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When it comes to “child prodigies”, everyone is always associated with “genius” and “smart”. If someone’s child is a “prodigy”, that’s a great thing.

So, what if the “prodigies” get together and receive specialized training?

[Today’s start] On March 9, 1978, the “Juvenile Class” of the Chinese University of Science and Technology officially started.

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In October 1977, Fang Yi, then Vice Premier of the State Council, received a 10-page letter.

The writer is Ni Lin, a teacher of Jiangxi Metallurgical Institute.

This is a letter reflecting the situation to the Prime Minister, but not a cry of grievances, but a letter of recommendation-recommending to the Prime Minister a 13-year-old genius in Ganzhou, Jiangxi.

According to Mr. Ni, although the boy was born in an ordinary family in Ganzhou and has not even attended a kindergarten, he has shown amazing talent since childhood:

2 and a half years old will memorize more than 30 poems, 4 years old will write more than 400 Chinese characters, 5 years old began to read the book of adults at home, turn the traditional Chinese medicine book will prescribe a prescription, read the Go book to play against adults, also If you can teach your son, you will be right when you read Tang poetry and Song Ci …

When the child reaches 9 years old, his father finally realizes that his son may be a little intellectual, and Ni Lin is a friend of the child’s father, so he writes on his behalf and recommends to the Prime Minister.

National Science Conference of 1978

On the third day of the meeting, Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhang Shiwei and Xuan Fenghua published a special report on the youth class in the People’s Daily. Towards the Future of the Motherland. And some people call this group of teenagers “the young commando on the wasteland of knowledge”.

Inspired by the slogan “early talents, quick talents”, the Chinese University of Science and Technology’s “Juvenile Class” has undoubtedly become a benchmark and has become the focus of attention of various media. For a while, a large number of media reporters appeared on the campus of the University of Science and Technology. Everyone hoped to know more about this “junior class.”

Zhang Yaqin still remembers his mother’s warning to him at that time:

“You are just an ordinary child, not a ‘prodigy’. Too much coverage by reporters and too much talk will only bring you pressure.”

On March 31, the National Science Conference closed. Guo Moruo, then the dean of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave a closing speech. The last sentence was widely disseminated:

“This is the spring of revolution, this is the spring of the people, this is the spring of science! Let us open our arms and embrace this spring warmly!”

Everyone is looking forward to the vibrant spring as soon as possible.

However, spring can give people hope, but the temperature will be unstable, and some people will be allergic and even cold.

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Ning Bo became the earliest and most famous, and his problems broke out most clearly and were most representative.

The first problem is the excessive attention of the media.

Since Ning Bo was an iconic character in the first “Student Class” of the University of Science and Technology of China, the attention received naturally.most. Ning Bo later recalled:

“On many occasions, people asked me to become a poem in seven steps, but I was just a child who was not worldly, so the pain filled my heart. I spent those years in suppressing my personality.

But in fact, under the praise and attention of the media, Ning Bo herself slowly lost her position.

At that time, the famous mathematician Zhang Guanghou came to the “junior class” to attend classes. Many students asked him to sign, but Ning Bo sat still there because “he didn’t know me.” p>

Second, it is adolescence.

Most of the students in the “junior class” are in the class of 13 or 4 years old. Just before and after puberty, although they are all abnormally intellectually developed, they are no different from ordinary people in terms of mental health.

Ning platinum has actually entered puberty very early. One obvious sign is that it has paid special attention to the opposite sex. However, because the “junior class” is almost 10: 1 male to female ratio, and he is not outstanding, he has been unable to get the attention of the opposite sex. On the other hand, in that era, falling in love in ordinary schools at this age belonged to “early love”, not to mention the “junior class” that “shouldered the hope of the people of the country”?

Children in “junior class” discussing homework

And even if they do n’t have emotional problems, they are really just teenagers in terms of life.

From the class teacher Mr. Wang Dihui recalled, being a class teacher in the “junior class” was a bit like a “mother”: every morning I need to help the children to make milk powder, peel eggs and help them at night Check whether the lights are turned off and whether the quilt is kicked.

