A 17-year-old secondary school student, who is still studying fashion design, has been successfully shortlisted for the finalist of the 2024 Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition (referred to as the "Ali Mathematics Competition"). This mathematics genius girl is Jiang Ping of Lianshui Secondary Vocational School in Jiangsu Province, who scored 93 points in the preliminaries, ranking 12th, and is the first secondary school student to reach the final since the Ali Mathematics Competition was held.
Jiang Ping's counterattack and miracle may still be on the way.
But another girl, Liu Yuanqi, who was also born in a secondary school to study fashion design, has proven herself to the world.
If it were just a literal description of this young girl's success story, it might not be complicated.
In 2020, as a student majoring in fashion design, she graduated from Yueyang County Vocational Secondary School.
In the same year, she was admitted to Hunan Normal University in 2020, majoring in Fashion and Apparel Design (Normal).
In 2024, she will successfully study at Tsinghua University because of her excellent grades.
The simple text description is enough for people to see the counterattack of a secondary school student to the highest university, but it lacks the excitement and warmth behind the girl's story.
In fact, there is a trail behind every success story.
Liu Yuanqi in real life is not only enthusiastic and full of vitality, but she also has a very unique characteristic:
Focus.
In her own words, she considers herself a very stubborn person, and when she sets a goal, she must win it...... Therefore, constantly strive for excellence in their works, build dreams in the best time, and wait for Fanghua.
Focus or stubbornness. In fact, such a trait can also be seen in another person who is very hot.
Zhu Yetian, a teenager who sat in Maybach at the gate of Hangzhou No. 2 Middle School to take the college entrance examination, has been very concerned during this time. The Internet is keen to call him "Young Master Maybach".
Not only does he have a prominent family background, but he also scored 700 points in the college entrance examination and has been admitted to Peking University.
His appearance broke people's rigid impression of "gentlemen" and became another example in the hearts of many people.
But again, everyone's success is not accidental, and he also has the same characteristics of "persistence" and "stubbornness".
Zhu Yetian once told the media that his grandfather (Zhu Bingren) had a great influence on him.
His grandfather, Zhu Bingren, a master of Chinese arts and crafts, is a representative inheritor of bronze carving skills of national intangible cultural heritage, and created a new school of "melting realism".
Zhu Bingren is definitely a successful top performer in the industry, and he is also a widely recognized person in the industry.
Zhu Bingren's concept of educating children is very worthy of learning:
With too many choices, it is easy to get lost, and it is necessary to cultivate children's concentration. It's like striking copper, one mind is put into it, don't look around, hammer it down, moisturizing things silently.
In just a few words, people can feel the kind of "influence" that Zhu Yetian said, which is actually the persistence and stubbornness of "focus", "one mind" and "hammer by hammer".
Whether it is Liu Yuanqi, an inspirational girl, or Zhu Yetian, a young master of Maybach, their success is inseparable from focus, stubbornness and the spirit of hammering down.
But unfortunately, in reality, most parents who want their children to succeed make the mistake of going too far.
Just today, a weekend in the middle of the summer vacation, it was raining outside, but I was still at the door of the training class and saw that many children were taken by their parents to tutor.
And many children are not yet learning a homework, in addition to dancing, they also have to learn English, in addition to the piano, they also have to learn to walk the model.
Many parents have always had a red line in their hearts:
You can't let your child lose at the starting line, so as long as they can think of every opportunity, they must let their child work hard and try.
But most parents are actually blind, and they don't understand the meaning of Zhu Bingren's words:
There are many choices, and it is easy to get lost, so it is necessary to cultivate children's concentration.
Professor Zhou Yezhong, vice president of Wuhan University, once said in the program "Let's Talk":
In fact, the smallest gap between people is IQ, and the biggest gap is persistence.
This sentence is deeply true.
Whether it is Liu Yuanqi, who studied fashion design at a secondary school, or Zhu Yetian, who sat on Maybach to take the exam, or Jiang Ping, didn't their success benefit from that stubbornness and persistence?
Truth is never profound, but it is always easy to overlook.
Finally, I would like to quote Su Shi's words to encourage you:
Those who set up great things in ancient times not only have supernatural talents, but also have perseverance.
I hope that everyone can "devote themselves to one mind, don't look around, and hammer it down".