"At first, there weren't enough classrooms," says a Miss Chang, who is now 45 and was in the first class of compulsory jun ior high school students. The record was 80 pupils in one classroom. "Often, textbooks wouldn't be rushed to schools until classes had already been in session for a week or two.
「剛開始的時候，教室不夠，一個教室最高記錄擠了快八十位同學，還有課本往往等開學一兩個星期了，才急急忙忙送到。