Ingeborg

It seemed to me that Ingeborg was more embarrassed by her classmates laughing at her, not at the teacher, who's firm discipline the class was quite used to. The teacher seemed to stop the other kids from laughing, as well as tell Ingeborg that she did a good job before telling her to have a seat. It seemed that the teacher could have given her a bit more time to recover and read more, but maybe by bringing the incident to an end she was trying to reduce Ingeborg's embarrassment.

I disagree, she killed herself because of the other students, even Myra thought that. The teacher did what she could to make them stop, but the child would never learn if she didn't try.

True.
But heck , we've all been bullied at some point in our lives , and suicide is not a solution for everyone - thank God.

I went to Catholic schools, with Nuns, some were yes nasty and mean, and used to hit for no reason other than what *they* perceived was reasonable.
Most of them though were good, why should I kill myself for the very few that were miserable. I figured later on that bullies are sad, and no bully is worth losing your life for. This applies to mean school kids too....

"Do not let your self-worth be defined by bullies. Learn from my experience, that the cruel words of one are nothing compared to the shouts of many." -- TV anchor Jennifer Livingston.