What reader effect is created by Margie's attraction to old education?

Correct answer: The reader sees the value of familiar school in a new way

The correct answer is that the reader sees the value of familiar school in a new way. Ordinary schools are usually taken for granted by present-day students, but Margie belongs to a future in which children study alone with mechanical teachers. Her curiosity about the printed book and her envy of children who learn together make familiar features—classmates, a human teacher, a common classroom, and shared play—appear precious and meaningful. This reversal of perspective is a major effect of the story's irony. The machine is not presented as more emotional, Geography is not abandoned, and the old book becomes important rather than useless. Through Margie's viewpoint, the reader reassesses social schooling and recognizes what technology may remove.