Fang Yi, former deputy prime minister of China, frowned deeply. He played against Ningbo, a prodigy who was a sensation in Chinese mainland at that time. Because of a letter of recommendation, Ningbo, who was only 1977, became the first student in China to enter the university without exception. Ningbo, which has many specialties such as poetry, medicine and Go, was not qualified to choose his favorite astronomy department at that time, just like a child prodigy in the same juvenile class. Instead, he was arranged to study theoretical physics, and his body and mind could not be adjusted, which had a great influence on the future of Ningbo.
Ningbo Er said: "It's not the' prodigy' (identity) that hurts me. In this case, as my past experience, in any case, as an indispensable part of my life experience, it gave me a lot of experience and let me know a lot. " Although he didn't regret being a child prodigy on the day he entered the juvenile class, Ning Bo applied for postgraduate three times later, but he quit for various reasons and didn't even step into the examination room. The prodigy's big hat makes Ningbo afraid of failure. Zhou Yifeng, a classmate of Ningbo, said: "It was a great honor to enter the juvenile class at that time. After this sense of honor, it is a kind of motivation for a person to use it well, and it is a kind of pressure to use it badly. " Too much applause and too much pressure.
Ning Bo was last seen in front of the camera at 1998. In 2003, Ningbo made a major decision in life, becoming a monk and disappearing in the expectation of the world.
"China's first child prodigy"
From 65438 to 0965, Ningbo was born in an ordinary family in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. Ning Bo was widely reported by China media on 1978, saying that the child who had never attended kindergarten showed some talents very early: at the age of two and a half, he could recite more than 30 Mao Zedong poems, at the age of three, he could count 100, at the age of four, he learned more than 400 Chinese characters, and at the age of five, he entered the children's primary school of Ganzhou Power Supply Bureau ahead of schedule, and soon went to the first group of Zikeng. That was the era of the "Cultural Revolution". During the interview, I learned that there was no school in Ningbo at that time, so I stayed at home and "turned books into adult books". He leafs through Chinese medicine books and will soon write prescriptions; Looking through Go books, you will soon be able to play chess with adults and reward three or five children. He read Tang poetry and Song poetry, that is, he can recite poems correctly, when he was 9 years old. Father Ning En gradually realized that his son's intelligence was extraordinary. There is another saying to be confirmed: when Ningbo was six or seven years old, he was seriously ill and took some supplements. It is said that nutritional supplements promoted his precocity, and he entered puberty at the age of 1 1. He seems to be "calm, sit still, have strong self-control ability and study more consciously" than children of the same age. On the other hand, he did become interested in the opposite sex earlier. A retired teacher who has trained nearly 20 "juvenile class" students said that Ningbo's foundation is not solid.
China University of Science and Technology made an exception to admit him as a college student and established the first juvenile class in China. 1979, students in the juvenile class began to choose departments. Ningbo said that HKUST didn't have his favorite department and asked to transfer to Nantah to study astronomy, but the school refused. He had to choose theoretical physics as his major, but turned his hobby to astrology, religion and qigong.
1982 Ningbo stayed in school to teach after graduation. 19 years old became the youngest teaching assistant in China.
1998, Ningbo participated in the filming of "Tell the Truth" column of China CCTV, and lashed out at child prodigy education on TV. In 2003, Ningbo became a monk.
Ningbo and Juvenile Class
1976 before the end of the "cultural revolution", Professor Li Zhengdao wrote a letter to the China Academy of Sciences, demanding the rapid recovery of the development of science, technology and education. This letter was endorsed by Fang Yi, then the president of the China Academy of Sciences.
1977 10 At the end of the year, Ning, a friend of Ningbo's father and a teacher of Jiangxi Metallurgy College, wrote a long letter with a page of 10 to Vice Premier Fang Yi, recommending Ningbo as a gifted boy. 165438+1October 3, Vice Premier Fang Yi forwarded this letter to China University of Science and Technology, a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at that time, and instructed: "If it is true, it should be admitted to this university." To set things right, you have to do everything. "Science and technology are productive forces" and "talents come out early and talents come out quickly" became slogans, and the atmosphere of juvenile classes was initially formed.
