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Class IX, Beehive

  The Fun They Had- Very short answer type question: 1.        How old was Margie and Tommy? Ans:   Margie was a eleven years old girl and Tommy was thirteen years old boy. They both were neighbors and both lived in future, in the year 2157. 2.        What did Margie write in her diary? Ans : Margie wrote in her diary about the real book that tommy had found in the attic of his house. It was an old book with yellow, crinkly pages. 3.        Had Margie ever seen a book before? Ans : No, Margie had never seen a book before. She had only heard of real printed pages books, teachers and School.   4.        What things about the book did she find strange? Ans: Margie live in the year 2157, which was completed computerized. The teachers were Robots, and all the books were flashed in the screen. So, she found it strange when she knew that the b...

Class IX Beehive

  The Fun They Had ( chapter-1) 1. What kind of teacher did Margie and Tommy have? Ans- Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers. The whole education system was computerized with preloaded lessons of different subjects. The lessons and the questions were all shown on a screen and there was a slot where they had to put their homework and test papers, written in a punch code. The mechanical teacher calculated the marks in no time. 2. Why did Margie's mother send for the computer Inspector? Ans- Margie's mother send for the computer Inspector because Margie  repeatedly came up with poor performance in her geography subject. Therefore she thought that there might be some electrical or malfunctioning with Margie's teacher. 3. What did he do? Ans-  The Inspector had repaired her teacher. The geography sector was geared to higher level and he lowered to the standard of average ten year kid. He inspected her mechanical teacher and closed it. Her teacher was all set to go again. 4...

The Fun They Had

The Fun They Had (Summery). The fun they had is a story based on the view of future education system with developed technology. Here in this story a girl named Margie reads her grandfather's dairy and wonders why did he write about school. For her school has no fun at all, her teacher is also mechanical who has everything stored. The answers and questions are all stored accordingly. She don't have any classmates. Back then many years ago when her grandfather was in school, things were so different. She learnt that her grandfather had real human teacher, the kids in those time went a special building to study. The teachers were not computers or robots which they have now.  Margie and Tommy had virtual classroom, and Robots as their teacher. And their classroom was next to her bedroom. The computer teacher taught her everything. She had to write in a punch code and put the homework and test papers in a slot, and her mechanical teacher took no time calculating the marks. The whol...