Chen Chun-hua, who was one of the students in that first class, recalls that her classmates were all idle housewives, who had heard that the "handsomest man in the village," Wu Hui-ming, was teaching the class. Hearing that they could sit around drinking and chatting, they thought they might as well give it a try.
當時的「元老」陳春花笑說，班上清一色是「賢慧」（閒在家裡什麼都不會）的家庭主婦，她們都是看在召集人吳輝明村長是「全村最帥的男人」的份上，又聽說木雕班可以「邊敲邊喝酒聊天」，才勉強來參加的。