At the beginning of 2018, when everyone was still immersed in the joy of the Spring Festival, a QQ space burst the network, and the content was very brief: "I and Peking University are only 1.08."
The reason why it caused such a huge shock is because the experience of the party involved in the incident is really outrageous, four years of undergraduate, his number of hanging subjects is as high as eight, the grade point is only a pitiful 1.08, in the eyes of outsiders, an undisputed scum, this time he used the examination to prove himself and was admitted to Peking University.
How did a "scum of learning" with a door to the door succeed and be admitted to the graduate school of China's highest university?
The hope of a family
In 1995, He Ying was born in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, as the only son of the family, as soon as he was born, he shouldered the high hopes of several generations, and his father gave him the name He Ying, hoping that he could stand out and become the glory of the family.
When he was a child, He Ying did not disappoint his family, whether it was primary school or middle school, his results were always among the best, and in the eyes of all those who knew him, He Ying would undoubtedly have a big success in the future.
He Ying, who was well-behaved and sensible since childhood, and had excellent grades, naturally became what other parents called "other people's children". In this world, nothing is born, He Ying behaves so sensibly, everything stems from the education of parents.
He Ying's father is a typical tiger father, under his strict education, He Ying when he was a child, he almost did not have any entertainment time, when children of the same age were laughing and playing, he was always taken by his father to participate in various tutoring classes.
You must know that playfulness is the nature of every child, He Ying is no exception, and the father's education of this repressive nature is bound to bring about He Ying's inner rebellion.
One day in 2010, his father, as usual, was ready to take him to the Olympic Mathematics Training Class, however, today's He Ying was unusual, he sat on the sofa without a word, his green face seemed to be reddened by something, it seemed to be determined, He Ying suddenly roared at his father loudly: "I never want to participate in any Olympic Mathematics Class again!" I want to go to play with my friends, I also want to come home at night and watch TV, I also want to play games with my friends on weekends, I don't want to study every day! Learn! Learn! ”
After saying all this, He Ying seemed to be drained of his strength and sat paralyzed on the sofa wiping away tears. The father seemed to be a little surprised by He Ying's move, and he was half shy in the same place, he knew that his son was in a period of rebellion at this time, and if he continued to adopt a harsh way like in the past at this time, it would definitely have the opposite effect.
After thinking for a while, he sat down on the side of his son and said to his son in a serious tone: "Dad knows that you are this age, it is time to love to play, but the reason why Dad let you learn so many things is for your own good, I want you to enter a good university." You don't look at the children playing happily now, when the college entrance examination is over, they will start to regret it, Dad would rather you work harder now, and don't want you to regret it in the future. ”
He Ying originally thought that he would attract a scolding, but his father's sincere attitude surprised him, and he asked his father curiously: "Is it that if I am admitted to college, I can play unscrupulously?" The father smiled and nodded, and this father-son battle ended with He Ying obediently following his father to the counseling class.
He Ying's father thought that he had won the game, but he did not know that because of his own words, he directly led to his son's wasted time after going to college.
Time flickered, to 2013, he Ying, who was in his third year of high school, soaked in the sea of questions day and night, every morning at 5 o'clock, without his father's supervision, he would get up on his own to go to school and recite English words and ancient poems.
In all his spare time, he hardly left his seat except for the toilet. Every night, when he finished his day of study and returned home, it was often 11 o'clock at night, such a high intensity of study, even a strict father, it was inevitable to feel pain.
He Ying's hard work, but also by the class teacher in the eyes, in his view, He Ying is the most outstanding student he has ever brought, more than once praised him in the class, at that time the class teacher's favorite sentence is: "Don't look at you sitting in a classroom now, wait until you are admitted to different universities in the future, you will know the gap between people, you are now a little harder, to the university will be much easier!" ”
However, the class teacher's words were originally intended to encourage everyone to study seriously, but He Ying only listened to the last sentence, "Now work harder, it will be easier to get to the university." ”
Finally, the college entrance examination came, it turned out that He Ying's hard work was not in vain, he was admitted to the computer department of Southwest Petroleum University, his parents threw a banquet for this, and all his relatives and friends cheered for his achievements.
In their view, He Ying's future life must be promising, and they seem to have seen He Ying's future life trajectory, after graduating from college, finding a good job, building a happy family, and living a life that makes others envious.
The dream is full, but the reality is bone, and all of He Ying's efforts are to achieve a purpose - to escape.
Start indulging in a relaxed environment
In September 2014, He Ying stepped into the school gate of Southwest Petroleum University, which was the first time in He Ying's life to leave his parents, and when he came to the university, he sincerely sighed that this was simply a fairyland on earth.
In the past, He Ying would always have the nagging of her parents and the supervision of her teachers, but on the university campus, she could do whatever she wanted, and there was no one to restrain herself.
