"Taiwanese society has long thought it most fair to rank on the basis of scores," says Luoh. "But students from rural high schools score lower than their urban counterparts not necessarily because they are poor students, but rather because they have had unequal access to educational resources and opportunities for the preceding 12 years.
「以分數論高低，是台灣社會長久以來認為的公平，但偏遠高中學生的成績之所以比不上都會高中學生，不見得是他們不會唸書，而是因為前面 12 年的教育資源與機會不均等。