How difficult is it to successfully obtain a PhD diploma? It can be as short as four years, as long as seven or eight years, and as long as more than ten years. But for some people, it seems too easy to get a doctoral certificate. In January 2019, Zhai Tianlin posted a postdoctor

How difficult is it to successfully obtain a PhD diploma? It can be as short as four years, as long as seven or eight years, and as long as more than ten years.

But for some people, it seems too easy to get a doctoral certificate. In January 2019, Zhai Tianlin posted a postdoctoral admission notice from Peking University , which means that he has graduated with a doctorate.

But on February 8, 2019, Zhai Tianlin's sentence " What is CNKI ?" put the " independent spirit and free thought " under his feet and trampled on it unscrupulously.

At the same time, Liu Chunyang, a doctoral student from the University of Science and Technology of China, , disappeared. After several days of salvage, he was found in the reed swamp.

Before Liu Chunyang chose to commit suicide, he had been studying for a doctoral degree for 7 years. In the last 6 years, he had no research direction and did not publish an article during this period, which led to the delay in doctoral graduation.

Compared with "Zhai Tianlin and others", how difficult is it for a poor boy to get a certificate?

He made an appointment to go home during the Spring Festival, but turned around and headed towards the reservoir.

During the Spring Festival of that year, Liu Chunyang made an appointment with his family to go home on January 31. On that day, it was Zhai Tianlin who announced that he had received the admission notice for postdoctoral studies. time.

Liu Chunyang walked out of the dormitory door at 4:30 in the morning and walked in the opposite direction to his home: Dongpu Reservoir.

He is from Tiefo Village, Fengle Town, Feixi, Hefei, Anhui Province. It is 40 kilometers away from the University of Science and Technology of China. He often only needs to take a shuttle bus to get home easily.

When he walked to Dongpu Reservoir, his parents waited anxiously at home until nightfall, but still did not wait for their son to come back.

Liu Fayou and his wife were very anxious and asked their sister Liu Chunling to contact her brother, but the result was the same. Liu Chunyang did not respond. That night, the couple couldn't sleep all night. In their hearts, Liu Chunyang was a sensible child.

Liu Chunyang showed strong mathematical talent when he was a child. He could always blurt out the answer to double-digit addition and subtraction. Moreover, Liu Chunyang rarely did homework at home when he was in school, but he often got top three in exams, and his home was covered with his certificates.

In 2008, Liu Chunyang was admitted to the University of Science and Technology of China, a double first-class school, with a high score of 668. Four years later, with excellent results, he was recommended to stay at the school to study for a master's and doctoral degree.

He is one of the few doctoral students in the village. The whole family likes this child very much. Every time his sisters go home to visit relatives, he always refuses to let them work. He and his mother are busy in the kitchen.

What a sensible and filial child this is.

But the parents could not contact their children and felt uneasy. At around 4 a.m. the next day, Liu Fayou and his wife immediately took the shuttle bus to the campus and found Liu Chunyang's tutor.

The dormitory where Liu Chunyang lives is a two-person room. When Liu Chunyang went out, his roommate did not know when he would go out. Moreover, his roommate knew a few days ago that he was going home for the New Year, and his luggage had already been packed. alright.

When no one could contact Liu Chunyang, the leader of the school security office issued a letter in the name of the school, and the instructor accompanied Liu Fayou and his wife to the police station to report the incident.

Surveillance video showed that the last trace of Liu Chunyang appeared in Dongpu Reservoir, and the search team searched nearby for several days.

In the past few days, Liu Fayou and his wife almost collapsed. They could not accept the disappearance of their child and could not find any reason for the disappearance of the child.

Liu Chunyang, why did you choose to walk 2 hours and 9 kilometers to Dongpu Reservoir?

He was recommended to study for a master's degree and a Ph.D. in 6 years, but he has not published any results

In the eyes of his family, although Liu Chunyang is introverted, he is very cheerful. During school, he reported good news but not bad news, and did not fall in love, let alone a pyramid scheme. , after ruling out various possibilities, they concluded that Liu Chunyang disappeared because of too much academic pressure.

During Liu Chunyang's master's and doctoral studies, he had two tutors, one was a senior tutor and the other was a junior tutor. The junior tutor was responsible for his academic research direction.

Originally, Liu Chunyang was going to complete his doctoral thesis in 2016 and successfully obtain his doctoral certificate. However, his thesis failed and his graduation could only be postponed for one year.

But in 2017, his father Liu Fayou received a call from the school, saying that Liu Chunyang wanted to check out and the school would not let him live there.

At that time, Liu Chunyang was visiting Hangzhou with his classmates. Liu Fayou immediately called him and asked, "Do you still want to study?"

After Liu Chunyang came back from Hangzhou, he expressed his intention I still want to study, but I lack research direction.

