Teacher comparison

In the movie, Mona Lisa Smile, Katherine Watson was not really a big fan of the book because it really showed the students what to know and they really wouldn't expand beyond the textbook. Katherine Watson wanted them to think outside of the box and instead of knowing the what and how, she wanted them to learn why, when, and who decided that it was important. This let her students really dig deep into the subject and instead of knowing of the subject, they would know about it. This also let them form an opinion and what they think about it and dig as deep as they wanted to. Charles Dickens' novel, however, really just said that if they know the facts, they'll be ready to go in life. They don't need anything else. Any other information is really just pointless. There is only right and wrong. The way I see it is, you can't really form an opinion because it won't matter anyways.