Besides reciting from memory on this day, they also have occasional periods of voluntary rote memorization. In order to encourage the students, Principal Chang rewards those who memorize most perfectly with candy or gives out a certificate; a child can trade for an even better prize after accumulating ten such tokens. So Chang always has a ready supply of treats and tickets in his desk.
除了在這天抽背外，還有不定時的志願背書；張校長為了鼓勵學生，背得流利的就獎賞糖果，並給張貼紙，等到集滿十張，還可領到更好的獎品，所以他的抽屜裡總有幾包糖果和貼紙備用。