"My children have never received any academic awards," Day says, and he is not at all strict about them doing their homework. In fact, he told them that it's not necessary to be among the top-ten students and that if their grades are too good they will develop a superiority complex. But he does request that they don't fall to the bottom of their class either.
「我的兩個兒子一張獎狀都沒有，」戴勝通說，他對兒子的課業從不要求，甚至告訴他們，不需要考前十名，成績太好會有優越感；但也不要流落到後十名，因為成績太爛會被淘汰，「只要在中間遊走就好！」