Later, when Ku had mastered his trade, he overcame his difficult circumstances, testing into the night schools at Kaohsiung Vocational Technical High School and then the Kaohsiung Institute of Technology. Ku continued to work during the day, making the two-hour round trip from the shipyards to class on his bicycle every evening after he finished his shift.
後來已擁有一技之長的古錦松，遂突破困境考取高雄高工、工專等夜校，以半工半讀的方式求學，每天下了班，來回騎兩小時腳踏車到學校唸書。