Chang Chi's son had to start out in fifth grade even though he had already graduated from middle school, and some Taiwan children his age wind up in second or third. Except for English and Spanish, the two official languages, the children can sail through most of the other classes with their eyes closed, so their achievements are limited and they lose their sense of accomplishment.
另一方面，貝里斯學校以英文程度做為分班標準，張琪的兒子初中畢業，卻得從小學五年級念起，從小二、小三念起的也不乏其人。說來可憐，除了官方語言﹘﹘英文和第二外語西班牙文外，其他的科目這些孩子大多閉起眼睛都會做，不但學習成果有限，還賠上了成就感。