Mrs. Price is Rachel's teacher. We don't get much description of her, but if I had to make one up, I'd probably guess she has long hair in a tight bun, a long pleated skirt, and a broad crocodile snout with smoking nostrils. Typical Teacher from the Black Lagoon.
Okay, I don't want to be too unfair with Mrs. Price; maybe she's just having a really, really bad day too, but even so, she's pretty disregarding of Rachel and her feelings.
B. its an incomplete thought
It's friendship. It's kinda hard to make friends when one is invisible, but bobby somehow manages to find a pal anyway in things not seen. When he meets Alicia, he realizes that because she is blind, he can interact with her normally, instead of just hanging around like a silent ghost