nice to Margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time. Tommy says that the book which he has found(site), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago. They find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys, gave them homework and asked them the question. they had a special building, at the children went to. And they learned the same thing. if they were the same age. At first, Margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought the same thing because her mother says that education must fit each child's mind, but nevertheless, in her opinion, these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it. Then it is time for Margie and Tommy for their school. Margie goes to the schoolroom in her house, where the mechanical teacher stands. It is already on because the lessons are always at regular hours. She was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must have, learning and spending time together.
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the book is really old and pages are yellow and crinkly. these television contains over a million books. that is the reason , why tommy thinks that they are much better.
he has found old book in the attic of his house. while reading,tommy says that it is about school. margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it. She was having problems with learning geography from her 'machanical teacher'. It was black,large and had a screen on it.it teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. It can also calculate the marks in no times. Margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. Once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was geared too quick, so that her marks got worse and worse. The county inspector rebuilt it after one hour. He was really nice to margie. She hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time.
Tommy says that the book which he has found, is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago. They find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys,gave them homework and asked them question. They had a special building,al the children went and learnt the same thing.
If they were the same age. At first,margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought a same thing because her mother says that education must fit each child's mind,but nevertheless in her opinion,these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it. Then it is time for margie and tommy for their school. Margie goes to the schoolroom in her house,where the mechanical teacher stands. It is already on because the lessons are always at regular hours. She was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must had,learning and spending time together.
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"The Fun They Had" is a futuristic and fictional story written by Isaac Asimov. The story is set in 2157, 17th march where Tommy, a thirteen year old boy, finds a real book. The words stood still on the yellow & cranky pages and it was strange for the two kids as the words did not move the way they did on screen.
This book was found by Tommy on the attic of the house, it was about schools and Margie hated schools because they had mechanical teacher, which was black and had a large black screen on which the lessons were shown. Also the students had to write their answers in a punch code and insert their test papers in the slot of the mechanical teacher. Their schools were in their home itself. The mechanical teacher used to teach at regular hours.
Both the kids later when reading the book, get to know that in the school's of earlier times, a human teacher used to teach students in a special kind of building in groups and gave them homework. All the students came together from the neighborhood and gathered laughing and playing in the schoolyard. They learned the same things and at the end of the day, they would go home together laughing joyously.
The story ends comparing the futuristic schools (story) and the schools of (present) todays generation. Margie and Tommy feel that the schools of todays generation are much more fun than the futuristic schools and they wondered how a human teacher could teach! They were thinking about the Fun they had !
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the book is realy old and pages are yellow and crinky. in year 2155, this kind of books do not exist anymore.in this time words are moving on a television screen. these television contains over a million of books. that is the reason , why tommy thinks that they are much better.
he has found old book in the attic of his house. while reading,tommy says that it is about school.margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it..she was having problems with learning geography from her 'machanical teacher'. it was black,large and had a screen on it.it teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times.margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was geraded too quik, so that her marks got worse and worse.the county inspector rebuilt it after one hour.he was realy nice to margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time.
tommy says that the book which he has found(ziet), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago.they find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys,gave them homework and asked them question. they had a special building,al the children went to.and they learnt the same thing.
if they were the same age.at first,margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought a same thing beacause her mother says that education must fit each child's mind,but neverthless in her opinion,these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it.then it is time for margie and tommy for their school.margie goes to the schoolroom in her house,where the mechanical teacher stands.it is already on beacause the lessons are always at regular hours.she was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must had,learning and spending time together.
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The story opens with Margie writing in her diary about an old book that Tommy had found. Margie remembers her grandfather once talked about his grandfather who went to an actual school where the children went for education and where they were taught by human teachers.
However, Margie and Tommy live in the future world of 23rd century where education was completely computerized. They don?t have schools; they have a special study room where a computer teaches them. The computer teacher is programmed and adjusted according to the needs of each child. Now and then the computer teacher develops some fault which is fixed by a County Inspector.