In the dormitory, he met like-minded friends with him, and on the first night of the school, the roommates greeted him and played a game together, asking him: "Will you play League of Legends?" "Since he was a child, he has never even touched the game, but he has heard it in the mouths of his classmates, he once dared not play, but now no one cares, He Ying is eager to try, after playing a game, he is out of control.
At first, he only played a few after class, but later, he began to skip class to play games, as a good student of the past, he was still more cautious when he skipped class at the beginning, and he specifically selected those classes that the teacher would not name and asked for more relaxed. However, in the back, his courage became bigger, and he actually gave up all the professional courses and public elective courses, single-mindedly played games in the dormitory, and began to live a happy "fat house" life.
He never went out to buy food, either the roommate helped him bring it back, or he called for takeaway, even if it was to eat, he could not stop his enthusiasm for playing games, often the rice had not been pulled a few bites, and he quickly held the mouse again. Because of this, his highest record is that he has not gone downstairs for two months, and he has almost used all the energy of his hard study in his senior year of high school to play games.
During that period, He Ying seemed to be enchanted, the whole person was immersed in the game world, and the living expenses given to him by his parents were almost all spent on these games.
He turned a deaf ear to the real world. He's playing games when other people's classes; he's playing games when others are in love; he's playing games when others are in clubs.
In short, games became everything in his life, he gave up all socialization, gave up all his studies, he became a strange person in the eyes of his classmates, but these, he did not care at all, as long as there was money in his pocket, the computer had electricity, he could play like this for a lifetime.
At least in the eyes of He Ying at that time.
The real crisis prompted the prodigal son to turn back
Time does not stop flowing because of your desolation, and in this chaotic nightmare, He Ying entered her junior year, however, as soon as the new semester arrived, He Ying found that everyone around her seemed to have changed a state.
The senior who used to play games with himself is now busy looking for a job every day, and his classmates are also beginning to prepare for the graduate school, each of them seems to have their own clear plan for the future, leaving him alone, relying on playing games to waste time.
An unprecedented sense of crisis struck, He Ying suddenly found that he seemed to have been left behind by others, every time he played the game, his mind would come up with the appearance of other classmates running for the future, a sense of guilt spontaneously emerged.
The real turnaround happened on a summer night, He Ying's cousin also happened to work in Chengdu, every weekend, he would go to his brother's house to play games, but this day until three o'clock in the morning, the brother did not return from the company, He Ying looked at the dusty servant, a tired face of his brother, as if suddenly seeing his future appearance.
The brother looked at He Ying sitting in front of the computer, sighed deeply, and called He Ying to his side and said in a serious tone:
"Brother can now earn 2500 in January, rent 1200 in January, the remaining 1300 have to pay utilities, phone bills, all kinds of fees, a month tightly can survive, brother used to be like you, every day all night to play games, go out and drink with friends, then you think there is no use in learning, isn't it enough to live happily?"
He Ying looked at his brother, who had a somewhat bleak look, and subconsciously asked, "Are you happy now?" The brother smiled miserably, "What do you think?" He Ying was suddenly asked, and saw the answer in his brother's eyes, and his brother stood up and walked toward the room, "It's too late, you should go to bed early," and suddenly the brother stopped in place, turned his back to He Ying, and said, "Brother doesn't want you to live like me in the future." ”
This night, He Ying tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and he decided to make a change.
The next day back at school, He Ying uninstalled all the game software in her mobile phone and computer, and after uninstalling, He Ying found that her time in a day suddenly increased a lot.
He was about to start cleaning up the mess he had left over from the previous two years, and his freshman and sophomore year were addicted to games, so that all eight of his subjects, including high numbers and physics, were hung up, and the average grade point was even less pitiful, only 1.08.
On this grade, don't say that you want to go to find a job, even graduating from college is a difficult thing, I was addicted to games before, I felt that these were nothing, but at the moment back to real life, how to make up for this, let him have a headache.
At the end of the semester, the hanging subject and the make-up exam have not passed, so they can only be retaken. Just one or two subjects are fine, eight courses are reworked together, this is not a small project. Since He Ying went to college, he has never been so busy, and he has almost returned to the state of his third year of high school, and every day is full of classes.
During that time, it was always possible to see a hurried figure in the teaching building, just out of this classroom, about to run to the next classroom, the teachers also took good care of this lost student, helping him balance the time.
He Ying's transformation was seen by his roommates, in the past, when he returned to the dormitory, he always shouted at everyone to play games together, but after the third year, He Ying was like a changed person, returning to the dormitory, still reading his own professional books, "Old Ho, don't pretend!" Hurry up and play the game! "At first, people would ask him to play together.
However, He Ying's head did not look up: "I have a hard time quitting the game, don't tempt me again!" Everyone laughed and never asked him to play games together, not only that, under the influence of He Ying, the housemates began to study seriously.
As the saying goes, the prodigal son does not change back to gold, He Ying has been a good student since childhood, has a set of his own learning methods, although the two years of college are abandoned because of games, but now he picks it up again, and he learns faster than others.
