Bin H. Yang, the president of the Irvine Chinese school, explains that among any group of people those at the extremes who take the initiative to get involved themselves or who are completely unwilling to work are very few--most occupy "a middle ground" of being willing to work if pushed to action. Left to their own devices, those doing the work will be just a small group of enthusiasts.
爾灣中文學校校長楊鴻斌解釋，在一群人中，屬於十分投入和漠不關心兩種極端的人較少；「中間被動」的佔大多數，因此總會發現做事的老是那幾個熱心人。