Both Tommy and Margie wonder at the book found by Tommy in his attic. They wonder at the book as they read books on screen of computer teacher. Margie feels the computer teacher is boring; she does not like the mechanical teaching and learning. She also wonders how much fun would it be studying in a school with other children from a human teacher. ?
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the short story 'the fun they had' written by isaac asimov deals with a boy and a girl,tommy and margie,who find out something about school in the past time.on 17th march 2155 , tommy, a thirteen year-old boy, finds a' real book' which has been printed on paper.he is at the house of margie,an eleven year-old-girl. they both take a look at it together.
the book is realy old and pages are yellow and crinky. in year 2155, this kind of books do not exist anymore.in this time words are moving on a television screen. these television contains over a million of books. that is the reason , why tommy thinks that they are much better.
he has found old book in the attic of his house. while reading,tommy says that it is about school.margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it..she was having problems with learning geography from her 'machanical teacher'. it was black,large and had a screen on it.it teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times.margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was geraded too quik, so that her marks got worse and worse.the county inspector rebuilt it after one hour.he was realy nice to margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time.
tommy says that the book which he has found(ziet), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago.they find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys,gave them homework and asked them question. they had a special building,al the children went to.and they learnt the same thing.
if they were the same age.at first,margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought a same thing beacause her mother says that education must fit each child's mind,but neverthless in her opinion,these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it.then it is time for margie and tommy for their school.margie goes to the schoolroom in her house,where the mechanical teacher stands.it is already on beacause the lessons are always at regular hours.she was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must had,learning and spending time together.
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The story opens with Margie writing in her diary about an old book that Tommy had found. Margie was reminded of her grandfather who had once talked about his grandfather who went to an actual school where the students were taught by human teachers.
However, Margie and Tommy lived in the future world,in the year 2157 where education was completely computerized. They did not go to schools. Instead, they had a special study room where a computer taught them. The computer teacher was programmed and adjusted according to the needs of each child. Now and then the computer teacher developed faults which were fixed by a County Inspector.
Both Tommy and Margie wondered at the book found by Tommy in his attic. They wondered at it as they read books on the screen of their computer teacher. Margie felt that the computer teacher was boring; she disliked the mechanical teaching and learning. She also wondered how much fun it would be studying in a school. Studying in a fun way, with other children and that too from a human teacher
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The story opens with Margie writing in her diary about an old book that Tommy had found. Margie was reminded of her grandfather who had once talked about his grandfather who went to an actual school where the students were taught by human teachers.
However, Margie and Tommy lived in the future world,in the year 2157 where education was completely computerized. They did not go to schools. Instead, they had a special study room where a computer taught them. The computer teacher was programmed and adjusted according to the needs of each child. Now and then the computer teacher developed faults which were fixed by a County Inspector.
Both Tommy and Margie wondered at the book found by Tommy in his attic. They wondered at it as they read books on the screen of their computer teacher. Margie felt that the computer teacher was boring; she disliked the mechanical teaching and learning. She also wondered how much fun it would be studying in a school. Studying in a fun way, with other children and that too from a human teacher.
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The short story 'the fun they had' written by Isaac Asimov deals with a boy and a girl, Tommy and Margie ,who find out something about school in the past time. On 17th march 2157 , Tommy, a thirteen-year-old boy, finds a' real book' which has been printed on paper is at the house of Margie. An eleven-year-old-girl they both take a look at it together. The book is really old and pages are yellow and cranky. in the year 2155, this kind of books doesn?t?? exist anymore. In this time words are moving on a television screen. This television contains over a million of books. That is the reason , why Tommy thinks that they are much better. He has found the old book in the attic of his house. while reading, Tommy says that it is about school. Margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it. She was having problems with learning geography from her 'mechanical teacher'. it was black, large and had a screen on it. It teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times. Margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was graded too quick so that her marks got worse and worse. The county inspector rebuilt it after one hour. He was really nice to Margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time. Tommy says that the book which he has found(site), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago. They find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys, gave them homework and asked them the question. they had a special building, at the children went to. And they learned the same thing. if they were the same age. At first, Margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought the same thing because her mother says that education must fit each child's mind, but nevertheless, in her opinion, these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it. Then it is time for Margie and Tommy for their school. Margie goes to the schoolroom in her house, where the mechanical teacher stands. It is already on because the lessons are always at regular hours. She was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must have, learning and spending time together
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However, Margie and Tommy lived in the future world,in the year 2157 where education was completely computerized. They did not go to schools.
