Humans vs. Machines

Author's Note:  This writing piece is a response to the short story "The Fun They Had" by Isaac Asimov.  It is explaining why you cannot replace humans with machines.  Also, this writing piece is a practice District Writing Assessment.

Can you replace people with machines?  In the story "The Fun They Had," teachers are replaced with  mechanical teachers.  Along with replacing professors, the mechanical teachers are made to teach only one person.  Classrooms and schools no longer exist because the teaching occurs at the student's home.   Replacing people with robot machines isolates the human race.

The title ",The Fun They Had," describes how school used to be before robots took the role of teachers.  Margie, the main character, finds herself pondering about what school was like back when her great grandfather was a student.  The finding of a journal about school back in her great grandfather's time led her to believe that school with human professors and human students is much better than school with a robotic machine as the teacher and only one student in her classroom.  Margie surely feels lonely.

Margie's feeling of loneliness got her to start thinking about how, in the past, students did a lot of activities together.  They used to walk home together and do homework together, but now Margie is alone.  By being alone she loses the ability to do all these things.  Isolation restricts her from meeting new friends and getting help with homework by friends or teachers.  Margie's current school system is not student friendly.

The human race becomes isolated when machines replace human workers.  Machines can be very  efficient and precise.  They cannot provide friendships or understand emotions .  Having human  interactions adds to a person's quality of life.