Generally their school grades are not very good, and this, combined with the fact that from middle school onwards-they must study in Chienshih, which is a round trip of at least a day from Ssumakussu, means there is a high dropout rate once the children reach middle school.
孩子們的學業成績普遍都不是很好，加上國中以後必須到尖石去讀，來回至少要一天，所以到了國中以後，輟學的情形十分普遍。