"If Taiwan could elect a president like former British prime minister John Major, whose highest educational attainment was graduation from primary school, perhaps only then will the perverse custom of everyone trying to advance to a higher level of education gradually disappear," says Chou. With a shake of her head and a sigh, Chou says that the deconstruction of social values will require a great deal of time.
「如果台灣也能像前英國首相梅傑一樣，選出一位中學退學生當總統，或許升學主義的歪風才能慢慢消弭，」周麗玉搖頭感嘆，社會價值觀的解構，恐怕需要很久的時間，而這個死套不解，教育人本化、正常化的目標都將遙不可及。