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The story was written in 1951 by Isaac Asimov, famous for writing science fiction. The story is set in the year 2157, more than 200 years later than it was written. Hence, most of the story is a result of the author's imagination- his vision of a system of education that he thought would exist in the future. The two main human characters in the story are Tommy, a 13-year-old boy and Margie, his 11-year-old friend, who live in the year 2157. The story begins when Tommy is very excited about finding a book made out of paper. He immediately went to show it off to Margie who had never seen a paper book herself, and did not even know that such things existed. Tommy found it at home at a place where they stored old useless things. The book was probably about 200 years old and now had brittle yellow pages. The book contained information about schools that existed at that time. This account also caused a lot of excitement among the children because it was the kind of school they have never experienced themselves.
Books of 1951: Made of paper Words written on them These words were static, they did not move Once, the reader finished reading the book, he would keep it aside. These are the kind of books we are used to today
Books of 2157: These are e-books or tele-books The typed words appear on the screen and the reader must scroll up/down to read them i.e. the words moved Once the book was read on the screen, a new book appeared there These are the kind of e-books/ kindle edition books that are coming into vogue these days
Schools of 1951: A building specially constructed for the purpose of imparting education to children All the children of the locality went to the same school, at the same time and probably travelled by the same bus Each school had several classrooms. In each classroom, all children of the same age would sit and learn the same lesson together.They would be taught each subject by one particular teacher, a man, who would teach the same lesson to all the children in the class in the same way The children would talk about their lesson, discuss homework and thus, learning became enjoyable The school operated within particular working hours
Schools of 2157: It was not a specially designated building. The school would be in the home of the student (a separate room would, perhaps, be assigned for school related activities) There would be a computer which would function as the teacher. It would be programmed to teach lessons of every subject according to the student's age. If the level of lessons was too easy/ difficult it could be re-programmed by a special technician called the County Inspector. The computer would teach lessons, give homework, assign tests etc. Students had to type their answers into the computer through a punch code they had to learn (Just like students today have to learn the alphabets) Since, there was no other student in the school, nor even a human teacher, students missed human interaction in the classroom. Hence, many of them hated the concept of school. According to them, the students of the 20" century had more fun.
Author's message: No matter how technologically advanced the human race becomes; nothing would be able to replace the dynamic, vibrant relationship that one human being has with another. Human beings are social creatures and crave the company of other humans. That is what makes life worthwhile.
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The Fun They Had throws light on an interesting aspect of the technological world we will have in the future. Consequently, it is set in the future where two children discuss the way things functioned in the earlier days. Further, they talk about the ‘books’ which comprise of paper instead of the telebooks they have now. It is rather interesting to read about the conversation between the little kids. They get fascinated by the concept of ‘school’ which prevailed in the days of their grandparents. Moreover, they also talk about how those days were much more fun. The Fun They Had does show us the reality of technology taking over in the near future.
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This story takes place in 13 March 2155. In the year 2155 the system of education totally changes, every child has a seperate room in their home for studies, children study in home, a technological teacher teachs the student. Now the story focuses on Margie and Tommy. One day Tommy finds a 'book' which looked like an antic in his house's attic. He reads the book and learns about a place called school where all children gather together and study together in different rooms and take notes in a book and he also learns about a human teacher who will understand each and every child and teaches every child with special care, Tommy shares this with Margie. A suprised Margie daydreams being in a school, learning, studying & playing with kids in her age, instead of a technological teacher who only teaches her the lessons - a human teacher who will teach and mingle with each and every student
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The Fun They Had’ by Isaac Asimov is science fiction. It tells the story of two young children named Tommy and Margie who live in the year 2157, where children get an education through computers at their home. One day they come through a printed book and learn something about the school that existed hundreds and hundreds of years ago. It is a matter of great surprise for them because they are living in the age of moving e-texts.
