a) What kind of teacher did Margie and Tommy have?
b) Why was the County Inspector called in?
c) How does Tommy describe the old kind of schools and teachers?
d) Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so why?
Answers
Answer:
a) Margie and Tommy have mechanical teachers.
b) County Inspector was called in as Margie's score was getting lower and lower in geography section and the mechanical teachers was giving her more and more homework.
c) Tommy explains Margie that old schools were the ones in which all the students gathered at a time learned and played together and a man was a teacher who taught them according to their different study levels.
d) yes, because her mother believed young girls learn better when they learn at regular hours at regular days.
a. 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.
b. 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.
c. 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.
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.
d. Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school. This was because her mother believed that learning at regular hours helped little girls learn better. Her mechanical teacher was also on at the same time everyday except Saturday and Sunday.