What was the boy's attitude towards the teacher?

The boy narrating the story describes the school day as a period of submitting to facts, with the act of submission bringing a kind of happiness. The school day involves forming relationships, playing games, and learning music. There are introductions to language, geography, and mathematics, and the children are taught about the Creator of the universe. They eat, take a nap, and awake from the nap to continue their activities of love, friendship, playing, and learning.

As the day wears on, however, it is not always happy or sweet. There are unpleasant winds and unexpected accidents to experience. Rivalries and fighting among friends bring pain. The woman who seemed so benign when she first spoke to the children at the beginning of the day also becomes angry and scolds them. She even resorts to physical punishment on an increasingly frequent basis.