Finally, at the end of the semester, he retook all eight courses, each of which scored more than 85 points, and the GPA increased from the previous 1.08 to 2.68, which surprised everyone.
Prepare for graduate school and realize your dreams
After paying off all the debts she owed in the past, He Ying began to think about where she should go in the future, in fact, for the senior students, there are only two roads in front of them, either to find a job or to go to graduate school.
For He Ying, if you go to find a job at this time, with the knowledge reserve that you only have one year to make up, you can't find a job that can satisfy you, and your study this year has one of the biggest benefits - all new knowledge.
The content of other students' freshman and sophomore years of college, he only learned in his junior year, so his review difficulty was much smaller than that of other students, after careful consideration, He Ying made up his mind to go to graduate school.
At first, He Ying, like everyone else, chose to prepare for the exam in the library, but the atmosphere in the university library was very depressed, and He Ying even had to control her breathing so as not to disturb others.
Examination and research review was originally a boring process, and He Ying, who did not want to review in this depressed environment, after consulting with his family, he moved to a rental house next to the school and began his own closed review.
Graduate students often make a set of rigorous plans, and even more accurate to which subjects to study each day, how many pages to study each subject, but He Ying does not take the usual path, he decided to start "doing as you please".
When the state is good, learn a little more, once the state is not good, head down to sleep, of course, this method is not everyone can learn, He Ying in high school to develop good learning habits, so even in this "casual" arrangement, he still has more than eight hours of study time a day, the learning state is getting better and better every day.
At the beginning, He Ying did not have a grand goal, he wanted to enter the University of Electronic Science, but as he learned to learn, he suddenly found that the revision effect of those who prepared for the exam with him was far lower than that of himself.
Because the preparation for the exam is the same major, sometimes after doing the questions, a group of people will discuss together, and He Ying's correct rate is always the highest, he knows that he should pursue higher goals.
Therefore, he set his sights on Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which is the top three institutions of higher learning in the country, and when his friends around him learned that he was going to pass the Jiaotong University, they all advised him not to be so impulsive, and it was still necessary to be more secure in the examination.
He was not disturbed by these sounds, because no one knew his abilities better than He Ying. When he was close to volunteering, He Ying's review effect improved again, and then, he made a decision that others seemed to be more "self-sufficient": hide from everyone and apply for Peking University!
This is China's highest institution of learning, elite talents from all walks of life are gathered here, no matter how it seems, He Ying, who is facing an academic crisis in his freshman and sophomore year, even if he is now lost, how to listen to Peking University is like a fool's dream.
But He Ying believes that her ability is enough to support her dreams. For nine months, he closed himself in the rental house, staying at home, even the delivery man knew that the child was preparing for the exam, and every time he came to deliver food, he would hang the meal on the doorknob and knock on the door gently, because he was afraid of disturbing his studies.
When you focus on one thing, you will find that time flies by.
He Ying, who walked out of the examination room, began to doubt himself in the long wait, he knew that he had played well this time, but his goal was Peking University, would he be too confident?
In this way, after two months of self-doubt, the preliminary examination results came down, and among the nearly 100 students who entered the Peking University re-examination, he was the only student who graduated from non-985 and 211 schools, ranking 11th in the country.
The family was ecstatic after learning that He Ying passed the initial test of Peking University, and the father of Jackie Chan from childhood was in tears, he shook He Ying's hand and said: "Dad has been too harsh on you since childhood, which has made you take a detour after going to college, but fortunately, now everything is better, the next Peking University re-examination, whether you pass or not, you will always be your father's pride." He Ying had never seen her father so excited, and tears involuntarily slipped from the corners of his eyes.
With the support of her family, He Ying resolutely walked into the re-examination examination room of Peking University graduate students, and the teacher in charge of the interview looked at each other when he saw He Ying's resume, and in their eyes, He Ying saw shock and incredulity.
Sure enough, after asking professional questions, the tutor in charge of the interview asked him curiously, how did he hang up eight courses before? He Ying smiled and scratched his head: "Since I was a child, I grew up in my father's strict education, both teachers and parents told me that going to college will be easy, so I have a wrong understanding of college education, wasted two years of time, and now I want to regret it very much, but it is good, the first and second year of college took a detour, in the future life path, I will not go wrong again." Hopefully the teachers can give me a chance! ”
In the end, with excellent professionalism and self-confidence, He Ying stood out among many powerful opponents, and his father's dream of taking a name was finally realized, and he got the admission letter of Peking University Graduate School.
After telling her family the good news, He Ying was not in a hurry to party with her friends and reunite with her family. He chose to return to Chengdu to see the city where he had lived for four years.
Yes, for four whole years, he had not taken a good look at the city in front of him, remembered the absurd behavior of the past, he felt funny, looking at the pedestrians who came and went on the street with different looks, He Ying suddenly thought of the night when he and his brother had a long talk, and exhaled deeply.
He lifted his head and walked toward the sun.