There were no exceptions to this rule. "The brothers and sisters all agree that their mother was very strict when it came to their studies. Lee Kai-fu, for example, was the youngest son and was always very talented, but on one occasion when he failed to study hard, his mother got so angry that she threw his textbook out the door.
李家姊弟不約而同表示，媽媽在孩子的學習上是個嚴母，即使最受寵愛的么兒李開復從小就是「小天才」，但有次李開復不用功，母親照樣生氣地把課本丟到門外。