But unlike Wang, whose assertiveness comes from having grown up amid mainlanders in a military dependents 'village, Hsu shows the reticence of a farm boy. He recalls that upon entering Chungli High School (after finishing second on its entrance exam), his school hat was damaged on the first day by the pressing throngs on the train.
他回憶到，在以第二名考上中壢中學後，由於童軍帽在上學第一天就因為擠火車擠壞了，衣著也一向邋裡邋遢，飽受學校訓育組長的刁難奚落。