The class in Chinese was treated in a perfunctory manner. "If a student got good marks in Chinese, his classmates would rag on him for wasting his time." He himself graduated with a low opinion of the language.
華文課是虛應故事，有人考試華文及格，竟然被同學臭罵浪費時間，他自己便也在這種鄙視華文的心態下畢了業。