Teng thought that the curriculum in Shanghai's Taiwanese high school was not sufficiently challenging, so she sent her daughter back to Taiwan, where she scored high enough to gain admittance to Taipei Municipal Chung Shan Girls 'High School, but in the end she chose go back to her mother's hometown and attend National Hsinchu Girls' Senior High School.
台幹太太鄧咏湘的女兒成績一向優異，因覺得台商高中課業難度不夠，於是回台灣考高中。考上中山女中的她後來選擇到媽媽的娘家──新竹念新竹女中。