2nd Talking, being withdrawn

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1st try didn't work, so I try to make this as uncomplicated as possible.

If a person doesn't talk to you, do you consider them withdrawn?

That person might point at stuff instead, smile at you, look you in the eyes, react to you what you say but the person either doesn't talk or stops in the middle of talking or has delayed and slow verbal responses.

Do you think it is correct to say people who don't talk are withdrawn?

My teachers said and I just realised what they had meant (the above example reflects what they meant) in the beginning of this year.

I would describe "withdrawn" as when someone seems to not react, or care, at all.

Okay I see what you are getting at. You aren't interested in introspections on the virtues of silence. You just want to know if not talking is the same as being withdrawn.

Do I consider them withdrawn?
Not really. I don't really consider them, period. I am usually too self absorbed to consider them and I don't like talking to people I don't know that much anyway.

Okay, now onto your teachers. They might consider it being withdrawn if you are not talking, interacting and they have been told beforehand to get you interacting more, it would be in your best interest to be more interactive (what they think). Hope this helps.