This group of children who can solve the mathematical and physical problems that countless adults cannot answer is still a childish mentally. They enter the boarding life after leaving their parents, and shoulder the “retrust of the people of the country” “I do needThere is more life care outside of school, as well as psychological counselling and counselling.

Of course, even with the focus on “learning,” children are not without their worries.

Ning platinum has become another representative example.

After one year of enrolling in the first “junior class”, it is time for them to formally choose their major. Ning Bo’s favorite is astronomy, but the University of Science and Technology does not have this major, Nanjing University has. Ning Bo found the teacher Wang Dihui and proposed the idea of ​​transfer.

Wang Dihui handed Ning Bo’s report to the Academic Dean, and the Academic Dean dismissed the report. The original words were:

“When it comes, let it be.”

Mr. Wang Dihui later speculated that there might be a reason at the time: the school was unwilling to let go of the celebrity.

Ning Bo who failed to transfer can only choose the theoretical physics major that he is not good at and does not like. He once said that if the teacher of the University of Science and Technology came to Ganzhou No. 8 Middle School to interview physics, he would definitely not be selected.

Since then, Ning Bo seems to have become more silent. He took care of the board and became more and more unwilling to communicate with his classmates. Even when taking group photos, he was the last one to appear, and he often lowered his head when he took photos, or even hid behind others. Ning Bo’s interest seems to be more concentrated on the aspects of mysterious astrology, religion and qigong, in the words of his classmates: “At that time, his professional grades were not outstanding in the class.”

Children in the “junior class” are listening to a professor’s lecture, the second left is Ning Bo

In a flash, six years have passed.

In 1984, Deng Xiaoping met the Chinese Nobel Prize winner Ding Zhaozhong and talked about the “Young Class” of the University of Science and Technology.

Deng Xiaoping introduced relevant reports to himResults:

Of the students in the first three “junior classes”, 70% went to graduate school, of which 16 received a doctorate.

Ding Zhaozhong sincerely laments:

“This is rare in foreign countries.”

However, there are still different individuals under the “whole-hearted” fundamentals.

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Ning Bo, for example, didn’t go to graduate school.

According to Ning Bo’s own statement, it was a bit of a sigh of relief:

“Students are either studying in graduate school or studying abroad, and I want to prove that if they don’t take these two paths, they can still be successful.

In 1982, the 17-year-old Ning Bo University of Science and Technology graduated from undergraduate school, and did not choose to continue studying. Instead, he stayed in the university to teach directly. The news of “the youngest university teacher in the country” once again caused national attention.

However, “graduate degree” has always been a problem that plagued Ning Bo.

In 1982, Ning Bo applied for postgraduate examinations with the advice of his teacher and friends, but gave up the exam after signing up; the second time, he completed the physical examination after signing up, but then gave up; the third time He signed up for a physical examination and received an admission ticket, but chose to give up before entering the examination room.

In Ning Bo’s own words, he wants to prove that “the real child prodigy can succeed even without a graduate student”.

And according to his teacher Wang Dihui and some others, “He is just overly afraid of failure, because he is always told repeatedly: only success, not failure.”

宁 platinum

If you say NingIf platinum is unwilling to take the postgraduate exam to some extent, it is understandable, then his next series of choices are beyond many people’s expectations.

In 1988, Ning Bo was introduced to marry a lady named Cheng Luhua and have a son. Life after marriage does not seem to be harmonious. According to his friends, the husband and wife have differences in their children’s education: Ning Bo is opposed to “over-educating” children, but his wife believes that Ning Bo’s definition of “over-education” is a bit overkill.

For this reason, Ning Bo once ran away from home and reached Hainan Island as far away as possible.

In 1998, as the representative of the first “Student Class” of the Chinese University of Science and Technology of the year, he appeared in the CCTV program “Tell the Truth” hosted by Cui Yongyuan. In this episode, Ning Bo’s mood seemed a little excited, and he frequently grabbed the microphone to interrupt the host’s speech. And Ning Bo’s point of view focuses on one point:

“Some people, without my life experience, promote my experience as a specific person in a specific environment without any restrictions … This will kill people.”

