"When we look at the current situation, teachers face the same kinds of competitive pressures in society that those in other occupations face," says Lin Sieh-hwa, director of the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). It seems that the days of the rather straightforward role of teachers in the ivory tower are now over.
「現在看來，老師的社會競爭壓力和其他職業沒什麼兩樣，」師大教育心理與輔導系副教授林世華指出，「校園象牙塔」、「當老師比較單純」的時代已經走入歷史了。