What effect does the absence of a human teacher have on a child’s curiosity in the story?

Curiosity does not receive lively discussion and expansion

The governing concept is that curiosity grows through dialogue, questioning, and exploration. A child may continue to have questions while studying with a machine, but without a human teacher there is little opportunity for follow-up discussion, flexible explanation, unexpected examples, or encouragement to investigate a new interest. Thus curiosity is not completely destroyed; it remains present but does not receive lively expansion. Option C is correct because it describes the limitation of Margie’s isolated, programmed education. Option A is too absolute, option B wrongly reduces curiosity to marks, and option D treats a figurative educational problem as a literal mechanical action. Human discussion helps a question develop into deeper understanding.

This is a Class 9 English question. Chapter: The Fun They Had. Topic: the importance of human teachers.