Ning Bo on the stage was emotional, and the audience laughed constantly.

Ning Bo was in the “Truth and Tell” program

In 2002, 37-year-old Ning Bo saw red dust and went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk, but was quickly led back by the school. But a year later, he succeeded and became a monk in a temple not far from Nanchang.

A few of the classmates who were frequently exposed by the media with him at the time, however, couldn’t be too smooth.

The 11-year-old Xie Yanbo was the youngest in that “junior class” and the most outstanding one in physical talent. After entering the “junior class” there was a thermodynamics test that everyone thought was difficult, but Xie Yanbo, who had not reviewed it before, scored 98 points. Everyone asked him why he could do so well without reviewing. His answer was: “In class Just listen. “

Xie Yanbo was studying for a master’s degree at the age of 15. At the age of 18, he followed the then deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhou Guangzhao to read a doctorate, but went to Princeton University in the United States to study for a doctorate. According to Wang Dihui, “his relationship with the mentor is not good.”

At Princeton University, Xie Yanbo’s mentor was Philip Anderson, one of the 1977 Nobel Laureates in Physics, but for various reasons, Xie Yanbo returned to China without completing his PhD. Xie Yanbo’s statement was: “My dissertation does not please him (Anderson) , he wrote that his theory is wrong.” And in their circle It is no secret that Xie Yanbo’s relationship with his mentor is not good.

After returning home, Xie Yanbo became a teacher of the Department of Modern Physics of the University of Science and Technology of China with a master’s degree. He got married, allocated a room, and started his ordinary life.

In comparison, his “junior class” classmates had worse luck in doing politics.

Gan Zheng is also a physics genius, and he and Xie Yanbo have similar trajectories in studying. He also went to Princeton University and also read a PhD in theoretical physics, but also returned to China halfway because of his poor relationship with his mentor.

After returning to China, the University of Science and Technology of China once wanted to hire Ganzheng to teach, but Ganzheng refused. He didn’t believe he couldn’t find a job. But a few years later, the unsuccessful job administration found the Chinese University of Science and Technology expressed his desire to teach. However, because the policy of the University of Science and Technology has been modified and a doctorate degree is required to teach, he was rejected.

After working, it seems that the news has been lost. Some classmates said that he and his mother lived in the same room without leaving the house, and that there seemed to be a mental illness.

The teenager does not know the taste of sorrow.

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On March 5, 2018, the internationally renowned academic journal Nature published two important articles.

That’s two studies on graphene superconductor. The first author is Cao Yuan. He is only 22 years old and already a PhD at MIT.

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Cao Yuan

And Cao Yuan has another label: “Juvenile Class”.

In 2010, 14-year-old Cao Yuan was admitted to the Chinese University of Science and Technology’s “Juvenile Class” with a score of 669 for the college entrance examination.

2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the “Juvenile Class” of the Chinese University of Science and Technology.

For the past 40 years, the dispute over this mode of operation has never been interrupted.

In the voice of criticism, represented by the views of the members of the Ninth and Tenth CPPCC National Committee, Vice Chairman of the Eighth Hunan Provincial CPPCC, Academician of the International Academy of Navigation and Motion Control Science, Professor and PhD Supervisor of Central South University.

Cai Zixing submitted four proposals on “advance education” and speeches at the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2006. He believed that “junior classes” should be “abolished”, but he did not oppose juvenile college . He felt that the “juvenile class” was not conducive to the physical and mental health of young people, and caused huge waste of human and financial resources to schools and society.

But at the same time, Cai Zixing also acknowledged that the emergence of the “junior class” has a positive side: just after the “Cultural Revolution”, the university organized a “junior class” to enroll those young prodigies with high scores to go to university. Together with measures such as the college entrance examination, it has played a positive role in creating a climate of respect for knowledge and talents by eliminating the negative effects of “disordering anyway”, eliminating “white heroes” and the useless theory of reading.

In the voice of controversy, the training mode of “junior class” has not been interrupted by these impressive examples of Ning Bo. In fact, after the University of Science and Technology of China, universities such as Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Xi’an Jiaotong University have successively opened “junior classes.”

