For education, Tseng believes, time is the most critical factor. "Establishing a larger framework for knowledge, cultivating the scientific spirit--these are things everybody agrees on. However, these basic skills require a great effort to teach, and learn. The question is whether an education system based on rote learning allows teachers to take the time to properly inculcating these skills.
面對教育，時間仍是曾志朗口中最要緊的因素，去「建立知識的大架構，培養科學精神，這些大家都同意，但這些基本功常常要花很多精神去教、去吸收，但是現在的填塞式教育，容許老師慢慢的教嗎？