Some years ago, Mai Jan-mei was director of guidance at another Taipei middle school, located in one of the city's most infamous criminal areas. At that time some pupils formed a gang and began causing trouble. They padded their left shoulders up high and went around the school terrorizing the other children; even teachers didn't dare mess with them.
多年前，麥冉妹在北市某國中擔任輔導主任時，由於那個學區是有名的龍蛇雜處地區，當時有一批孩子結黨滋事，他們把左肩墊得老高，在校園裡「真是橫著走路的」，別說一般同學對他們噤若寒蟬，就連老師也不敢管。