HEF executive director Wu Li-fen disagrees: "There's no evidence to suggest that kids who don't follow school regulations are poor students or bad characters." She thinks that the real waste is that students are forced to argue with their teachers simply because they like to look good.
然而，「說不遵守校規的孩子必然是成績與個性低劣，也是沒有根據的，」人本教育基金會執行長吳麗芬認為，學生為了愛漂亮，花心思和學校「鬥」，這才是莫大的浪費。