ed. and other physically taxing activities, she was always told, "your presence isn't needed." Because she walked strangely, the pranksters among her classmates would pull her pigtails and steal her book bag, making the formerly lively Yen disinclined to attend school.
因行動不便，升降旗、體育課等動態性的活動，她一律被迫「不用參加」；又因為走路怪模怪樣，經常被愛惡作劇的同學拉辮子、搶書包，使原本活潑好動的她，很不想上學。