Chang Wei-tsai, a junior at Taipei Medical College, chuckles, "I've raised my standing among my classmates by participating in the anti-reservoir movement." Chang says that his generation generally has an unclear sense of its ethnic identity. As such, when it sees one of its own who is willing to demonstrate to protect his hometown, it views that person with new respect.
「因為參加反水庫運動，我在班上的地位提昇了」，目前就讀台北醫學院三年級的張維財笑說，在他們這個族群意識已經模糊的世代，竟還有人肯為保衛鄉土而抗爭，他感覺同學們對他都像「稀有動物」般另眼相看。