Chen Yusong's brief resume
Date of birth: August 1989
Educational experience:
Junior high school— Hubei Province Fruit Lake Second Middle School
High School - The First Affiliated Middle School of Central China Normal University
University - Downing College, University of Cambridge Engineering Major
He once skipped class and indulged in the game room for half a year
He once had "a higher ranking than his score"
He is about to complete his undergraduate studies in the Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge, so why should he start a research career in Cambridge?
What is it that makes this "bad boy" also become a "top student"?
Hubei launched a direct enrollment program for Cambridge
In the summer of 2007, major newspapers in Hubei were delivering exciting news. Chen Yusong, an 18-year-old Wuhan boy who graduated from Class 2 of the Science Experimental Class of the First Affiliated Middle School of Central Normal University, was officially admitted to the world-famous university - the University of Cambridge in the UK. became the first student admitted from Hubei Province since 2001 when Cambridge University started direct recruitment in China.
In late September 2006, the China Selection Center of Cambridge University went to Hubei Province for the first time to recruit students. The No. 1 High School Affiliated to China Normal University selected 13 students to participate in the selection.
On October 7, Chen Yusong successfully passed the AST written examinations in mathematics and English.
In mid-October, Chen Yusong went to Shanghai for an interview.
In January 2007, Chen Yusong, as the only candidate from Hubei, was conditionally admitted to Cambridge University along with eight other students across the country.
In April 2007, he took the IELTS test and scored 8 points in one fell swoop.
In June 2007, he took the science college entrance examination and scored 620 points.
In August 2007, he received an official admission letter from Cambridge University's engineering program, and a scholarship of 8,800 pounds per academic year.
Many people want to know how this magical Hubei boy created the Cambridge miracle, but few people know that this "magic boy" was once a "problem child".
Former problem child
Chen Yusong was born in a very ordinary family. His father was an administrative cadre and his mother was a technician. When he was in elementary school, Chen Yusong only studied mediocrely and was even a little playful, which caused headaches to his parents.
In the 1990s, computers were not yet very popular, and people did not even know what an Internet cafe was. At that time, the most popular entertainment place for children was the "game machine room." 10-year-old Chen Yusong followed his like-minded elder brother from his neighbor's family and hung out in a nearby game room. He didn't dare to miss classes at school, but after class, his parents helped him sign up for cram schools, so he boldly didn't go. In the past six months, Chen Yusong was carried home by his ears from the game room several times by his mother, and was beaten several times, but he showed no signs of restraining. His parents were very anxious for a time, but they were unable to do anything.
By chance, Chen Yusong's mother met a university teacher. Chen Yusong was in the fourth grade that year, and his life began to change from this year.
The professor who taught him how to fish
Speaking of the teacher named Meng, Chen Yusong's tone was full of respect. He called Teacher Meng "the most important teacher in his life".
For several months, Chen Yusong and three other children lived and studied at Teacher Meng's house. Teacher Meng treated them not only like a teacher, but also like an amiable parent. Teacher Meng helps them with their homework, but more importantly, he teaches them to arrange their own study life and find suitable learning methods and appropriate learning attitudes.
Chen Yusong, who had never known what a study plan was, made a decent study plan for the first time at Teacher Meng's home and completed it step by step under Teacher Meng's guidance.Chen Yusong also learned for the first time that playing is not a fault, but only by improving his learning efficiency can he save more time to play and play comfortably. At Teacher Meng's house, Chen Yusong found a method that suited him. He had already learned the second grade courses during the summer vacation of fourth grade. When Chen Yusong returned to the classroom, he suddenly had the feeling of " has a panoramic view of all mountains and small ". Those fifth grade courses were not a problem for Chen Yusong. At this time, Chen Yusong found the long-lost confidence in learning, and his interest gradually returned to learning.
Looking back on this experience, Chen Yusong was filled with emotion. He said that some of his friends who studied together at Teacher Meng’s home also achieved good results and went to study abroad.
Teacher Meng’s guidance is not just icing on the cake. His goal is to train average or even lower-middle students into outstanding students. It can be said that none of us have particularly good learning skills, but our potential has been fully tapped and we have become top students after returning to school.
