<P> Written as a personal favor for a friend, "The Fun They Had" became "probably the biggest surprise of my literary career", Asimov wrote in 1973 . He reported that it had been reprinted more than 30 times with more being planned . "Why? I don't know why ." It is about computerized home schooling, and what children miss out on by not being in school together . </P> <P> Set in the year 2155, when children learn individually at home using a mechanical teacher (robotic teacher), the story tells of eleven - year - old Margie Jones, whose neighbor Tommy finds a real book . The book tells about a time when children learned by age group in large schools that were not merely designated rooms in private houses as in the year 2155 . Margie and Tommy discuss what it must have been like to study together with a real person as a teacher, and though at first Margie is skeptical about the notion, by the end of the story she daydreams about what it must have been like and' the fun they had' . </P>

Who was mrs jones in the fun they had