"As with other schools in the province, perhaps the students of Kaohsiung High can be divided into good citizens and heretics," points out Cheng Shui-ping, who graduated from Kaohsiung High in 1975. The former type make their main objectives steady progress with their courses and getting into university; the latter type react more sensitively to their environment, looking for new opportunities outside the ossified system.
「或許跟其他的省中類似，雄中學生也可分『善良百姓』及『異端」兩大類」，民國六十四年畢業的鄭水萍指出，前者跟著學校課程，以升學為主要目標循序漸進；後者則對環境反應敏銳，常期許在僵化的體制之外，另謀新機。