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Question
Answer of these question in a short paragraph (about 30 words).
How does he describe the old kind of teachers?
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Solution
Tommy said that the old kind of teachers was men, who taught the students inside a special building. The teachers taught the children in groups and gave them homework and asked them questions.
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