The Fun They Had
"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is." Issac Asimov Students in India often find it hard to relate to the theme of the short story, ‘The Fun They Had’. The story is s et in the year 2157 whe rein children learn at their own pace, at home . They are taught by a mechanical teacher . In the wake of COVID19 lockdown, children are restricted to their homes. They are taught by their teachers through Teleconferencing Applications. Teachers also send them videos and PowerPoint Presentations through WhatsApp. ‘The Fun They Had’, revolves around two children Margie and Tommy . Tommy find s a ‘ real ’ book in the attic of his house. The kids find it hard to accept that children could actually learn from a book which does not move! Initially, when I asked my students to download, e-books from NCERT’s website, they felt very uncomfortable. Especially, the younger ones. ‘Will we not get real books?’, they wrote on W...