But Liu's father by no means encouraged Arthur to go into this field, and so he studied agricultural chemistry at National Taiwan University. But it proved impossible to resist his natural inclinations, and he ended up in the broadcast world anyway. Liu attended National Taiwan Normal University Affiliated High School, which had a relatively lively, open atmosphere.
但父親並不鼓勵他進入新聞界，他於是考上台大農化系就讀，然而，天生的個性與興趣難改，劉恕後來還是進了傳播界。