Such mistakes happen often to foreigners and even sometimes to Chinese. Schools, hotels, and sports arenas often display uplifted corners and sloping ridges with yellow tiles.
「遠看像座廟，近看是學校」的誤會，發生在國人身上或許尷尬；但對許多來台的觀光客而言，類似的經驗，就習以為常、無可厚非了。