The arguments put forward in the e-paper have by no means appeased dissatisfied groups, however. On July 6, the Happy Learning Front, the AHT, and other groups brought a petition to the Office of the President demanding that the president publicly debate the issue.
總統府電子報的說法並未平息民間團體的不滿，七月十六日，「快樂學習教改連線」與「反高學費聯盟」等團體，到總統府遞交陳情書，要求與陳總統公開辯論。