With all the extracurricular activities on offer at American schools, some of which have to be missed to study Chinese, it only makes them feel different from others. As Wang Cheng-fang points out, "They already feel different enough on account of ethnic appearance.
加上美國學校的課外活動非常多，第二代為了學中文，可能這些活動都要捨棄，「因為種族及膚色的關係，華人青少年已經跟別人不大相同了，這樣一來，更顯見他們的不一樣。