Katherine Watson was more focused on teaching the students about the things she saw important. She tried to get the girls to unlock their potential, while people like dickens wanted the basics to be taught. Dickens believed that everything should be taught the same and on point, just like the school wanted Katherine to teach her syllabus. Katherine taught the girls to think out of the box, and in this time, women thinking like that and being unique was unheard of. Women were meant to wifely things only, but Katherine taught them that they can be much more.