But to give him some encouragement, Mai Jan-mei told him that under Ministry of Education regulations, any pupil who gets an overall pass grade in the second semester of third-year junior high can graduate.
麥冉妹鼓勵他說，教育部規定，只要國三下學期的「綜合表現」成績及格，並經過校內審核委員會通過，就可以畢業。