Yang Sheng-tu, the Atayal head of Hsiulin Junior High in Hualien County, says that in the past young people were restrained by the older generation and not allowed to drink. Following the dissipation of the authority of the tribes, however, the young people now also have bad drinking habits. The school has a number of students who start drinking from the early morning.
身為泰雅族人的花蓮縣秀林國中校長楊盛表示，以前青少年受長輩約束不能飲酒，隨著部落的威權解體，青少年也沾染飲酒的惡習，現在的秀林國中裡竟有若干學生從一早就開始喝酒。