8. How does he describe the old kind of teachers?
IV. Answer each of these questions in two or three paragraphs (100-150 words).
1. What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolroom
that Margie and Tommy have in the story?
2. Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school mus
have been fun?
Answers
Explanation:
You can find the answers of these questions in book yrr.
Answer:
Ans 8 : Tommy told Margie that the old kind of teachers were not mechanical teachers. They were human beings, who taught the students inside a special building. The teachers taught the children in groups and gave them homework and asked them questions.
Ans 1 : They had a slot in which students had to put their homework and test papers. The students were taught to answer their questions in a punch code and the mechanical teacher calculated the marks immediately. They had their personalized schools in their homes itself. They did not have any classmates.They learnt geography , arithmetics , and history They had regular houras and days for school.
Ans 2 : Margie hated school because it was not fun. She had a mechanical teacher who used to teach her every day at a fixed time in her house. She hated the part when she had to insert the homework and test papers in the slot on the mechanical teacher. She did not like the fact that she had to write her answers in a punch code. Her disliking for the mechanical teacher was increased even more when she was failing to perform well in the geography tests.
She thought that the old kind of school must have been fun as she imagined all the kids from the entire neighbourhood coming together, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard. She imagined that they would sit together in the classroom and go home together at the end of the day. They would learn the same things and could help one another with the homework. Also, the teachers were human beings that would make the learning process more interactive.
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