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Katherine's course is highly popular, so the college invites her to return.

But Betty's mother and the president impose conditions on Katherine: she must follow the syllabus, submit lesson plans for approval, keep a strictly professional relationship among all faculty members, and not talk to the girls about anything other than classes.

Katherine decides to leave, exploring Europe.

In the ending scene, Betty dedicates her last editorial to her teacher Katherine Watson, claiming that Katherine is " an extraordinary woman who lived by example and compelled us all to see the world through new eyes.

" As Katherine's taxi speeds up, all her students follow on their bicycles and Betty is seen increasingly struggling to keep up with the taxi as a last effort to thank Katherine for changing her life.