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the “Student Class” of the Chinese University of Science and Technology in 2008, there was such a data:

In the past 30 years, the junior class has enrolled a total of 1,220 students in 31 sessions, and has graduated 1,027, of which 935 have graduated, accounting for 91%. First 16 graduates (1983-1998)

There are some names that we may be familiar with:

Guo Yuanlin, a “junior class” of the Chinese University of Science and Technology, 78, has served as president of Tsinghua Ziguang Group;

Ma Dongmin, a “junior class” class 85 at the Chinese University of Science and Technology, is now a special assistant to the chairman of Baidu. Her husband ’s name is Li Yanhong;

Zhuang Xiaowei, the “junior class” of the Chinese University of Science and Technology, grade 85. After entering the school, he created a record of full marks in the four majors of “theoretical mechanics”, “electrodynamics”, “quantum mechanics” and “statistical mechanics”. . He is currently an academician of the American Academy of Sciences, a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a dual professor of chemistry, chemical biology, and physics at Harvard University;

Zhu Changhong, Grade 85 of the “Juvenile Class” of the Chinese University of Science and Technology, was the Chief Investment Officer of the Reserve Management Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange;

Du Jiangfeng, the “junior class” of the Chinese University of Science and Technology, grade 85, was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015, and is currently the vice president of the University of Science and Technology;

Yin Xi, a “junior class” of the Chinese University of Science and Technology, grade 96, is a professor in the Department of Physics at Harvard University. His main research area is string theory.

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There are a lot of names like this-I think if the dimensions of the judgement are different, there are many people who have achieved higher than the above list.

Of course, among these people, the most often mentioned, and the first one often mentioned is Zhang Yaqin, who felt that his grades had dragged his class back. He later served as Microsoft (China) Chairman, Microsoft Global Senior President, President of Baidu.

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Someone once said that there was an important reason why Zhang Yaqin’s later road went smoothly:

“He didn’t get much attention at the time.”

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In the Chinese University of Science and Technology, there is a “history” school history gallery.

Zhang Yaqin’s names are prominently displayed, followed by a series of titles and titles.

And the “stars” that were well-known in the country: Ning Bo and Xie Yanbo. Their introduction was: “Young classmates.”

In 2018, “Red Star News” interviewed Ning Bo. According to reports, although Ning Bo is still studying Buddhism, he has returned to the vulgar world and has also obtained the license of a national level counselor.

He declined the reporter’s request for a face-to-face interview and sent a text message to tell the reporter:

“ (I now) is not bad, you can do what you want to do.”

Gotto

Suddenly I want to talk about this class that I studied at university.

Readers who are familiar with me know that the class I read is called “Liberal Science Base Class” (Another class is called “Science Base Class”) . This class is certainly not comparable to the “junior class”, but it is also a little different from ordinary university classes.

For example, this class was enrolled in advance by Fudan itself. Those who have passed the test can enter the school in advance without taking the college entrance examination; for example, we can directly study (Limited to three departments of History, Philosophy, but previously said that it only takes 7 years to read this master and Ph.D.) ; for example, we want to study all three subjects, and give us lessons ofMost of the teachers are Ph.D. guides from the three departments … and so on.

Our class also had some other names, such as “continuous reading class”, “advanced class”, and even a joke called “master class” (I’m not named “Master of Steamed Bread”) . But it must be emphasized again that my classmates and I are only “relatively more interested in the liberal arts”, and they are not geniuses in the “junior class”, but if we say that our class and the “junior class” are a little bit Similarly, then:

Our classes are a bit “experimental” in nature.

What about the results of the experiment? If we look at it from some people’s perspective, our class may have failed.

Take our class as an example. At the beginning of the 34 people, 7 people did not choose to study directly and came out to work. (out of 4) . An audit conducted by a famous accounting firm …

However, I always feel that our class, including this “base class” design, is very good.

