Other children learn to read the Mandarin Phonetic Symbols effortlessly, but Wen-hsiung has never got rid of his strong Hakka accent. "Why don't I just teach him in Hakka?" was an idea which crossed Ms Weng's mind, but then she thought, "If he doesn't learn Mandarin now, what will he do when he gets into elementary school?"
光是ㄅㄆㄇㄈ，別的孩子不費力就能朗朗上口，文雄卻始終擺脫不了濃濃的客家土音：「乾脆用客家話教他好了」，翁老師曾經這樣想，但一轉念，「現在學不好，上了小學怎麼辦？」