Which feeling most clearly shows the negative impact of technology in the story?

Correct answer: Margie’s boredom and loneliness

The governing concept is that a system may be efficient yet emotionally inadequate. Margie’s mechanical teacher can conduct lessons and tests, but it cannot create the lively human atmosphere of a shared classroom. Because she studies alone at home, she feels bored and isolated. After Tommy shows her the old printed book, she begins imagining children learning together with a human teacher and enjoying one another’s company. Her longing for that experience reveals the negative side of technology-based education in the story. Option A is therefore correct. Tommy’s pride is not the central negative effect, the County Inspector is mainly a problem-solver, and her mother’s trust is not presented as a harmful technological feeling.