"No matter how poorly they score on the exam, students can find a high school somewhere that will admit them," says Lee. He cites the Hualien area as a case in point: its public and private high schools have space for 8,800 senior high school students, but only 4,000-some are actually enrolled. With so many spaces available, students have little incentive to study hard.
「不論成績多差，反正都有學校念，」李家同以花蓮為例，花蓮地區有 8,800 個公私立高中職名額，學生人數卻只有四千多，粥多僧少的情況下，孩子唸書意願更是低落。