Pan often enters his students 'works in local and international art contests. His motive is not to win prizes or glorify his teaching methods, but only to show that handicapped students are in no way inferior to normal students, so as to build up their confidence.
潘元石經常把學生的作品拿去參加國內或國際上的繪畫比賽，他倒不是為了得獎，增加自己的光采，而是要證明聾生的美術成績不比正常的孩子差，讓孩子們在比賽中建立起信心。