Besides having a passionate and capable tutor, as the only Asian student in his class Hsieh was also the object of attention of his chemistry instructor Alfonso D'ors, who made certain he understood the content of each section he taught before continuing with the lessons.
除了熱心優秀的「家庭教師」外，化學老師 Alfonso 對他這個班上唯一的東方人也關愛有加，每上完一個章節，就問他聽懂了沒有？確定他聽懂了，才繼續往下教。