Mrs. Chang's daughter began studying in the SMIC School's Chinese division in the seventh grade. Though she yearned to be like the kids in the international division, who might someday attend university in the US, she couldn't pass the division's entrance exam. Instead, in the ninth grade, she transferred to the international division of Shanghai Middle School, a school with a very liberal admissions policy.
張媽媽的小女兒初一就讀於中芯學校中文部，她嚮往國際部學生可以到美國唸大學，但又考不進國際部；初三才轉學到「廣開大門」的上海中學國際部。