Why did Margie like the idea of old school?

Correct answer: Children studied together there

Margie liked the idea of an old school because children studied together in the same classroom. Her education took place alone at home, with a mechanical teacher giving lessons according to a fixed schedule. When Tommy explained that old schools had human teachers and groups of children learning, talking, and helping one another, Margie imagined that arrangement as enjoyable. Therefore, option A is correct. The other options are unsuitable: old schools did use books, they certainly included lessons, and they were not places containing only machines. The story uses this contrast to show that technology may provide individual instruction but can remove the companionship and shared experiences of classroom learning.