This can easily be criticized and blamed on adolescent hormones. I think this is a true spiritual Love of another. This kind of Love happens when we get to know somebody deeply. Your desire to talk to her comes from your spirit wanting to exchange Love with her spirit. You may not necessarily even be a lesbian.
Compare it to what soldiers experience in combat zones. One veteran said in a book that war is the only arena where men can love each other without shame. Non-gay men. Ref: Sebastian Junger's books and the documentary.
At the current state of our spiritual development... we simply don't know what to do with this kind of Love. That teacher doesn't have socially acceptable venues currently to reciprocate even if she wanted to. She most likely don't feel the same.
I am sorry for what you feel now. Try to appreciate the unrequited Love as a way to know your spirit. Approximate analogy would be, if you feel physical pain or senses, it may not be pleasant, but at least this is how you learn that you have your physical body and what it consists of.
If you work on your feelings, you can lessen your feeling in about a month or two.
Try to think rationally about what you feel, describe your feelings and progress on paper. If possible, talk to somebody (they may find you repeat yourself, but they should not mind it preferably). At first it seem not to help, but it will help in 1-2 month. I know from experience with others.
For the record, I am a New Ager, and this was based on that philosophy. Thank you for attention, be well.
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Thanks for your reply. Do you think I should tell her how I feel?
So, you are in contact with her... I am trying to remember scenes when one person is telling another they love them, and the other person learns about it out of the blue. In most cases the other person feels uncomfortable and starts looking for way to finish this conversation. And they might be afraid that it will turn into stocking. And frankly, not without merit. Do you hear on the news sometimes about stocking cases, love pursuing cases gone wrong? Er, often it starts with this beautiful feeling of Love. It's the fact that most people don't know how to handle love toward them. You may try though.
You must be prepared to accept that she doesn't feel the same. For a very good reason. She is older, so her character is more complex by definition then yours. She may not find any hooks to feel the same kind of love as you (something in her character hooked you, right?). You must accept that. So if you do tell her, say it "just to let her know".
By the way, if by any miracle there was something for her to hook into your character, it will help being not pushy, giving her absolute freedom to choose. (I didn't even reread this before posting:) All the best!