The reason, in Shih's opinion, is that the most difficult part of education reform is changing the way people think, and Taiwan is laboring along under the crushing weight of a conservative educational system. It is just going to take more time to remedy a problem that has very deep roots.
檢討原因，他認為，教改最困難的是思想改變，而台灣封閉式教學的沉痾已深，等於是七十年之病求三年之艾，自然困難重重。