The other day a young accountant of a renowned firm killed his girlfriend on the street by stabbing her to death because she didn't love him any more and asked him to break up with each other.  Report said that guy was from Jianguo High and NTU under and graduate schools, majoring civil engineering, but now is working in a completely diferent field as an accounting auditor.  Oh my goodness, what kind of a whiz-kid he is; a genius I must say.  But why did he commit such a felony that has come as a shock to us all?  The answers to the question vary, and the arguments differ, too.

Today I read an article written by an UDN blogger at http://blog.udn.com/yccsonar/17491140 .  He said the core value for students, as well as for their parents, of Taiwan's elite school like Jianguo and NTU has been keen, even brutal competition among one another, which has distorted their personalities and has made them think they should be always the winners in each of every stage of their lives.  Therefore, they just can't accept any setbacks, including 被「比自己不優秀的人拒絕」which may be adversely conducive to an extreme behavior. 

Like the author, and that killer as well, I am a Jianguo(total six years  including three as a junior) and NTU guy.  Fortunately, I didn't feel much sense of competitiveness throughout my own academic years.  Maybe I am a guy of humanities, not technologies.  You know, I was a spurned lover myself several times, being rejected by the girls who were "inferior" to me.  From common aspect, I've also led a mediocre life of my own.  So I am not a successful guy, so what?