«The fun they had» is a fiction story written by Isaac in 1957 but it sounds too realistic nowadays. In this story the great writer foresaw the future of education and warned his readers about it.
The story tells us about the way children will study in future. About online education and «mechanical teachers» …
Online education is going to be an essential part of our modern school. As for mechanical teachers … Well, you may have already heard that tasks in online textbooks needn’t be checked by teachers and marks are calculated autumatically at present or very soon. This way of checking is supposed to be an advanced technology as it saves teacher’s time…