There is no shortage of prodigies in the world, but the "prodigies" of the seedling-fueled type are rare, and Zhang Yiwen is one of them, but this is not what she wishes.
In 2016, outside a college entrance examination hall in Henan, a nine-year-old girl came to take the college entrance examination under the arrangement of her father Zhang Mintao, which shocked many people: Can a nine-year-old child take the college entrance examination?
The first college entrance examination, Zhang Yiwen did not pass the examination, the next year to fight again, but also only 352 points, and finally can only be admitted to a junior college.
She became a college student at the age of ten, making her seem "out of place" among her classmates, such a "prodigy", but after graduating from college, she can only be a cheap child labor, why is this, and now how is she living?
Zhang Minhan was born in a poor rural family in Shangqiu, Henan, but his parents were quite enlightened and knew the truth that "knowledge changes destiny", so even though it was difficult for the family to eat, the couple still insisted on sending their son to school.
Due to the rare opportunity, Zhang Yadong also cherished the opportunity to study in school, studied very hard, and mastered a lot of knowledge.
At the age of seventeen, Zhang Yadong began to leave his hometown and go to Beijing to struggle, during that time, he often ran to Peking University to observe, but at that time he always had a wild idea, and once wrote many sharp articles, the school was helpless, and then had to let him go to Hong Kong as an exchange student to study at the University of Chinese.
There, Zhang Yadong got the help of many people, and then registered his own company, called "American Saint Child Education Co., Ltd.", but due to many factors, the company did not do it in the end, and the investment funds were gradually exhausted.
In 2006, Zhang Yadong married his wife Li Hanying, and the two decided to return to Shangqiu, Henan province to live after marriage. At that time, he could not find a job at all, and because he did not have a diploma, many employers did not accept it at all.
So he planned to start his own business and start a private school, but he couldn't get investment, because there were no connections at all, he couldn't even pull investment, and the enrollment problem was even more difficult.
A year later, daughter Zhang Yiwen was born, in the face of the arrival of this small life, Zhang Yadong instantly felt a lot of pressure, it was difficult to find a job in his own life, but also to pay milk powder money to the child, take care of everything about her, of course, the future also have to pay tuition.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yadong thought bitterly and decided to create his own training class, teaching subjects are middle school mathematics, physics and chemistry and English, because he has listened to many classes before, these are not too difficult for him, and his wife can also teach.
However, the reality is not objective, the training class can not find anyone at all, only a few students, in the end really can not insist, he went alone to the south to find a job, his wife Li Hanying alone at home to take care of his daughter Zhang Yiwen.
At the age of four, Zhang Yiwen was not even finished kindergarten, she was taken home by her parents to teach herself, Zhang Yiwen hardly had any time to play, most of the time was studying, in just one year, she could already know two thousand words, and her parents were proud of it.
In 2013, Zhang Yiwen was six years old at the time, and under normal circumstances, she should go to school, but the father did not want her to accept traditional compulsory education for the sake of his daughter's education, but there was no other better choice.
The father was not willing, she did not want her daughter to be like the general public, he decided to educate his daughter himself, so he quit his job and returned to his hometown to start a private school for his daughter, and at that time he also claimed to be a graduate of Peking University.
In order to educate his daughter well, he and his wife Li Hanying put a lot of thought into it, from the initial attempt to give her a different education, to the later establishment of a private school, it can be said that they have always revolved around their daughter, and even in the end, the couple only wanted to cultivate their daughter Zhang Yiwen as a "prodigy".
In order to make their daughters become "prodigies" in the eyes of the public, they have tried all kinds of ways, they forced their daughters to study non-stop, and the little girls lost the happy childhood that ordinary children should have.
Under the almost strict learning requirements of his parents, Zhang Yiwen's head was forced to load a large number of different types of knowledge every day. Under the pressure of intense learning, this six-year-old girl has completed the subjects that ordinary students can only learn in six years in one year, and by the time she is seven years old, she has been forced to start learning junior high school knowledge.
Even if it is a real prodigy, she has never seen such a "powerful", but Zhang Yiwen's parents are excited, and the only way for them to make their daughter far ahead of their peers is to constantly force her to study.
What is even more bizarre is that in order to let her daughter participate in the college entrance examination as soon as possible, Zhang Yadong actually only taught her the knowledge points to be tested on the college entrance examination, and ordinary students at least have the right to choose liberal arts and sciences, but Zhang Yiwen's parents directly set her a science subject, so the liberal arts knowledge will never be learned.
Such a high intensity of learning pressure, normal people are almost broken, but this is just a minor girl! Zhang Yadong, the father, arranged an almost cruel class schedule for his daughter.
Studying from five o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock in the evening, only one hour of rest at noon, which makes many high school students unbearable, not to mention that she is only an age when she should go to elementary school!
