In the movie she thinks that the students should be able to learn other things than just the stuff they already know. She wants her student to think other than what the are expected to learn. Catherine want her students to succeed with more knowledge than they should know, not just what the have to learn. she pushes them to be better than they a required to be. In the extract from Charles dickens he want the people to be better than the facts and succeed with better than just the facts.