Problem description:
As we all know, Yu was an unknown rural boy in college, even after staying in school. But how did he become the largest English training institution in China and the richest teacher himself in more than ten years? How did he do it? Confused, envious. I can't believe it. As the only student from the countryside in the class at that time, no one loved him for four years. It was ruined by informed criticism of Peking University and going abroad. But how did he become so successful? We'll talk about it later.
Analysis:
Yu, a well-deserved civilian educator in the history of contemporary education in China, posted his TOEFL training advertisements everywhere in the streets and alleys of Haidian District in the early 1990s, facing the cold wind and carrying a paste bucket. What he didn't expect was that his "magic pen" actually brushed out the most wonderful chapter in the history of studying in contemporary China!
Thousands of China students, after the baptism of New Oriental, embarked on the road of successful study abroad. Today's New Oriental has become the runway and spiritual fortress for high-level talents in contemporary China. In the history of modern education in China, it broke countless records and created a series of "New Oriental Myths". The newspaper called Yu "the symbol of folk power" and "the maker of the dream of going abroad". "He and his New Oriental turned China's daunting overseas exams into a Ford-style production line. ...........
At present, many students in Tsinghua of Peking University don't know their principal, but as long as they want to go abroad, there is no one who doesn't know Yu. Some people ridicule Peking University Tsinghua as a preparatory school for studying abroad. No matter how strong the students are, without exception, they should take a trip to New Oriental to increase the insurance factor. In any famous university in North China, students from New Oriental accounted for at least half of the total number of international students in 2008. When I walk into the North American campus, students from China will call him "Teacher Yu" with surprise and reverence, just like in Zhongguancun New Oriental classroom.
Undoubtedly, Yu is an outstanding representative of contemporary outstanding intellectuals in China, a veritable "godfather of studying abroad" and a helmsman of the New Oriental ship. He not only created the miracle of English teaching, but also created the miracle of Chinese-style management, leading his New Oriental to greater glory step by step.
We can't help asking: How did Mr. Yu get the qualification to leap and gallop on the education stage in China? Where did the strength in his soul come from, so that he could overcome obstacles and be baptized again and again in the stormy waves of the New Oriental ship?
First, qualitative change
Yu was born in a civilian family in rural Jiangsu. 1980 was admitted to Peking University Foreign Languages Department. Being a student before teaching has gone through the whole process of TOEFL and GRE test after China's reform and opening up. The family background with zero social resources and the fierce nature of eager for success in the bones have achieved a tough, hard-working and indomitable character. This personality characteristic can be fully proved in the qualitative changes of three studies in his student days:
The first qualitative change occurred after two failed college entrance examinations.
On the morning of New Year's Day, I couldn't sleep, sitting in my bed, quietly thinking about my future. I accidentally opened an English book and began to read it. In this way, I began to read English in the morning and recited English until it was dark. I recited six articles a day. From then on, I found the feeling of reading English and knew what a sense of language was. This feeling made him make up his mind to reread.
The cost of the cram school for the college entrance examination was 15 yuan, which was not a small expense for my spare time at that time. He was cruel and gave the money earned by driving a tractor to a cram school.
The second qualitative change occurred in the cram school for college entrance examination.
The English teacher in the cram school summed up 300 questions according to the annual college entrance examination questions for students to practice. Yu abandoned all chores in the most stupid way and devoted himself wholeheartedly to them. From morning till night, he spent more than 20 days reciting these 300 questions and 800 sentences, and his English score soared from the last to positive. Especially in the use of prepositions, I have a deep understanding. This leap made his ambition to be admitted to Peking University.
The third qualitative change occurred after entering the English Department of Peking University.
I come from the countryside with a strong hometown accent. He can't speak English, let alone listen to it. The teacher said to him, "You don't understand anything except Yu Hongmin!"
Determined to change the status quo. Wearing headphones, he practiced English listening in Peking University's phonetic laboratory, but after more than two months, the status quo that he couldn't understand or speak didn't change much. At this time, he thought of his old way, resolutely got rid of the shackles of the current teaching model of Peking University and found another way. He bought a set of New Concept English from a small bookstore, took a big tape recorder, walked into the Woods of Peking University and started his crazy journey.
