Tianjin’s 14-year-old genius was recommended to Peking University

China Education Online News 14 birthday candles were lit one by one, and the candlelight reflected the boy's face red. He shyly sat in front of the birthday cake and blew out the candles several times before blowing them out.

The boy is Wang Yudong, a student in Class 5, Grade 2, Nankai Middle School. This 14th birthday is a bit special - three days ago, Wang Yudong won the gold medal in the National Middle School Chemistry Olympiad Winter Camp, and Peking University advanced the decision on the spot. Admitted him.

Wang Yudong’s parents teach at Chenzhong Middle School in Kaixian County. Knowing that her son would be recommended to Peking University, Gui Xiaofen came specially to celebrate her son.

Birthday at 12:30

When asked something, I often only answer two words

At 12:30 noon yesterday, Wang Yudong’s birthday party was held next to Nankai Middle School. Jinlin Restaurant has begun. Those who came to celebrate Wang Yudong's birthday were all the people closest to him: his mother Gui Xiaofen, his class teacher Xiao Jun when he was a freshman in high school, his current class teacher Liu Chunling, chemistry competition coach Jia Longxian, and grade teacher She Zongping.

At the scene, Wang Yudong was a little reserved. No matter what the Chongqing Evening News reporter asked, he would always utter a few words softly and shyly, and it was difficult for him to speak a long paragraph. "Both of us are studying liberal arts. We usually can't hold back our chatter, but my son has a science-oriented mind and is very happy about it." Gui Xiaofen said that she teaches English and her husband teaches Chinese, but her son's personality is different. Very silent.

A reporter from Chongqing Evening News asked: "Besides chemistry, what else do you like?" Wang Yudong blinked, tilted his head, and waited for dozens of seconds without answering.

Teacher Xiao Jun reminded from the side: "Don't you like playing basketball?" Wang Yudong nodded as an answer.

"Then when do you usually play ball?" "On weekends."

"Do you usually interact with your classmates a lot?" Wang Yudong smiled and nodded: "Yes , a lot.”

Go back to the room at 13:30

Read the chemistry book as a novel

After lunch, Wang Yudong returned to the rental house with his mother. This small house with two bedrooms and one living room is located in the family building of an old teacher from Nankai Middle School. "The annual rent is 18,000, which is a bit expensive." Gui Xiaofen said while cleaning up the house. However, considering that her son participated in the chemistry competition and needed extra reading and homework, the couple rented this house.

“His grandpa usually takes care of him here. It’s been too cold recently, so his grandpa went back to (Kaixian).” Gui Xiaofen said that she couldn’t worry about her son and would take a long-distance bus almost every weekend. Come and see him.

In one of the bedrooms, a reporter from the Chongqing Evening News saw a row of books placed on one side of Wang Yudong’s desk. They were all supplementary materials for high school science and education, and there was not a single novel. The few books scattered on the table are chemistry test papers. Gui Xiaofen said that Wang Yudong was obsessed with chemistry. When he came home from self-study class every day, he would read chemistry books as novels.

Wang Yudong’s chemistry competition coach Jia Longxian said: “In order to participate in the competition, he (Wang Yudong) did all the competition questions from last year to 1995.”

“ Can't you go shopping on the weekend? ""Very few." "What are you going to do at school? Do you keep doing questions?" "That's not possible," Wang Yudong said. I will go to the playground to exercise.

14:00 Laboratory

Faced with bottles and jars, I changed into a different person

When I came out of Wang Yudong’s house, I happened to meet my classmates in class. Suddenly, three girls caught up from behind the crowd and shouted, "Wang Yudong!" He turned around and lowered his head in embarrassment. The three girls strode past him with smiles on their faces.

They are Wang Yudong’s classmates. "He (Wang Yudong) is completely a child in our eyes, very innocent and simple." A female classmate named Luo Yao said that Wang Yudong almost did not dare to talk to female classmates. "But we all admire him. He is so young (age) and so fierce. We can't beat him in the exam." Another female classmate Zhang Chen said.

When he came to the chemical laboratory, Wang Yudong suddenly became different. Setting up the stand, taking out the test tube, and attaching the clamp... he moved very skillfully and had a calm expression on his face.

When performing the dropper test, he held the dropper switch with his left hand and gently shook the test bottle with his right hand. All his attention was focused on the solution in the test bottle in his hand. The flash and shutter of the camera next to him seemed to have disappeared.

Jia Longxian said that when he participated in the Chemistry Olympiad winter camp in Changchun a few days ago, Wang Yudong accidentally broke the test tube during an experiment and was deducted 5 points. "He is more careful now when doing experiments. Although he won the gold medal in the end, after all Something went wrong." Jia Longxian said that Wang Yudong took the initiative to sum up his experience as soon as he came off the field.

Mom talks about growing up

The fifth grade of elementary school writes a paper

"On the difference in the composition of air and exhaled gas"

The fourth grade of elementary school Becoming acquainted with Chemistry

Chemistry was only offered as a class in the third grade of junior high school, but Wang Yudong became acquainted with it in the fourth grade of primary school because of an accident.

