What had Margie expected him to do?
Answers
ALL QUESTION/ ANSWER OF THIS CHAPTER:-
SHORT QUESTION/ ANSWER
Question 1: How old are Margie and Tommy?
Answer: Margie is 11 years old and Tommy is 13 years old.
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Question 2: What did Margie write in her diary?
Answer: Margie wrote in her diary, “Today Tommy found a real book”.
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Question 3: Had Margie ever seen a book before?
Answer: No, she had heard about a book from her grandfather.
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Question 4: What things about the book did she find strange?
Answer: They found many strange things about the book. One of the strange things was that after reading the book became useless. Because the text written on it did not change the way it happened on their computer screen. Moreover, one page was having limited number of words, unlike computers where a page can display unlimited number of words.
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Question 5: What do you think a telebook is?
Answer: A telebook can be an online book which can be browsed using internet. Or it can be displayed through TV signals on TV screen.
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Question 6: Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?
Answer: Margie’s school was a virtual school in her house. She didn’t have classmates the way present day children have. At present children go to physical schools where they interact with real teachers and real classmates.
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Question 7: What subjects did Margie and TommyQuestion 1: What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
Answer: Margie and Tommy have virtual teacher. It is computer fitted with latest gizmos. The computer is programmed to give lessons depending on a child’s age group and previous learning history. The content are highly interactive and children learn from the mechanical teacher. The child needs to submit test papers regularly to the computer and he gets instant feedback in the form of the test result.
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Question 8: Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?
Answer: Margie was not performing up to the mark in her Geography tests. So her mother was worried. She wanted the County Inspector to check if there was some problem with the child or with the virtual teacher.
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Question 9:What did he do?
Answer: He found that the computer’s programme was not working properly and was giving lessons, which was of higher level than what Margie’s age required. He rectified the problem and it started giving lessons suitable for Margie’s age group.
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Question 10: How old are Margie and Tommy?
Answer: Margie is 11 years old and Tommy is 13 years old.
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Question 11: What did Margie write in her diary?
Answer: Margie wrote in her diary, “Today Tommy found a real book”.
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Question 12: Had Margie ever seen a book before?
Answer: No, she had heard about a book from her grandfather.
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LONG QUESTION ANSWER:-
Question 1: What things about the book did she find strange?
Answer: They found many strange things about the book. One of the strange things was that after reading the book became useless. Because the text written on it did not change the way it happened on their computer screen. Moreover, one page was having limited number of words, unlike computers where a page can display unlimited number of words.
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Question 2: What do you think a telebook is?
Answer: A telebook can be an online book which can be browsed using internet. Or it can be displayed through TV signals on TV screen.
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Question 3: Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?
Answer: Margie’s school was a virtual school in her house. She didn’t have classmates the way present day children have. At present children go to physical schools where they interact with real teachers and real classmates.
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Question 4: What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?
Answer: There is mention of subjects like Geography, Maths and History. But assuming a computer can be programmed to teach any subject they must be taught all relevant subjects.
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Question 5: What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
Answer: Margie and Tommy have virtual teacher. It is computer fitted with latest gizmos. The computer is programmed to give lessons depending on a child’s age group and previous learning history. The content are highly interactive and children learn from the mechanical teacher. The child needs to submit test papers regularly to the computer and he gets instant feedback in the form of the test result.