In her teens, because of the war against Japan, she too experienced the life of the itinerant student, and now in her later years she considers education to be especially important.
陳香梅說，出身亂世，從十幾歲起就因抗戰度過顛沛流離的流亡學生生涯，晚年讓她特別重視「百年樹人」的教育大業。