the fact that they dont welcome questions bugs me to no end, they want girls to be strong in their emunah yet if they ask a simple question of any sort they pounce on them seeing it as a attack agains the torah chalilah! its horrible how some girls go years with out having awnsers because they are scared how teachers will react to them.
Unfortunately, teachers in BY are mostly ignorant (and got their position by being “rebbitzens” or being able to toe the party line). The response Vogue got was probably a reaction by the teacher to something which she was covering up her inability to answer the question. It is also likely (IMHO) that she was also covering up her own feelings and questions on the system as a whole by reacting so strongly.
As Rabbi Bender has said in the Yated many times, there is no such thing as a bad question.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin Franklin