They're really quite remarkable! "Does school conflict with Buddhism? Liao Chih-chin, a teacher at Shuiwei Elementary School, notes that generally speaking the young novices are good students, but in most ways behave much like other children." Nevertheless, "she notes," comparatively speaking, the young novices are better able to concentrate. "
水尾國小老師廖芝琴表示，一般而言，沙彌的素質都不錯，但孩子畢竟是孩子，一般孩子的習性沙彌也有，「但比較起來，沙彌的定性比較好」，她說。