Many people think these are just more old folks 'colleges, to which only retired people would have the energy to go to while away their time, and assume that the courses on offer do not go beyond "soft" subjects such as flower arranging and taijiquan.
不少人認為，這大概又是一所老人大學、長青學苑，退休後的銀髮族才可能有精力來消磨時間，課程可能也不外插花、太極拳之類的「花拳繡腿」。