yeah see the problem with that logic is that she's the teacher and is supposed to teach you, esp. when there's something you're having trouble 'figuring out on your own' what
if you make it clear you do not understand something and need help from the person whose job it is to help you understand things, there's no reason why she shouldn't provide the necessary information unless she's legitimately just an awful teacher with some kind of sense of elevated purpose to teach kids "the way of the BIG MAN world!!!"