Why does the presence of a human teacher in the old school bring education closer to a democratic experience?

Because children could ask questions, discuss, and participate together

The governing idea is that democratic education depends on dialogue, participation, and respect for different voices, not on one-way delivery of information. A human teacher can notice confusion, invite questions, encourage discussion, and organise activities in which children learn with and from one another. This makes the classroom a shared social space rather than an isolated lesson controlled by a machine. Therefore, option C is correct because it includes questioning, conversation, and collective participation. Option A and option D describe obedience or silence, which are contrary to democratic learning. Option B is also unsuitable because transferring every decision to a machine removes human choice and discussion.

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