A new aid to rapid - almost magical - learning has made its appearance.The new device is known as Built-in Orderly Organised Knowledge...
The ultimate teaching machine
A new aid to rapid - almost magical - learning has made its appearance.The new device is known as Built-in Orderly Organised Knowledge. The makers generally call it by its initials, BOOK.
Many advantages are claimed over the old-style learning and teaching aids on which most people are brought up nowadays. It has no wires, no electric circuit to break down. No connection is needed to an electricity power point. It is made entirely without mechanical parts to go wrong or need replacement.
Anyone can use BOOK, even children, and it fits comfortably into the hands. It can be conveniently used sitting in an armchair by the fire.
How does this revoluntionary, unbelievably easy invention work? Basically, BOOK consists of a large number of paper sheets. These may run to hundreds where BOOK covers a lengthy programme of information. Each sheet bears a number in sequence, so that the sheets cannot be used in the wrong order.
To make it even easier for the user to keep the sheets in the proper order, they are held firmly in place by a special locking device called “binding”.
Each sheet of paper presents the user with an information sequence in the form of symbols, which he absorbs optically for automatic registration on the brain. When one sheet has been assimilated, a flick of the finger turns it over and further information is found on the other side.
No buttons need to be pressed to move from one sheet to another, to open or close BOOK, or to start it working. The user may turn at will to any sheet, going backwards or forwards as he pleases.
A small accessory, available at a trifling extra cost, is the BOOKmark. It enables the user to pick up his programme where he left off on the previous learning session. BOOKmark is versatile and may be used in any BOOK.
The initial cost varies with the size and subject matter. Already a vast range of BOOKs is available, covering every conceivable subject and adjusted to different levels of aptitude. One BOOK, small enough to be held in the hands, may contain an entire learning schedule.
Once purchased, BOOK requires no further upkeep cost; no batteries or wires are needed. BOOKs may be stored on handy shelves.
Altogether, the Built-in Orderly Organised Knowledge seems to have great advantages with no drawbacks.
The president visits an elementary school
After delivering a speech at an elementary school, the president lets the kids ask a few questions. One little boy, Joe, raises his hand and asks, “How come you invaded Iraq without the support of the United Nations?”
Just as the president begins to answer, the recess bell rings and he says that they’ll continue afterwards. 25 minutes later, the kids come back to their class.
“Where were we?” says the president. “Oh, yes... do you kids have any questions?”
Another boy raises his hand and says, “I have three questions: First, why did you invade Iraq without the support of the UN? Second, why did the recess bell go off 30 minutes early? And third, where is my buddy Joe?”
Compiled by Usama Rasheed
