People in Taiwan generally honor teachers for their identity as teachers, rather than for their individual ability, an attitude which disturbs many educational experts here.
「其實，這份尊敬應建立在老師所具備的能力上，而不是老師這個角色」，很多老師的老師﹘ ﹘師大教授張春興認為：「老師也有良莠之分，一般人不加辨別而一味盲從地尊敬，對教育界本身未必是好事。」