Question

summary of "the fun they had " by Isaac Asimov class 9th

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

Name of the chapter -

The Fun They Had

By - Isaac Asimov

Summary-

• The story is all about the future World in which books are been replaced by ebooks and teachers are machine.

• It is a diary of a young girl named Margie who was 11 years old.

• she wrote that Tommy found a book which was very old.

• the book was crinky(having many folds).

• As they were having a books so I thought that it was a waste for them.

• She hated his mechanical teacher because she was doing worse and worse and her teacher was giving her test after test in geography.

• Her mother thought about Margie and called County Inspector.

• The county Inspector said her mother that the mechanical teachers level was more than Margie's understanding.

• Margie didn't expected that he will repair it quickly, she thought about the mechanical teacher of Tommy whose history sector was blank and sent for so many days.

• Both Tommy and Margie discussed about human teaches children in a school.

• Margie went to her study room which was beside her bedroom and as like always the robot started the lecture but she thought about the school in old days.

• She hated the plot in which she had to put her homework and also give test.

• Mechanical teacher was teaching but she was lost in her own world thinking about the fun they had in old days in school