The guidance department at Taipei's Tat'ung Middle School discovered widespread concern among seventh-graders at the school that they were not spending enough time studying and would be unable to test into high school.
台北大同國中輔導室所作的一份調查指出，該校一年級學生中，普遍認為自己沒有充分利用時間讀書、怕考試不及格、擔心上不了高中。當青春成為負擔張的研究更顯示，沒有上高中（就讀職業學校）的學生甚至比高中學生在人際關係上更擔心，常「有交不到朋友的憂慮」。