Question

Answer the following with reference to the story.
“Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.”
(i) Who does ‘they’ refer to?
(ii) What does ‘regular’ mean here?
(iii) What is it contrasted with?

Answer 1

(i) The term "They" denotes students from centuries ago.
(ii) In the context of 2157, "Regular" signifies what is typical, where a regular teacher refers to the mechanical teacher.
(iii) The mechanical teacher is being juxtaposed with human teachers from earlier periods.