Mr. Zheng of the well-known Ah-Zhen Meat Buns is a Lukang Elementary alumnus. For years he has quietly supported his old school — a standing subsidy of the Mandarin Daily News, a gift of books to teachers and parents, and NT$100,000 to the school development fund.
Two days to get ready: a back-to-school morning on 28 August, the first day of term on 31 August, and a smile-and-high-five welcome at the gate for the new first-graders.
The adult education class helps people who missed school as children, and new immigrants, build their language skills — and one learner in her eighties showed everyone what lifelong learning looks like.
