Girls can take their time because they don't have to worry about military service and can go home to see their families during vacation. But for the boys, who make up the majority, it's tougher. Some of them have been here for three or four years and are almost 20 but are still in the 10th grade.
女孩子沒有兵役問題，反正寒暑假都可以回家探親，慢慢念也就罷了；佔多數的男孩子就苦多了，有些人來了三、四年；都快廿歲了，還在念十年級。