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THE FUN THEY HAD by ISAAC ASIMOV

SUBJECT:- ENGLISH

CLASS:- IX-B

NAME:- Aaditya Pratap


THE FUN THEY HAD by ISAAC ASIMOV

LEARNING THROUGH VIRTUAL CLASSROOM


COMPUTERS

SCHOOLS OF FUTURE

MOVING E-TEXT
ROBOTIC TEACHER
A ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
A
Isaac Asimov was born on 02 January 1920 in Petrovichi (Russia). He
immigrated with his family to the United States and became a bio-
chemistry professor while pursuing writing. He published his first novel,
Pebble in the Sky, in 1950. An immensely prolific author who penned nearly
500 books, he published influential sci-fi works like I , Robot and the
Foundation trilogy, as well as books in a variety of other genres. He

died in New York city on 06 April 1992.


AUTHOR:- A BRIEF
INTRODUCTION N

AUTHOR:- ISAAC ASIMOV


( 02-01-1920—06-04-
1992 )

 NAME:- Isaac Asimov


 OCCUPATION:-
 Writer
 BIRTH DATE:- 02
 January 1920
 DEATH DATE: - 06
 April 1992
 EDUCATION:- Columbia University, Boston University of Medicine
PLACE OF BIRTH:- Petrovichi (Russia)
QUESTIONS TO PONDER UPON….
What kind of school would you want
to have in the future?

How much will the computer be involved


in the future education ?

Will you feel more happy in a more


developed, high-tech society? Why or why
not ?
PRESENT (OLD) SCHOOL
CLASSROOMS
FUTURE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRESENT
(OLD) SCHOOL AND THE FUTURE
SCHOOL
 The basic difference between the Present
(Old) and the future Schools as follows:-
1. MATERIALS:-
 PRESENT SCHOOL:- Real book:-Printed on
papers; yellow; crinkly.

 FUTURE SCHOOL:- Tele-book:-E-book; on the


3. CLASSROOMS:-
 PRESENT SCHOOL:-Teaching in a building;
many students are taught the same thing
together…

 FUTURE SCHOOL:- In his or her own house;


needless to leave home; each kid could be
taught differently; the classes are always on at
4. HOMEWORK & TEST:-
 PRESENT SCHOOL:- Exam; Test; Paper
Writing; Essay Writing.

 FUTURE SCHOOL:- Write them out in a


computer by pressing the keys; them
put them on the slot.
2 . TEACHERS:-
 PRESENT SCHOOL:- Teacher:-a real man;
communication; emotional; not perfectly
correct.

 FUTURE SCHOOL:- Robotic or


mechanical teacher; giving test after test; no
INTRODUCTION

Set in the year 2157, when children learn individually at home using a

mechanical teacher (robotic teacher), the story tells of an eleven-year-old Margie

Jones, whose neighbour Tommy finds a real book in the attic of his house. Isaac

Asimov depicts a school system which is independent of human teacher and

based on technical advance. In this system there are no human mistakes and it

is a perfect way to give every child the same knowledge and information as per

his level. But there are some disadvantages too. Human pupils do not learn like

a computer. I think learning has to be a kind of fun, otherwise the probability of

forgetting is higher. Studies have come to the result that you can learn things

better if you have fun while you are learning.


I N T R O D U C T I O N ….

 Another disadvantage is that there is no social , moral and

emotional development like at schools in past. Learning with friends

at school can be a motivation. At schools today, the pupils improve

their communication and their behavior in a group. In Asimov´s

future vision, there are no human teachers who can give moral

values to the children. Giving moral values is the duty of their

parents and teachers because a mechanical teacher cannot give

moral values.
CONTINUES …..

 I think the story "The Fun They Had" is very interesting.

It shows how the world could be in 2157 when


everybody owns a machine teacher. Isaac Asimov´s
representation of a non-desirable school of the future
gives you "food for thought" how school should be and
how much computers determine our lives. So in my
opinion it is an excellent story.
SUMMARY
• The story takes us to the world of future where computers will play a
major role in the field of education. Books and schools as we know now
will perhaps not exist.
• 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. Tommy was thirteen
years old and Margie was of eleven. They found many strange things
in the book. One of the strangest things was that after reading the
• 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.
• The pages of the book they found were yellow and crinkly.
Margie and Tommy found it funny to read the words that didn’t move
like they moved on the screen. When they turned back to the page
before, it still had the same words on it.
SUMMARY……
• Margie hated school. She was having problems with learning Geography
from her 'mechanical teacher’. It was black, large and ugly with a big screen
on which all the lessons were shown and questions were asked, all in a
special room in their own house. It could also calculate the marks in no time.
Margie hated the slot where she had 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 in one
hour.

• Both Tommy and


Margie wondered at the book found. Margie 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 who gave them homework and asked
questions. They had a special building, where the children went to study and
they learned the same thing if they were the same age.

• The author’s message


is one of warning against the dangers of computerized homeschooling which
will deprive children of the benefits of the personal interactions between
students and teachers, which help them develop social skills.
WORD MEANINGS:-
1. fiction = books and stories about
imaginary people and events.

2. crinkly = having many thin folds

3. Be supposed to = should

4. Be through with= to have finished doing.

8.slot = Place your coin in the slot before getting on the bus.

9. punch = a quick strong heat with your fist .

10.superior = having a higher position or rank than someone else.


WORD MEANINGS:-
11.loftily = lofty: a. seeming to think you are better than
other people.

12.dispute = serious disagreement between two countries


or two group of people

13.argue = to disagree with someone in words, often in an


angry way.

14.tuck = to push the edge of a cloth or a paper into sth so


that it looks tidier or stays in place.
Now a few questions…

 1. How old are Margie and Tommy?

 2. What did Margie write in her diary?

 3. Had Margie ever seen a book before?

 4. What are 3 things about the book did she find


strange?

 5. What do you think a telebook is?

 6. Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any


classmates?

 7. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?

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