He believes that there is an old saying in China called "It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish", which means that it is better to give someone something than to give him the method to obtain it. Teacher Meng’s education method is similar to this. From the beginning, he arranged the study life for the children to let them understand what kind of learning method is correct. Then, he taught the children to make their own plans and guided them step by step to realize it. Then, the children had to make their own plans. In the process of formulating and completing study plans, children are exploring a learning method that suits them and learning how to complete their own plans in the shortest possible time. The improvement in learning efficiency allows them to learn more knowledge at Teacher Meng's home. When they return to the classroom, correct learning methods and higher learning efficiency enable them to master knowledge faster.
More importantly, children who are not good at learning usually have little self-confidence, and the frustration of failure makes the children hit hard. In order to avoid this frustration, they avoid learning, so they lose interest in learning. 's advanced study at Teacher Meng's house made Chen Yusong feel the sense of accomplishment in learning. In order to maintain this sense of accomplishment, he would study hard to keep his grades at a certain level.
At this point, a bad boy turned into a good student.
Proficient in all kinds of martial arts
Speaking of playing, Chen Yusong seems much more excited than talking about studying, violin, guitar, table tennis, basketball. He was even a member of the school track and field team for a time.
Chen Yusong himself found it funny when he talked about being selected into the track and field team by his teacher.
When I was a child, I felt that I was good at track and field, and I even privately competed with the best players in the school. At that time, he won a great victory, but later he was avenged again at the school sports meeting.
But Chen Yusong had never thought about joining a track and field team. The track and field team was just a vague concept to him at that time.
It wasn’t until later that a physical education teacher saw him jumping into a sandpit, and he was accepted into the track and field team. However, due to being addicted to the game room, the training of the track and field team was also wasted.
Speaking of this, Chen Yusong seemed a little regretful. But Chen Yusong maintained his advantage in track and field. Until junior high school, he won the sprint and long jump championships in the school sports meeting for two consecutive years. "Until the strongman appeared later, the championship physiology was over."
In addition to running and jumping, Chen Yusong also likes various ball games. Even when he was the most nervous in his senior year of high school, Chen Yusong did not move his physical education class indoors.
Speaking of Chen Yusong's love for fun, this may be related to the "laissez-faire" attitude of his high school teacher, Teacher Wu. This teacher, who has been teaching for many years, has always believed that learning and sports should go hand in hand. She drives all students out of the classroom during recess, and does not allow students to stay in the classroom during physical education classes.What's more, when the school has a video conference, she will quietly let the students go to the playground to play ball. "Staying in the classroom and watching the leaders talking on TV is really boring. It is a waste of the children's time. It is better to let them play ball. Of course, I will remind them not to go up the stairs, so as not to make too much noise and attract others' attention." It is not difficult to imagine that Chen Yusong, who loves to play, meets a teacher who is willing to let students play, and his playing potential is maximized.
In addition to sports, Chen Yusong has also studied violin for many years. Chen Yusong has been passionate about classical music since he was a child. When he was in the sixth grade of elementary school, he heard that his mother’s colleague’s child had learned the violin, so he pestered his father to buy a violin and started learning it. He studied for five or six years. But on the eve of the college entrance examination, the father and son had a bad fight over playing the violin.
At that time, Chen Yusong lived in the dormitory and would use his free time to play a piece of violin every day. At first it was just a "solo" by himself. Later, under his influence, many classmates in the class brought instruments to the dormitory. After that, there would be a "music time" in the dormitory every day, which was quite "spectacular". In fact, although Chen Yusong had been pre-admitted to Cambridge University at that time, Cambridge University still had strict requirements for college entrance examination scores, so Chen Yusong still had a long and difficult road to go. His father thought that playing the violin every day was affecting his studies, so he came to school to talk to him and asked him to put away the small bag first. Unexpectedly, Chen Yusong gave his father a harsh word: "I don't have to go to Cambridge, but I can play the violin for at least an hour every day!"
When the college entrance examination was about to take place, perhaps due to the influence of the guitar-playing classmates in the dormitory, Chen Yusong also learned the guitar. When he went to England, Chen Yusong took his beloved violin and guitar to Cambridge as a matter of course.
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