The teacher's name is Olga Sokolova. You have to address her properly. 'Uchitel Sokolova' (Учитель Соколова) The teacher is very efficient and strict. You have to work hard to get her approval. The Soviet education system is very strict. physical punishments and humiliations are common in the 1940's soviet education system. Every month there are parents and teachers conference that usually having the teacher telling the parents the student's drawbacks. Only rarely the student gets praised.