Even in middle school, when it's clear that they will need to work twice as hard to study simultaneously in both Malay and in Chinese, so as to avoid being cut off from the road to further education, 50-60,000 students in Malaysia study at independent Chinese middle schools, where dearly held Chinese traditions are passed down.
甚至到了中學，明知必須付出兩倍心力才可能同時兼顧馬來文和華文，否則就得自絕於大馬的升學之路，然而竟還有五、六萬名華裔孩子選擇念所謂的「獨中」（華人獨立中學），繼續堅守著中華文化海外薪傳的香火。