Liao Chung-chi, who teaches in music programs at several schools including Hsiushan and Nanmen in addition to directing a wind and strings ensemble, says that music-program students who go abroad to study are often refused by foreign teachers. The reason is that these kids are "like a beautiful house on the outside, but their foundations are not firm.
在秀山、南門等多所音樂班授課並指揮管弦樂團的廖崇吉老師則指出，從音樂班出來的孩子出國深造時，有時會被國外老師「拒收」，因為「表面上看來華麗壯觀的房子，其實地基卻是歪七扭八地不踏實。