Question

Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.”

(i) Who does ‘they’ refer to?

(ii) What does ‘regular’ mean here?

(iii) What is it contrasted with?​

Answer 1

Answer:

'Regular' means the computer teacher at Margie and Tommy's homes that teach them. These computer teachers were totally mechanical, devoid of humane emotions and intelligence. (iii) It is contrasted with a human teacher that used to teach at schools 139 years ago.

Answer 2

Answer:

they refers to children of past time

regular means human teacher who came to special building for teaching