1. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
2. Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?
3. Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspector Do to help her?
4. What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?
5. How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?
6. How does he describe the old kind of teachers?
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1. Margie and Tommy had virtual teachers. It was fitted with the new Gizmos computer and the machine was designed to offer lessons, based on the age group of a child and the background of previous learning. The material was highly interactive, and the mechanical teacher helps children understand.
2. In her Geography tests Margie was not performing up to the mark. So she was worried and wanted County Inspector to check if the child or the virtual teacher had any problem.
3. He noticed that the software of the computer was not working properly and was giving lessons, which was higher than that expected by Margie's age. He rectified the issue, and it began to offer suitable lessons for the age group of Margie.
4. Once, Tommy’s teacher developed a snag and its History section was blanked out, and it was taken away for repairs for a month.
5. Tommy said there used to be various kinds of schools centuries ago. There used to be a human teacher offering the same lesson to both boys and girls of the same age group. Students have had to go to study at that level.
6. As per him, old teachers were human beings and it was surprising, as to how a human being can be so smart to teach a particular topic.
1. Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers. They were large and black and ugly and had large black screens on which all the lessons were shown and questions were asked. These mechanical teachers had a slot in which the students had to put their homework and test papers. They had to write their answers in a punch code and the mechanical teacher calculated the marks immediately.
2. Margie had been given many tests in geography by the mechanical teacher, but there was no improvement in her performance. It only kept getting worse. It is for this reason that Margie’s mother sent for the County Inspector to find out why this was happening.
3. Margie was doing badly in geography because the geography sector of the mechanical teacher had been geared a little too quick. The County Inspector rightly told her that she could not be blamed for her poor performance.
The County Inspector slowed down the geography sector of the mechanical teacher to an average ten-year level. He also told Mrs. Jones that Margie's overall progress pattern was satisfactory.
4. Once, the history sector of Tommy’s teacher had once blanked out completely.
5. Tommy described old kind of school as a special building where all kids studied together. There were hundreds of students studying and playing together. They used to shout and laugh together in an open yard.
6. Tommy said that the old kind of teachers was men, who taught the students inside a special building. The teachers taught the children in groups and gave them homework and asked them questions.