Which feeling is stronger in Margie's education?

Correct answer: Loneliness

Loneliness is the strongest feeling associated with Margie’s education because she studies alone at home with a mechanical teacher. She has no classmates sitting beside her, no shared classroom conversations, and no ordinary school community in which children can learn, play, or help one another. Thus option B is correct. Tommy’s description of old schools makes Margie imagine how enjoyable group learning might have been, but that excitement belongs to the school system she does not experience. Options C and D are not events in her education, and option A describes the attraction of old schools rather than her actual daily feeling. The contrast exposes the emotional cost of completely individualised technological learning.