"I have never been to school in my life, but I always hoped my sons could fulfill my dreams," he said in a mixture of Mandarin Chinese and the Hakka dialect.
「我沒有正式上過學校，一直很羨慕別人肚裡頭有學問，也以為時代愈進步，知識就愈重要，所以我無論如何都要培植孩子受高等教育。」范朝燈用國語夾著客家話這麼說。