July 2020 16 Two primary school students in Wuhan 20 17? Experimental study on antitumor effect of tea polyphenols? The award-winning triggered a heated discussion among netizens. It is reported that the father of the two pupils is Li Hongliang, Dean of the School of Basic Medicine of Wuhan University. It is precisely because of his background that this award-winning event was questioned by netizens, questioning whether they really completed the research alone under the guidance of their tutors, and questioning that all this was secretly promoted by their fathers. Faced with such doubts, Li Hongliang responded that he did not participate in this project, but the children did it independently under the guidance of professional teachers, but this statement was not generally accepted.
The reason why netizens question the truth of this matter is not only because the father of the winner is the dean of medical college, but also because this research needs mouse experiments to extract its liver tumors, and it will take at least several years to get results. Do these two students who are still in primary school really have the courage and ability to take out the liver tumor of mice? We doubt this.
At present, the local authorities are conducting a detailed investigation after understanding the situation.
In fact, this situation is not uncommon. Recently, many teenagers, even children, have frequently won scientific research awards, such as Kunming primary school students' cancer research award, and Chongqing high school students' winning papers collided with a master's thesis. It's not that we are targeting at primary school students or young researchers, but that some experimental operations in these studies are beyond their ability, and discerning people can know whether they are true or not at a glance. There is nothing wrong with expecting children to succeed, but we should also learn to respect the achievements of others' labor and realize the success that truly belongs to children in the right way.