She writes--not says--many ideas about teachers' reactions to her silence.
Most important, she explains how some of the teachers ignore or reject her silence. One teacher, she reports, even left the silent students behind when the class went to the auditorium for an activity.
The teachers in the English school also critique the students during parent conferences.
Later in the essay she contrasts how the teachers in the English schools acted as opposed to those in the Chinese after school. She emphasizes especially how when the Chinese school finishes each day the students loudly chat with each other as they leave the school.
