The total cost of one year's tuition plus room and board at the private school came to more than NT $ 150,000 per child. With four kids at the school, the financial burden was substantial, especially considering the fact that they were spending these sums back in the mid-1980s.
私立學校學費加住宿費，一年要花費十五萬元以上，四個孩子加起來，在十幾年前可真算是一大筆負擔，為了籌措學費，夫妻倆常輾轉難眠。