How does the ending mood of the story support human teachers?

Correct answer: Margie sits before the machine and thinks of old-school happiness

At the end of the story, Margie is sitting before her mechanical teacher, but her thoughts have moved to the old kind of school. She imagines children learning together, sitting in the same classroom, laughing, helping one another, and being taught by a human teacher. Her mood shows that she has begun to value the warmth and companionship missing from her isolated lessons.

Option A is correct because it connects the final image with the story’s central theme. Margie does not treat the machine as her best friend, and Tommy does not hate the old schools. The inspector’s work does not stop education. The ending quietly suggests that human teachers and shared classrooms offer emotional and social benefits that a machine alone cannot replace.