The next afternoon, Liu Fayou and his wife took their son to meet Liu Chunyang’s doctoral supervisor. They chatted for a whole afternoon. The doctoral supervisor said: "Liu Chunyang is very smart. He works hard on his own and I will guide him. It should be very good." Graduation is about to happen."

day goes by. Liu Chunyang did not produce any academic results in the next two years. What is even more surprising is that during the period when Liu Chunyang and Yang Shuobo were studying together, he did not publish a single article.

In the eyes of teachers, this is very abnormal, because if a doctoral student wants to graduate, he must publish a certain number of papers, and it is impossible to graduate if he does not meet the requirements.

But in the eyes of some students, this is normal. They explore and do experiments on their own, but fail to produce any results. Therefore, some doctoral students often choose to quit and drop out.

But Liu Chunyang had no choice. He chose to study for a master's degree and a Ph.D., which is equivalent to giving up , master's degree . If he did not get a doctorate, he would only have , bachelor's degree .

However, after giving up the doctorate, you can also apply for a master's degree. However, Liu Chunyang has not achieved academic success in six years, and his hope of applying is almost zero.

When everyone issued a missing person notice and were anxiously looking for Liu Chunyang, on February 14, the search team found Liu Chunyang in the reed swamp.

Several hundred cash and mobile phones were found on his body. There were no injuries on his body, which ruled out homicide. This means that Liu Chunyang committed suicide.

When the Liu family received the news, they were devastated. They still couldn't understand why Liu Chunyang could abandon his family and choose to leave.

Liu Chunyang’s decadent last year: playing games, not a single book on the bookcase

According to the narration of Liu Chunyang’s roommate, Liu Chunyang’s last year of life has been almost restored.

Throughout 2018, Liu Chunyang rarely went to the laboratory and spent 90% of his time in the dormitory. The roommate was injured and had to lie down in the dormitory during the day. The same was true for Liu Chunyang. At one or two o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Chunyang started playing games until the early morning.

Moreover, sometimes Liu Chunyang would play on the computer all night long.

Why did Liu Chunyang, who was regarded as a noble son from a poor family, indulge himself so much?

Judging from his mobile phone, he only has 5 contacts. In addition to family members, there is only one classmate.

It seems that he felt hopeless in his studies, gave up on himself, and completely closed himself off.

Liu Chunyang has always been a top-notch person in everyone's eyes. Once his pride is shattered, he may not be able to accept this reality.

For this reason, he also deceived his family and lied that he was in the laboratory. In fact, he was in the dormitory at all, but he was unwilling to answer the phone calls from his family.

Liu Chunyang's bookcase was empty, with no books placed there. There was only a computer, a small fan, and a few unopened express packages.

In the eyes of his roommates, he is a decadent person who loves to play games.

2019 is Liu Chunyang’s third year of delayed graduation. If he does not delay his graduation next year, he will not be able to live on campus. He can only get the graduation certificate and go out to find a job.

He is a proud man. He is already 28 years old and has achieved nothing. He seems unable to decide his future. He also seems to feel that he has failed his family's expectations. Therefore, he is in a dilemma between delaying graduation and working. He cannot make a choice. .

After Liu Chunyang drowned, the school found Liu Fayou and his wife and claimed that Liu Chunyang did not meet the requirements for obtaining a doctoral diploma.

Perhaps, in the first few years of continuous study, Liu Chunyang was very high-spirited and felt that he could produce results no matter what. However, after repeated failures and repeated research without clues, his confidence was hit again and again. thereby doubting oneself.

In fact, besides academics, there is a broader world. Unfortunately, they will never see it again.

Doctoral students who choose to commit suicide

There are many doctoral students who often face huge pressure and are in a dilemma, so they choose to leave.

In 2017, doctoral student Yang Baode drowned in the Bahe River in Xi'an. His girlfriend analyzed the reasons for his suicide: no hope of going abroad, no academic results, and huge mental pressure.

In 2018, doctoral student Hou Jingjing was regarded as a top student in the eyes of others, but he finally chose to go to a dead end.

He once left the last words before his death: Maybe I just don't like it very much, and I'm not suitable for this world, so I don't want to stay any longer...

There is also a doctoral student Tang Xiaolin , who has been studying for a doctorate for seven years. Completed graduation and thus embarked on the road of no return.

A doctoral student seems to have a great halo, but behind it are countless late nights of experiments, and countless hesitant and hesitant choices.

Before this, they were all academic masters, but due to one or other reasons, they could not graduate successfully.

And some people, through academic fraud, appear on the screen while holding a diploma, achieving both career and academic success, which makes people reflect on the underlying reasons behind it.

Those who make fakes can still enjoy glory and wealth by taking a step back, but those students who study hard in a poor family, in their hearts, taking a step back will be doomed...