Gui Xiaofen said: "When Wang Yudong was in fourth grade, I was teaching the third grade of junior high school. The teacher who ordered the textbook made a mistake in statistics and ordered an extra chemistry book. No one wanted it, so I took it home. "" Later during the summer vacation, Wang Yudong became interested in that chemistry book and took it out to read when he had nothing to do. " Gui Xiaofen said that no one taught him, so his son read it unconsciously.

At the beginning of the fifth grade, the school organized students to participate in a city-wide science popularization essay competition for primary school students. Based on the little chemistry knowledge he learned during the summer vacation, and under the guidance of his parents and teachers, Wang Yudong wrote a short paper "On the Difference in Composition of Air and Exhaled Gas", which won the city's first prize.

This unexpected result made Wang Yudong more interested in chemistry.

At the age of 10, he ranked first in grade in the first two months of the first semester

"When he was a child, he did almost no early education and did not learn any special skills. We are most worried about his health." Gui Xiaofen said, My son was very thin at that time, with a big head and a small body. He was nicknamed "Big-Headed Son".

Since entering elementary school, Wang Yudong has shown a talent for learning. "His test scores have almost always ranked first. He has a very good memory and can learn many things in one go." Gui Xiaofen said that in the fifth grade, His family and teachers found that the primary school content could no longer satisfy him.

Gui Xiaofen and his wife plan to let their son skip a grade. "At first, we planned to skip a grade. But at that time, Chen's family was full of students, and there were hundreds of people in one class." There happened to be a familiar teacher teaching in the second grade of junior high school, so the family decided to let Wang Yudong try to directly advance to the second grade of junior high school.

“If you can’t do it, leave one more grade and come back to study.” Yesterday, Gui Xiaofen recalled to the Chongqing Evening News reporter that unexpectedly, 10-year-old Wang Yudong ranked third in the grade in the first month of the exam.

Now, he became famous in school, and his classmates dubbed him "Prodigy". Chemistry prodigy is most afraid of composition

Last September, 12-year-old Wang Yudong was admitted to Nankai Middle School for high school. "Wow, he is only 12 years old!" The classmates in the class exclaimed.

Because he is three years younger than his classmates, everyone affectionately calls him "kid". Every time the "kid" takes a test, he always ranks among the best in the class. Even among the more than 2,000 students in the school, he is still ranked among the top fifty or sixty.

"The main reason is that the Chinese language performance is poor." Teacher Xiao Jun, Wang Yudong's class teacher when he was a freshman in high school, said that when he first entered school, he found that his writing language ability was weaker than other students. "I will not talk about speeches and recitations, just When it comes to writing and speaking, other students can write some literary words, but Wang Yudong has almost none. Everything he writes is straightforward, and many of his language expressions look like those of a primary school student."

"But he reacts quickly. He has a good memory. When we (teachers) can’t remember or can’t calculate, we still have to ask him." Teacher Xiao said

Dad talks about the future

My son is not a geek. He walked slower

His father, Wang Ronghua, didn't like people calling his son a "geek." He said: "Our expectations for our son's growth are not just to be admitted to Peking University, but chemistry is just a subject. . Because of his specialty in chemistry, he runs a little faster than other peers, but we hope that he can slow down, walk more steadily, and have more hobbies and a richer life.

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Walking into Wang Yudong's rental house, there is a note written by Wang Ronghua with a brush on the mirror hanging on the wall: Be bold and active, and communicate proactively. Wang Ronghua said that this is a reminder for his son to overcome his character weaknesses at any time.

Wang Ronghua also posted a note on the back of the door, also written in calligraphy: confidence, perseverance, concentration, dedication, humility, love, sincerity, patience, happiness.

Under each "heart", Wang Ronghua also wrote annotations: Confidence: Greet every day with full spirit; Perseverance: If you have a goal, work unremittingly... Let his son see it every time he opens and closes the door.

The night before yesterday, Wang Ronghua spent more than three hours writing a long letter to his son: "Ignite high self-expectations and implement good behavioral habits - Written for my son's fourteenth birthday."

Tomorrow is your fourteenth birthday. Mom and Dad hope that you will avoid being arrogant and impetuous in front of your grades... and be a person that people admire and like from the bottom of their hearts.

Obtaining the recommendation letter this time is just the first step in a long journey of thousands of miles. We must not stop here and sleep on the results. We still need to study harder from now on. , you should pay more attention to current affairs. It is good for you to pay more attention to current affairs. Once you get used to it, you will be able to see the things behind the news, see the truth, and see the opportunities.

From now on. Read more books. Reading newspapers, magazines and books can broaden your horizons, absorb nutrients, cultivate your soul, accumulate humanistic spirit, and form a positive attitude towards life and rational thinking.

From now on, you must develop a habit. , record things big and small, and regularly check what needs to be done. This can free up our minds and help us make our lives more efficient.

Chemistry Olympiad Winter Season. Camp

The Chemistry Olympiad Winter Camp is called the "National High School Student Chemistry Competition and Winter Camp". It is sponsored by the Chinese Chemical Society and is a level competition for my country's middle school students' chemistry competition. The winter camp is quite popular. In the national finals, the contestants were all the first prize winners of high school student chemistry competitions in various provinces and cities, and the gold medal winners were the young talents from Peking University and Tsinghua University.