Class 9th
The Fun They Had
A LITTLE ABOUT THE CHAPTER
The chapter "The Fun They Had" has been written by Isaac Asimov. This chapter deals with the conversation between an eleven year old girl named Margie and a thirteen year old boy, Tommy. The story takes place in future in the year 2157 when the present day's school and teachers have been replaced by virtual classrooms. The children are surprised to find a book printed on paper.
SUMMARY
Margie was so amused to see a real book that the even wrote about it in her diary which headed the date 17th May 2157. The book was found by Tommy. He found it in the attic of his house. It was an old book and the pages had turned yellow. The children found it ridiculous to find words that stood still because they thought that words were supposed to move on a screen. This was how they always read. Tommy found the book to be an absolute waste and asked Margie to throw it away. He considered his television screen to be way better than the book that he had found as his television screen contained millions of books. Margie asked Tommy about the contents of the book. Tommy replied that the book was about school. Margie always hated school and was surprised thinking what could somebody write about school. She had begun hating her school even more because of her mechanical teacher who had been giving her tests after tests in geography and she kept performing miserably in those tests until her mother sent for the country inspector. Margie was hoping that the country inspector wouldn't know how to repair the mechanical teacher or he would take it away with him. But he was able to repair it within an hour which disappointed Margie. He slowed it down to the level of an average ten year old child. The mechanical teacher was large, black and ugly. It had a big screen for displaying lessons and questions. Margie had to write her homework in punched code which she was made to learn when she was six years old. Margie hated most the slot where she had to put homework and test papers. Mechanical teacher would calculate the marks in no time.
Tommy described the old kind of schools to her. He told her that the teacher during those days wasn't a mechanical teacher rather it was a man. Margie had no idea about it and she was amused thinking how could a man be smart enough to teach. Tom told her that there was a special building where the children went to study. He further added that all the students of the same age learnt the same thing. Margie's mother called her for attending her school which was next to her bedroom. Her mechanical teacher was always there at the same time except on Saturday and Sunday. Margie inserted her homework in the mechanical teacher's slot. While the mechanical teacher was flashing arithmatics on the screen, Margie was thinking about the fun the children of old schools had learning the same things, laughing and shouting together.
The Fun They Had
A LITTLE ABOUT THE CHAPTER
The chapter "The Fun They Had" has been written by Isaac Asimov. This chapter deals with the conversation between an eleven year old girl named Margie and a thirteen year old boy, Tommy. The story takes place in future in the year 2157 when the present day's school and teachers have been replaced by virtual classrooms. The children are surprised to find a book printed on paper.
SUMMARY
Margie was so amused to see a real book that the even wrote about it in her diary which headed the date 17th May 2157. The book was found by Tommy. He found it in the attic of his house. It was an old book and the pages had turned yellow. The children found it ridiculous to find words that stood still because they thought that words were supposed to move on a screen. This was how they always read. Tommy found the book to be an absolute waste and asked Margie to throw it away. He considered his television screen to be way better than the book that he had found as his television screen contained millions of books. Margie asked Tommy about the contents of the book. Tommy replied that the book was about school. Margie always hated school and was surprised thinking what could somebody write about school. She had begun hating her school even more because of her mechanical teacher who had been giving her tests after tests in geography and she kept performing miserably in those tests until her mother sent for the country inspector. Margie was hoping that the country inspector wouldn't know how to repair the mechanical teacher or he would take it away with him. But he was able to repair it within an hour which disappointed Margie. He slowed it down to the level of an average ten year old child. The mechanical teacher was large, black and ugly. It had a big screen for displaying lessons and questions. Margie had to write her homework in punched code which she was made to learn when she was six years old. Margie hated most the slot where she had to put homework and test papers. Mechanical teacher would calculate the marks in no time.
Tommy described the old kind of schools to her. He told her that the teacher during those days wasn't a mechanical teacher rather it was a man. Margie had no idea about it and she was amused thinking how could a man be smart enough to teach. Tom told her that there was a special building where the children went to study. He further added that all the students of the same age learnt the same thing. Margie's mother called her for attending her school which was next to her bedroom. Her mechanical teacher was always there at the same time except on Saturday and Sunday. Margie inserted her homework in the mechanical teacher's slot. While the mechanical teacher was flashing arithmatics on the screen, Margie was thinking about the fun the children of old schools had learning the same things, laughing and shouting together.
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