Upward Bound: First year. Воробьева М.Г - 36 стр.

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— 36 —
«Sure he is. My father knows as much as my teacher».
«He can’t. A man can’t know as much as a teacher».
«He knows almost as much, I betcha». Margie wasn’t prepared
to dispute that. She said, «I wouldn’t want a strange man in my
house to teach me».
Tommy screamed with laughter. «You don’t know much, Margie.
The teachers didn’t live in the house. They had a special building and
all the kids went there».
«And all the kids learned the same things?»
«Sure, if they were the same age».
«But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the
mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be
taught differently».
«Just the same they didn’t do it that way then. If you don’t like
it, you don’t have to read the book».
«I didn’t say I didn’t like it», Margie said quickly. She wanted
to read about those funny schools.
They weren’t even half-finished, when Margie’s mother called,
«Margie! School!»
Margie looked up. «Not yet, Mamma».
«Now!» said Mrs. Jones. «And it’s probably time for Tommy,
too». Margie said to Tommy, «Can I read the book some more with
you after school?» «Maybe», he said nonchalantly. He walked away,
whistling, the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm.
Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her
bedroom and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. It
was always on at the same time every day, except Saturday and
Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they
learned at regular hours.
The screen lit up, and it said:
«Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions.
Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot». Margie did so
with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools they had when
her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kinds from the
whole neighborhood came laughing and shouting in the schoolyard,
sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end
of the day. They learned the same things, so they could help one
another on the homework and talk about it.
And the teachers were people...

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