Throughout the whole day of study, the father spends almost most of his time on his own output, and has not understood whether his daughter has really mastered the knowledge points and whether she has internalized the knowledge she has learned.
In this way, Zhang Yiwen can be described as forced to complete the subjects to be tested in the college entrance examination, and in 2016, his father Zhang Yadong was ready to let his daughter try to take the college entrance examination.
Since she did not go through the formal compulsory education stage and did not have a school registration at all, she began to prepare for her daughter's college entrance examination as early as a year ago.
Without a formal student registration, he could only open a certificate, fortunately, he had opened a company before him and opened a training school, which signed up for his daughter to take the college entrance examination.
In 2016, Zhang Yiwen took the college entrance examination for the first time, when she was only nine years old, and she took the college entrance examination with her, which was eight or nine years older than her big brother and sister.
The father sent his daughter to the examination room, but he seemed to have prepared for it, letting his daughter wear a T-shirt that advertised for his training institution, which instantly attracted the attention of the media, and his father Zhang Yadong was particularly happy about it.
After the results of the college entrance examination came out on June 25, Zhang Yiwen's total score was only 172 points, such a score, not to mention undergraduate, specialist also did not have the opportunity to go.
Zhang Yadong was very disappointed with his daughter, and then found a training institution for her daughter to let her grasp the knowledge of the college entrance examination firmly.
Perhaps because he saw the score of the first college entrance examination, Zhang Yadong also realized a little, and he decided to let his daughter take a single move.
In this way, Zhang Yadong contacted a junior college in Shangqiu, and the school promised to let Zhang Yiwen take the single-stroke examination, and finally Zhang Yiwen scored 352 points and was successfully admitted to this college.
Admitted to the university and successfully enrolled, but Zhang Yiwen was only ten years old at this time. Since her appearance in the college entrance examination in 2016, the media has never given up tracking reports on her.
Ten-year-old Zhang Yiwen came to the university, the media also followed, she participated in military training was photographed, eating in the canteen was also photographed, Zhang Yiwen completely "fire".
However, with more and more attention, Zhang Yiwen's parents' approach has also attracted a lot of netizens to discuss, some people have expressed respect, there is no right or wrong in everything, maybe this is the education method suitable for her. But more is the criticism, the criticism of Zhang Yiwen's parents.
Some people say that at the age when Zhang Yiwen should spend a happy childhood, he should not bear the huge pressure from his parents to pull up seedlings; others say that parents completely impose their own ideas on their children, and they are tired when they think about their children.
No matter how netizens judge, Zhang Yiwen's parents have never been moved, and they have planned everything for their daughter in the future.
For Zhang Yiwen, who is only ten years old, life in college is not as "simple" as imagined.
Not to mention that the age gap between her and her classmates will lead to her being isolated, even the most basic life can not take care of herself, washing clothes can only wait until the weekend holidays to take home to wash. This kind of university life is probably very different from the ivory tower life we imagine.
At that time, her parents chose the electronic information engineering technology major for her, and in the second year of enrollment, Zhang Yiwen obviously could not understand it, and she changed her major to the animation design major that she liked more, and her grades improved slightly.
Because the father Zhang Yadong set a goal for his daughter to study for a doctorate, after reading the specialty, it was natural to go to the undergraduate level first, but at this time, Zhang Yiwen did not naturally enter the undergraduate.
Because of the fact that she has endured too many things at this age that should not be borne by her, Zhang Yiwen's personality has become extremely withdrawn, on the one hand, the age gap, on the other hand, the gap in the level of understanding, she has no way to integrate into the group of classmates who are nearly ten years older than her, and she is often isolated.
There was no way to continue her undergraduate studies, so she could only go out of social work, but she was only thirteen years old when she graduated from the undergraduate, and no employer dared to ask her.
Seeing that his daughter could not find a job, his father Zhang Yadong let his daughter work in his training institution, she is the assistant teacher of her mother Li Hanying, and she will also give lessons to students, but she can only get a salary of 2,000 yuan per month.
For his daughter's later development, Zhang Yadong said that he would let his daughter work for two years before applying to a foreign university.
At this age, Zhang Yiwen should have lived a carefree and serious study life in school, and her life experience could not help but be lamented, perhaps she really had talent, but her parents should not force their daughters to become "prodigies" for their own selfish thoughts.
Her childhood was undoubtedly painful, but the current situation brought about by her parents' uprooting seems to be less clear. The reason why compulsory education is so important is that it is also a means for children to integrate into this society faster and better, but Zhang Yiwen, who has been reading "private school" since childhood, has been deprived of this right by his parents.
Childhood is only once, but Zhang Yiwen is forced to spend painfully, only hoping that in the future, she can take her fate into her own hands and live her own life.