Pan entered the field of teaching the deaf after he graduated from the Taiwan Normal School in 1955, as one of the best students, and with a top prize in a painting competition for senior high school students.
再一看，這個擦鞋童竟是他過去班上最優秀的學生。擦鞋童也發覺原來是最疼愛他的老師，他丟下擦鞋箱就跑了。事後潘元石難過了很久，他想，如果我不教這些聾孩子，誰來教呢？