For a long time, personal education has been a key indicator of a person's ability by society and the company.
But can the quality of a person's ability really be evaluated by the level of academic qualifications?
A recent news has pushed academic qualifications and abilities to the forefront.
Jiang Ping, an ordinary secondary school student in Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, won the 12th place in the finalist of the Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition and successfully reached the finals.
Some people will say that it is not the 12th place, which is nothing remarkable, but the top 50 or even the top 100 on the report card are almost all students from famous universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University, which is enough to see the difficulty of Jiang Ping's competition.
With Jiang Ping's successful promotion, there are congratulations from the outside world, but there are also a wave of bad comments:
"Copied"
"I know people in the finalists, and they all say that Jiang Ping copied it"
"If it wasn't copied, I would have funded XXX million yuan"
and other comments, like snowflakes, pressed Jiang Ping, who had just been promoted, out of breath.
These people believe that Jiang Ping's success must be "cheating".
They subjectively believe that a secondary school student should be a poor student, and the elite of a prestigious university should be better than a secondary school student, especially in a subject such as mathematics, where "IQ" is a priority.
Indeed, the distribution of educational resources is uneven, and famous universities do have more educational resources and excellent teachers, while the education level obtained by technical secondary schools is certainly not as good as that of ordinary universities, let alone 985 and 211 universities. This is the reason why many people doubt Jiang Ping.
But that doesn't mean that students in vocational schools don't have access to quality education, and Jiang Ping's story is a good example.
Her mathematics teacher, Wang Yanqiu, graduated from Jiangsu University in 2020 with a master's degree. In 22 years, he received a doctorate in mathematics and has been conducting "hobby-based amateur research" in pure mathematics.
But in a school, there are so many students, why can teacher Wang Runqiu "discern pearls" and discover Jiang Ping? This is actually related to Jiang Ping's own efforts.
Jiang Ping is interested in mathematics herself, so she often goes to the problem list during her class, and after coming and going, Ms. Wang finds that this student is different from other students. Other students' grades are either between 50~60 points, while Jiang Ping's grades are always around 130~140.
Moreover, Mr. Wang also found that Jiang Ping has an extraordinary interest in mathematics.
So Mr. Wang moved the idea of loving talents, and often found some "super-outline" topics for Jiang Ping to practice. After two years of training, Mr. Wang and Jiang Ping participated in the competition together, and finally both were shortlisted, and Jiang Ping even surpassed Mr. Wang, ranking 12th.
Regardless of the truth of this play-in competition, whether Jiang Ping really has the ability or other means.
First of all, I want to say that before the results are out, don't judge and condemn with colored eyes.
Prestigious universities have high scores, while vocational schools have low scores, but the students here only get a difference in the scores they get on an exam, that's all, and it's not that life is on the wrong path, why do you have to belittle one and praise the other?
Before James Cameron became a famous director, he also started by studying technical painting from a technical school, and eventually used his talent in film special effects and narrative to create classic films such as "Titanic" and "Avatar".
At that time, Jack Ma was just an ordinary university graduate, but with his business insight and leadership skills, he founded today's e-commerce giant Alibaba, which is not known to be higher than many students from major universities.
Therefore, educational resources are the ladder of success, but it does not mean that all secondary school education resources are bad, and their own efforts are more important than higher educational resources.
Second, society needs to be diversified. Different education models and training directions meet the needs of the society for different types of talents.
Whether it is academic research, technology development or front-line operation, there is a need for corresponding professionals. Sometimes, for example, in terms of practical skills and application ability, most secondary school students tend to have an advantage over college students.
If you have the talent to learn, then you will engage in research, invention, and creation; If you have a talent for cooking, you can open a restaurant, and watching an endless stream of guests every day is also a kind of life; Eloquence is gifted, can be strategized in business negotiations, and can also serve the public in the sales office.
Secondary school students are not necessarily worse than college students, and college students can also be better in the direction they are interested in.
The picture shows a screenshot of the college student robot competition
Everyone is a flower, maybe just at different times
Life is like a long-distance race, not faster than whom, but farther than whom, everyone has their own rhythm and speed. Gan Luo 12 is the prime minister, and Jiang Shang is the king of 80 things.
Some people may show exceptional talent and ability at an early stage, while others need more time to develop their potential.
Jiang Ping is a good example, although she did not do well in the high school entrance examination, and it is unknown whether she can enter a prestigious university in the future, but through her own efforts and persistence, she finally achieved excellent results in the promotion round of the Global Mathematics Competition, which is also an explanation to herself.
Do your best, know your destiny, just work hard, and fate will make corresponding arrangements.
Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, raising people is like raising flowers.
Education is a long-term process, and a person's future should not be judged solely on the basis of momentary achievements. Everyone has their own strengths and strengths, and as long as you find a direction that suits you and put in the effort, it is possible to achieve your dreams.
In addition, we should also see that the development of modern society has become more and more close to the demand for talents. With the progress of society and the development of technology, many emerging industries and positions have gradually reduced their requirements for academic qualifications, and paid more attention to practical ability and experience. Academic qualifications are no longer the only criterion for us to select talents.
Jiang Ping's story tells us that everyone has their own flowering period, and don't give up on anyone easily. In fact, whether it is a secondary school student or a famous college student, as long as you work hard and persevere, you may succeed.
We should abandon prejudice, respect everyone's choices and efforts, and let everyone shine in their own field.
epilogue
In this society where academic qualifications are paramount, we really need to re-examine the "label" of education and background for a person.
Everyone has their own strengths and potential, and as long as they are given the opportunity and platform, they can also achieve impressive results. We should abandon the prejudice of academic qualifications and backgrounds, respect everyone's choices and efforts, and let everyone shine in their own field.
As of today, Jiang Ping has participated in the finals, if Jiang Ping's results are not satisfactory, I hope everyone will be merciful and not too harsh.
Finally, I hope that Jiang Ping's story is a powerful counterattack to social prejudice and an inspiration to everyone who works hard.