Let’s take our class. First of all, our class should really train a master. Of course it ’s not me. It is a classmate who is diagonally opposite to my bedroom. He devoted himself to academics, reading all the way from undergraduate to PhD, and then became the youngest full professor in the Chinese Department of Fudan. Now he is a famous scholar in the field of ancient Chinese characters.

Second, even if I go to the society, although I dare not say that all of them are top-notch, my classmates are definitely called “mainstays” in all walks of life. Among them are the famous writers (not me) , young backbone language teachers at key high schools in the city, management staff of various enterprises, government Elite backbone of government units. Take the newspaper group that I worked for, there are many teachersBrothers and sisters worked in the meantime, and “graduated from the base class” has become a signboard and has a reputation. As for our monitor, I have started my own business now and is a well-known expert in children’s education in the circle. span>.

Lala Zaza said this because she really had some feelings for the story of “Juvenile Class”.

My personal point of view on the training model of “junior class” is: it can continue, but it doesn’t have to be promoted.

First of all, considering the background of the era, the original intention and desire of this class, I think it is understandable.

The Chinese University of Science and Technology’s “Juvenile Class”, of course, has a lot of experience and lessons, but the class itself was originally “experimental”. “Experimental” must be tolerant and give opportunities for improvement. Today, 41 years have passed, and the “junior class” still exists. I believe that they should have improved a lot in many aspects and thoughtful.

In fact, I think everyone should agree that the criteria for judging a person’s “success” should never be single. So from the perspective of the talents trained in the “junior class”, I think this standard should also be applied-it is not necessary for a class to have several Nobel Prize winners. Can this class run mode be considered successful? What’s more, judging from the data provided by the “junior class”, judging from the situation of talents staying in schools and working in various industries, I think it should still be qualified.

Even Ning Bo and Xie Yabo, do they have any problems? It is perfectly acceptable to pursue the life you want, or continue to teach. They shouldn’t be capped with “failures”, they just don’t live as many people imagine or want.

Finally, I will not talk about the “junior class”, but I will return to our “wenji class”.

Just before this year, our class had a small party because Mr. Fang Jiaju wanted to get together with us.

Mr. Fang Jiaju can be said to be the “big steward” of our entire Fudan “Liberal Arts Base Class” system-this is what we later learned, because he does not teach us lessons. That year it was him who worked tirelessly to get around. Every semester, he helped us to contact the teachers of each department, get through various subjects, select courses, arrange schedules, and contact various lectures.

Mr. Fang is 80 years old and retired early. He wants to know how the students of our “base classes” have been in recent years. Oh, and by the way, our Fudan “The “base class” has been running since 1995 and was cancelled permanently for various reasons around 2003.

At the dinner that day, Mr. Fang was pushed to the main seat, and the classmates who attended the dinner reported to him one by one.

Mr. Fang listened to our report with interest, and said:

“Thank you for inviting me and telling me what you are doing now. I was very pleased to hear that. I know that some students are unwilling to come to the party, or some students are unwilling to tell me what TA is doing now. Maybe A little shy. But it really isn’t necessary. I think every job you are doing today makes me very happy, very satisfied, and very comforting.

Because the base class has trained you all to be useful to society. “

Yes, at least for ordinary people like us who deserve themselves, live up to their families, do n’t disturb the society, or even be useful to society.

The main source of this article is:

1. “Where is the most dazzling teenage prodigy 26 years ago” (Li Haipeng, Southern Weekend, July 21, 2005) < / p>

2. “In Search of the” Prodigy “Ning Platinum” (Ning Xiangdong, “Science and Technology Extract”, 1995 06)

3. “The first prodigy” Ning Bo, who has been a 40-year-old boy of the Chinese University of Science and Technology, is still doing psychological counseling (Red Star News, March 27, 2018) < / span>

4. “Ning Bo: A Young Genius Away” (Li Zongtao, Southern Figure Weekly, January 31, 2008)

5. “Some young class alumni working in famous Chinese universities and research institutes” (University of Science and Technology of China, the official website of the young class college)

6. “China’s First Prodigy Ning Platinum”: “Even my parents are more willing to accept the genius Ning Platinum shaped by the media” (“Sanlian Life Weekly” “, March 30, 2018)