Classmate Peng Teh-chiang is less than happy with his Mandarin: "When I hear how perfect the Mandarin is when it is spoken by Taiwanese or mainland Chinese, I feel self-conscious and inferior."
同是初三的彭德強則對自己的發音不滿：「聽到台灣或大陸人說的華語很標準，會很自卑。」