The Fun They Had Summary of the Lesson
It is the year 2157. Margie makes a diary entry which reveals that Tommy has come across a book printed on paper. The pages of the book have turned yellow and wrinkled which proves that it existed centuries ago. The book is peculiar in the sense that it had the same words on it that it had when they read it the first time. They were not moving like that on a computer/television screen.
Tommy calls it waste because once the book is read it is of no use. Their television screen has had a million books on it and one cannot throw it away. Margie is of the same opinion but she is curious to know what the book is about. Tommy tells her that it is about school. She hated school, but now she hated it more than ever because her mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse. Her mother sends for the County Inspector who is a round little man.
He takes the television teacher apart and sets it right within an hour which only increases Margie’s disappointment. He tells her mother that it was not Margie’s fault but the geography sector of the mechanical teacher was geared a little too quick and he has slowed that to an average ten-year level. He assures Margie and her mother that there will be no problem henceforth.
Margie is curious to know about the school that existed in the past. Tommy tells her that it is not their kind of school. That is the old kind of school that they had centuries ago. The students had a human teacher who taught them and gave them homework and also asked them questions. Margie argues that a man cannot be smart enough.
Tommy further tells her that the teachers didn’t live in the house. They had a special building and all the kids went there. The kids of the same age learned the same thing. Now it is Margie’s school time. She goes into the schoolroom which is right next to her bedroom and the mechanical teacher is on and waiting for her. She puts her homework in the slot with a sigh.
She is still thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. Those schools were far better than the schools of today because they offered great fun to the students.
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In the year 2157, the thirteen-year-old Tommy finds an old book. He and Margie, who is eleven, find it strange that the words on paper do not move after having been read. Nowadays they only read stories on the computer screen. The book is about school centuries ago. Margie is very surprised that in the past pupils had a person as a teacher and that all children of the same age learnt the same thing and went to a schoolhouse with other children. Margie wants to read more of the book but first she has to learn with her machine teacher whose level is too advanced for her and she thinks the school in those days was much better than today.
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the book is realy old and pages are yellow and crinky. in year 2155, this kind of books do not exist anymore.in this time words are moving on a television screen. these television contains over a million of books. that is the reason , why tommy thinks that they are much better.
he has found old book in the attic of his house. while reading,tommy says that it is about school.margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it..she was having problems with learning geography from her 'machanical teacher'. it was black,large and had a screen on it.it teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times.margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was geraded too quik, so that her marks got worse and worse.the county inspector rebuilt it after one hour.he was realy nice to margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time.
tommy says that the book which he has found(ziet), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago.they find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys,gave them homework and asked them question. they had a special building,al the children went to.and they learnt the same thing.
if they were the same age.at first,margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought a same thing beacause her mother says that education must fit each child's mind,but neverthless in her opinion,these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it.then it is time for margie and tommy for their school.margie goes to the schoolroom in her house,where the mechanical teacher stands.it is already on beacause the lessons are always at regular hours.she was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must had,learning and spending time together.
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Summary
The story opens with Margie writing in her diary about an old book that Tommy had found. Margie was reminded of her grandfather who had once talked about his grandfather who went to an actual school where the students were taught by human teachers.
However, Margie and Tommy lived in the future world,in the year 2157 where education was completely computerized. They did not go to schools. Instead, they had a special study room where a computer taught them. The computer teacher was programmed and adjusted according to the needs of each child. Now and then the computer teacher developed faults which were fixed by a County Inspector.
