In an essay titled "The Tail of Happiness," Li recounts how, many years ago, she struggled with the contradictions between her ideals and reality when students tearfully complained to her after being punished by the Student Affairs Office.
在〈快樂的尾巴〉一文中，李曼韻敘述多年前學生因故成為訓導處懲處的對象而向她哭訴時，她掙扎於理想與現實的矛盾。