Why is technology's effect on freedom in learning mixed in the story?

Correct answer: Learning at home is possible, but the child follows the machine's schedule and lessons

Technology lets Margie study at home, but her lessons are organized around the mechanical teacher's timetable and programmed instruction. She therefore has flexibility about where she learns, but less control over how the lessons are set up. Option A captures this contrast; the story does not say that the machine has no rules or that old schools had no restrictions.