Cheng Ming-chin answers by saying that academic training cannot begin before children reach the age of 13. If technical training begins too soon, latent creative ability may wither and die.
對於這種現象，一代美術中心教學主任黃才郎表示：「其實學院式的技術訓練，至少在孩子十三歲之後才能領會，太早的填鴨式教學，只會戕害兒童的創造本能。」