Both Tommy and Margie wondered at the book found by Tommy in his attic. They wondered at it as they read books on the screen of their computer teacher. Margie felt that the computer teacher was boring; she disliked the mechanical teaching and learning. She also wondered how much fun it would be studying in a school. Studying in a fun way, with other children and that too from a human teacher.
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the short story 'the fun they had' written by isaac asimov deals with a boy and a girl,tommy and margie,who find out something about school in the past time.on 17th march 2155 , tommy, a thirteen year-old boy, finds a' real book' which has been printed on paper.he is at the house of margie,an eleven year-old-girl. they both take a look at it together.
the book is realy old and pages are yellow and crinky. in year 2155, this kind of books do not exist anymore.in this time words are moving on a television screen. these television contains over a million of books. that is the reason , why tommy thinks that they are much better.
he has found old book in the attic of his house. while reading,tommy says that it is about school.margie hates school and cannot understand why someone would write about it..she was having problems with learning geography from her 'machanical teacher'. it was black,large and had a screen on it.it teaches the students, give them exercises and ask them questions, all in a special room in their own house. it can also calculate the marks in no times.margie hates the slot where she has to insert her homework or test papers. once the geography sector of her mechanical teacher was geraded too quik, so that her marks got worse and worse.the county inspector rebuilt it after one hour.he was realy nice to margie. she hopped that her mechanical teacher would be away for a long time.
tommy says that the book which he has found(ziet), is not about their type of school, it is about school centuries ago.they find out that students back then had a man as a teacher who taught the girls and boys,gave them homework and asked them question. they had a special building,al the children went to.and they learnt the same thing.
if they were the same age.at first,margie does not understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were thought a same thing beacause her mother says that education must fit each child's mind,but neverthless in her opinion,these schools are funny and she wants to read more about it.then it is time for margie and tommy for their school.margie goes to the schoolroom in her house,where the mechanical teacher stands.it is already on beacause the lessons are always at regular hours.she was thinking about the old school system and how much fun the children must had,learning and spending time together.
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In that he wrote that groups of children would go to school and learnt the same thing which was fully different that Margie had to study alone.she just thought the fun they had...
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On 17th May 2157, Margie wrote in her diary about how Tommy found a real book. It was an old book that consisted of stories. Margie?s grandfather once told her that when he was a young boy, his grandfather informed him that all the stories used to be printed on paper in those days. Both Margie and Tommy started turning the yellow and crumpled pages of the book to discover more about those days. They found it hilarious to read the book as the words stood fixed in one place instead of moving the way they saw on a computer screen. From this it is clear that in the future, there will be telebooks only and no hard copies of books would be available to read. Tommy exclaims that it is an utter waste to read a book and throw it away once completed. He feels that their television screen has a million books on it and could store a plenty more without throwing it away.
Soon, they start reading about a school during the ancient times when the teachers were human beings rather than mechanical teachers. Although Margie hated the concept of schools, she is surprised to know actual persons taught at school. This is because she has only seen robots teaching her at school. Moreover, she is not so fond of school that is next to her bedroom as she does not have any classmates and the mechanical teacher always gives her loads of homework to do.
Both Margie and Tommy study in a virtual classroom that includes electronic gadgets, robots, etc. Their daily lesson appears on a computer screen which teaches them different subjects Maths, Science, etc. Once Margie?s mother called the County Inspector to fix the mechanical device on which Margie attends her virtual classes. He put the big black screen together again on which all the lessons are displayed and the questions are asked. However, the little girl was disappointed about the device getting fixed so soon. She knew she would again need to put homework and test papers into it through a punch code.
Further, as both the children continue reading the book, Margie?s mother calls her to attend her classes. While Margie attends her school, the mechanical teacher teaches about fractions, but Margie?s mind starts wondering about the fun her grandparents had while visiting a school in olden days. Those days a school used to be a special building and all the kids of the same age studied together. She imagines how the kids from different areas in the neighbourhood would come together and attend school merrily. Thus, Margie gets fascinated about the fun the children had centuries ago when they went to a real school having a physical existence.
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