On the second day after the letter 10 was sent out, two teachers from the University of Science and Technology of China arrived in Jiangxi for an interview in Ganzhou No.8 Middle School, where Ningbo was studying. I took the math exam. At the same time, I also participated in two precocious teenagers. Ningbo scored 67 points, ranking second, with more than 80 points in the first place and 64 points in the third place. In an interview with the media in the late 1990s, Ningbo said that if he had taken the physics exam at that time, he would be the worst. He doesn't understand why two students who are several months older than him, 1 year old, were not admitted.
At the beginning of 1978, Ningbo was received by Vice Premier Fang Yi, and Ningbo won two games. One of the most attractive news this year is the legend of Ningbo, a "prodigy" in Jiangxi, and the photo of him playing Go with Vice Premier Fang Yi.
1984, Deng Xiaoping met with Ding Zhaozhong, a Chinese-born Nobel Prize winner in physics, and talked about the outstanding performance of the students in the first three juvenile classes: 70% of them went to graduate school, among whom 16 years old got a doctorate. Ding Zhaozhong praised: "This is rare abroad."
In the second half of 1984, the area of "exceptional promotion" was expanded: from one university of China University of Science and Technology to 13 universities, including Peking University, Tsinghua, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Jilin University. In line with this, provincial key middle schools across the country began to transport outstanding students to juvenile classes. At that time, there were Beijing No.8 Middle School, the High School Attached to the National People's Congress, Tianjin Hua Yao Middle School, Shenyang Yucai Middle School and Wuxi tianyi middle school. Later, I extended my tentacles to primary schools step by step.
As a result, primary school students wearing red scarves compete with middle school students, and short middle school students and college students enter a classroom to become beautiful talks. Public opinion is unanimous, and the society responds positively. I hope everyone is a child prodigy.
"If you think about it carefully, this kind of" eclectic talent reduction "has something in common with" doing big things quickly ","launching satellites "and" catching up with the beauty of the Premier League in three years ",and it is also related to some people complaining that this country is like chicken blood. It was not until Scientific Outlook on Development put forward in recent years that balance and rationality were brought into the thinking range of the country and people. However, public opinion was one-sided at that time. Even if the grassroots teachers found some problems similar to' pulling out the seedlings to encourage' and raised some questions, they were drowned out by the sound of the big environment. " A middle school physics teacher who sent a small stove to junior students said.
In 2004, the school published such a set of data: "Since its establishment 27 years ago, the youth class of the University of Science and Technology of China has recruited a total of 1 134 young college students. Among the 942 graduates, more than 85% of the fresh graduates have obtained postgraduate degrees from universities and scientific research institutions at home and abroad, and more than 300 have obtained doctoral degrees. And internationally renowned talents such as Zhang Yaqin, President of Microsoft China Research Institute, Lu Zhengtian, who won the American Young Scientist Presidential Award, Luchang Qin, who is known as Dr. Nano, and Ka-kit Cheung, the world's first doctor of cognitive science, have emerged, indicating that the success rate and success rate of juvenile classes are very high. " Zhang Yaqin, Microsoft's global vice president, occupies a prominent position in the history showroom of China University of Science and Technology. Under some pictures of Ningbo and others, they are collectively called "juvenile class students".
Students in Ningbo.
