But after starting 12th grade, something else besides good grades began worrying him: "It's costing nearly NT $ 100,000 a semester in fees and tuition for my brother to go to college, and my family can barely handle that as it is. If I too go to a private college too, where on Earth will Mom and Dad find the money?"
但升上高三之後，曹明生除了操心課業成績之外，心裡有另一個問題困擾著他：「哥哥一學期近 10 萬元的學雜費及生活費，家裡勉強還負擔得起，如果我也考上私立大學，要叫爸媽去哪裡籌錢？」