“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?

Shreya Jain, Subject Matter Expert at Edumarz

i. They refer to the children who studied in the old type of schools.

ii. Regular teachers refer to the mechanical teachers which both Margie and Tommy had.

iii. The mechanical teachers are being contrasted with the human teachers.