But she decided to take up a job at the municipal engineering vocational school, where she saw students had difficulty in speaking English or solving mathematical problems, even though they were expert at fixing an electric fan or mending a chair.
師大畢業後，當同學都競相爭取幾所明星高中任教時，她獨選了「台北市立工業職業學校」。在那裡，她常常看到她的學生們，雖然普通學科的成績沒有一般中學生程度好，但他們卻能三兩下就修好故障的電風扇、收音機等電器，敲敲打打就釘好一把椅子。