"When a child enters higher grades, adults seem to stop thinking about whether the child's own needs are being met and whether they are happy in their studies," says Lin Chia-jung. There is instead a practical goal: the focus becomes jumping over the bar that determines admission to the next level of study, and the actual purpose of the education itself is overlooked.
「年級越高，大人們似乎就不再問學生的不同需要有沒被照顧到，是不是快樂學習」，林佳蓉老師說，一個明顯的現實目標：升學擺在那兒，教育的本質就被忽略了。