He enrolled not because he wanted to become a teacher, but rather because of the free room and board: "I never had a lot of ambition. Other kids may have wanted to become the president or a doctor or a scientist, but I never had such thoughts.
他說，考師範學校並不是為了前途，而是為了吃免費飯，又有地方住，「我這個人一向沒遠大的志願，別的小朋友長大要當總統、當醫生、當科學家，我想都不敢想。