As before, he put an end to all human relations and didn't go to class. He listens and recites crazily for more than ten hours a day. In his own words, his eyes turned green. As a result, after two and a half months of madness, he can understand any English spoken by anyone, and he finally becomes a person who can listen and speak English!
I am very happy! How could he be unhappy? He proudly concluded: "When listening to English, you must have ready-made English materials there, so that practice can be effective." Some people, while doing things, ride bicycles and listen to English, as if they are trying hard, but they are talking nonsense! Only by listening to your mother tongue can you do this. No matter what you do, you must have a sense of quality. What is quality consciousness? The so-called boutique consciousness is that there is a point there, and if it is not reached, it will not be a boutique! "
I finally completed the accumulation of his basic skills in the most primitive stage!
A few years later, his classmates from Peking University, such as Wang Qiang and Xu Xiaoping, all went abroad, leaving him alone because he was refused a visa twice in a row. In this respect, he is far less fortunate than Wang Qiang and them. Even if he is let out, he can't afford the high cost. When his wife called him a loser and a "loser", the ambition hidden in his heart prompted him to start a struggle and embark on the course of establishing a school. The source of this courage, the most practical thing in his soul, is the English skills created after three qualitative changes! ! It is this acquisition of basic skills that gives him the courage and capital to challenge the world alone, because he is in a society with zero resources and bare hands!
Second, crazy dedication
Students in New Oriental often make fun of their headmaster:
"What does Yu Hongmin love most?"
"Electricity-wire-great!" Students will shout in unison!
In the early days of New Oriental, Yu often rode alone, carrying a paste bucket and posting advertisements on the street. The most advertised place is the telephone pole. As a result, Yu's love for telephone poles has become a topic for New Oriental students to joke about the principal.
Paper advertising was the most popular form of advertising at that time, which was often just posted and would soon be covered by latecomers. On one occasion, one of Yu's employees jumped out from the side just after posting an advertisement.
Three or four boys, high-handed, took out a knife and stabbed. ...
This is the famous "knife wounding incident" in the early days of New Oriental. This kind of thing is very common and normal in the public security bureau, and I don't care at all because the case is too small and the police force is not enough.
I realized that there is still a very important security issue in the complicated school operation, and he must take it seriously!
I don't have any social background, and the Public Security Bureau doesn't know anyone, but this problem must be solved. After careful consideration, he came up with a stupid indigenous method:
He goes to the public security bureau to observe people coming in and out every day. After a few days, he finally chose a kind policeman. After introducing myself, I strongly invited him to a pub for a drink and told him about my problems. The kind policeman promised to help, introduced their strengths to him and chose a luxury hotel for dinner. In order to avoid the embarrassment of the banquet, the unsociable literati just kept persuading the wine. Unconsciously, a person drank two bottles of Wuliangye and fainted on the spot. He doesn't know how to get back.
The director was moved by his sincerity. The next day, he came to the door and found him. He said confidently, "Xiaoyu, don't say you are still working on English. Even if you are working on something else, I will support you.". You can do it boldly! "
This small example is just one of the many things encountered in the process of establishing New Oriental. His determination, perseverance, tenacity and fortitude, as well as his unparalleled dedication to his career, have been vividly reflected in this short story.
Mr. Yu, who got rid of security and harassment, devoted himself to teaching and learning: Gao, Liu Zhenlan and Li Xuepo, the first batch of teachers and employees who started business with him, supported the glory of New Oriental with their unremitting efforts; Returnees, represented by, Bao, He Qingquan, have brought unprecedented development opportunities to New Oriental. Famous domestic scholars and teaching experts, represented by Du Fu and jiang bo, have made great contributions to the training, teaching and scientific research of New Oriental ... Yu, a first-class teacher from all over the country, has been singing all the way and created a series of vigorous teaching miracles!
What is madness? Teacher Li Yang, the founder of Crazy English, put it well: Crazy is 100% investment! Confucius spread his ideas all over the world. He was often frightened like a lost dog. But he didn't change his original intention and worked hard as always. Isn't this crazy? Isn't it crazy that Jesus debuted at the age of 30, was crucified at the age of 33, and devoted his life to missionary work?
Yu, a helpless scholar, devoted his whole life to fighting and struggling for his own career. Isn't this the real crazy spirit advocated by Teacher Li Yang? I took out my life. What else in this world can beat him? Yu Xiang
How can a man like Hong Min not succeed?