1March, 978,14th, Ningbo entered the school gate of China University of Science and Technology and became the most famous among the first batch of young college students in China. There are also 20 young college students in the same batch, such as Xie Yanbo (only 1 1 year old when he entered school). Both Wen Wei Po and Jiefang Daily reported that junior high school students, who were only 14 years old at that time, applied to participate in the high school mathematics competition, but won the first place. In the third year of HKUST, a class of theorem proving errors in the textbooks of linear algebra in universities were discovered and corrected, which attracted the attention of professors and universities. This incident was reported by Xinhua News Agency, with photos of professors Shen Yuhe holding books, which were later reprinted by local newspapers), Xie Min (currently teaching at the National University of Singapore) and Guo Yuanlin (now the president of thunis Group). 1979, Zhang Yaqin 13 years old. He later recalled that 1978, he read a reportage in Guangming Daily, telling the story of Ningbo, a "child prodigy". After watching it, he was excited all day and couldn't sleep all night. A few days later, he jumped a grade; Half a year later, he was admitted to the juvenile class of China University of Science and Technology. He was unknown in HKUST, and later went to the United States to study. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from George Washington University. He was the president and chief scientist of Microsoft Asia Research Institute, and is now the global vice president of Microsoft. In 2004, he appeared in Shanghai with Zhu Qingshi, president of HKUST. He was satisfied with this, but he was born early. It is worth noting that in 1978- 1979, the two juvenile classes piloted by China University of Science and Technology all adopt the mode of sending people to interview in person, giving out examination questions and making exceptional admissions, instead of taking the college entrance examination. By 1980, all the junior classes passed the college entrance examination, and then the school re-examined and screened. "This is equivalent to saying that for those children who have talents and specialties, they will eventually use exam-oriented education and use the college entrance examination as a ruler." The old teacher who trained nearly 20 "juvenile class" seedlings said. At that time, major newspapers and magazines published such a photo: Ningbo was reading a book under the grape trellis on the campus of China University of Science and Technology. For some time, this grape trellis has been a must-see for HKUST freshmen and tourists. In the 1980s, all prodigies classified as "pre-school classes for teenagers" or "experimental classes", except Xie Yanbo, Shen Yu and "Officialdom in the Sky", remembered the name Ningbo and his deeds ... Many parents also took out a treasured newspaper clipping from time to time to scare gifted children: "Look at others!" In fact, Ningbo is not happy after entering the school. 1 year later, he told the head teacher Wang: "There is nothing I like in the department." At that time, he was assigned to study theoretical physics, the hottest field in China's scientific community. He didn't like physics when he was in Ganzhou No.8 Middle School. Wang Xiang made a report and asked to transfer Ningbo to Nanjing University to study astronomy according to his own interests. "But HKUST didn't want the celebrity to leave," retired Wang told reporters years later. From a positive point of view, HKUST regards Ningbo as the "glory" of his school, but actually regards him as a "pawn"-although these words may be unkind or contrary to the original intention of the principal.
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During the 25 years from 1978 to leaving HKUST after New Year's Day in 2004, Ningbo struggled to "leave" many times, but all failed. He must obey the arrangement of people, parents, teachers, schools and countries, and satisfy the media's hobby of watching a child prodigy, such as his "Seven Steps to Poetry"; He must suppress the turmoil of adolescence at the age of 16 or even earlier. He can't say that he has nowhere to ask for advice just because he is Ningbo; He must also struggle with the reality of "unsatisfactory scores" countless times. He is really smart, but his achievements are inconsistent with the myth, which makes some people feel that "Ningbo is dying."
On the one hand, he fell into the pain of inferiority, on the other hand, he had to be armed into a genius-after blocking the way of studying astronomy, he turned to the mysterious "astrology" research. An old classmate said, "He was distracted at that time."
1982, graduated from Ningbo University and stayed on as a teacher. "/kloc-became the youngest lecturer in China at the age of 0/9" is another eye-catching news. In the same year, I applied for graduate students for the first time, but gave up the exam after registration; The second time, he took a step forward, completed the physical examination, and then gave up; The third time, he went further and got the admission ticket, but he chickened out before entering the examination room. Later, he explained to others that he wanted to prove that he could succeed without taking the postgraduate exam, and that was the real child prodigy. But Mr. Wang and many people think that he is just too afraid of failure. If a person is repeatedly told that only success is allowed and failure is not allowed, then this choice belongs to self-defense. In fact, no one can restore the "glory" pressure that Ningbo suffered at that time.
1998, Ningbo married Hua, then gave birth to children, breast-fed his son, ironed diapers, and went to the market to buy food ... Marriage life seemed to be not harmonious, so he was addicted to studying Buddhism. In 2002, he went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk and was quickly taken back by the school. A year later, he managed to escape into an empty door. Before that, he quoted Gorky to describe himself: "My heart and eyes are made of meat."
Ningbo once said that he is the product of the needs of the times. If youth can come back, he will never go to the juvenile class again. "Some of my classmates are great today, some are ordinary, and some are not so good." Zhang Yaqin thinks it's too early to draw conclusions about these prodigies. "What is success? What is failure? Everyone's standards are different. We are only in our early thirties and forties. It's hard to say whether we are successful at this age. What should Ningbo do when she becomes a monk? "
A successful person in the industry is likely to be a complete failure in other aspects. We can't measure a person's existence value only by success, and whether a person is worth living is not determined by how successful he is.