DY: “Zev7 and goofus weren’t “ostracized” for asking questions, it was for rejecting the answers.”
Okay… does that make it fine? As someone who has gotten some satisfactory and some unsatisfactory answers to questions (and still has a bunch), it’s very common not to feel totally at ease with an answer. Often, though, the problems arise when a teacher gives an answer and intends for it to be a one-size-fits-all response that will erase all doubts. Perhaps the teacher may not know answers to a follow up question. If the student then does say that s/he’s not satisfied or asks a follow up, the teacher can be angry or simply not know what to say and then react inappropriately for the situation.