His parents are elderly and he is their only son, and he found himself longing for the tribe and the ocean. Then there was the contemptible environment of Taipei. And so he came back to teach at Orchid Island Junior High four years ago.
夏曼表示，由於身為獨子且雙親年老，又懷念部落及海洋，加上台北環境太糟，因此在四年前，決定回鄉在蘭嶼國中任教。