Yang Jia is a genius, she went to college at the age of 15, studied at the graduate school of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the age of 22, and stayed in the Chinese Academy of Sciences to teach at the age of 23, becoming the youngest professor at that time.
However, she became blind due to an irreversible eye disease. Then her loving husband also took his daughter and abandoned her. Yang Jia, who experienced great misfortune, what was the subsequent ending?
Speaking of which, before the age of 29, Yang Jia's life was really smooth.
In 1963, Yang Jia was born into a family of scholars in Changsha, Hunan Province. At a young age, she showed signs of precociousness, and she was indeed very talented in learning, and her grades were always among the best.
In 1978, Yang Jia was in her freshman year of high school. The year before, when the news came out that the state had resumed the college entrance examination, young people with lofty ideals from all over the country were overjoyed and signed up for the college entrance examination. At that time, Yang Jia also took the college entrance examination at the suggestion of her teacher, and as a result, she was admitted to the English Department of Zhengzhou University at the age of 15.
Originally, the teacher just wanted Yang Jia to feel the college entrance examination, but she did not expect that she was really admitted, considering that she was still young, the teacher advised her to finish high school and go to college. After all, in that era, because the college entrance examination was interrupted for more than ten years, so after the college entrance examination was restored, many candidates were not young, like Yang Jia, at such a young age, what if they were "unsatisfactory" after college?
However, Yang Jia's parents have a different opinion. In their opinion, Yang Jia's life ability and independence are good, so they encourage her to go to college. So with the support of her parents, Yang Jia became the youngest college student at Zhengzhou University.
Despite her young age, Yang Jia's studies in college were always among the best, especially English, so the school leaders and teachers attached great importance to her, and when she graduated from college, she was left in the school as a teacher.
However, Yang Jia felt that she had not learned enough, so she continued to review while teaching, and 3 years later she was admitted to the graduate school of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with excellent results, and was once again left to teach at the Chinese Academy of Sciences because she was good enough, and the 23-year-old became the youngest lecturer of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In the years of teaching at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yang Jia's teaching methods have been unanimously praised by teachers and students, and she has become the favorite teacher of students. In fact, not only did the students like her, but her beauty and intellectuality also attracted a wave of outstanding young people to pursue her, and she selected a Ruyi Langjun from her to enter the marriage hall.
Young, highly educated, and teaching in universities, whether it is academics, career or love, all are smooth sailing, everyone thinks that Yang Jia is not only smart and talented, but also has a good life.
However, when Yang Jia was 29 years old, a bad luck came unexpectedly.
At first, Yang Jia always felt that there was a layer of fog in front of her, which made her look harder, and she thought it was caused by work fatigue, so she didn't care too much. But slowly, the line of sight became more and more blurred, and the words on the books could not be seen clearly. At this time, Yang Jia felt that the problem was serious. Through a series of examinations, I found that I had suffered from "macular degeneration" eye disease, and it had reached the point of irreversibility.
Yang Jia's father could not accept the reality that his daughter was about to go blind. During that time, he took Yang Jia to visit famous doctors and received various medical treatments. However, Yang Jia's condition became more and more serious day by day, until he was blind.
After the school learned of Yang Jia's blindness, it temporarily suspended her class and instructed her to take good care of her at home first.
Just when Yang Jia was distressed, her husband became more and more cold to her, and soon actually took out a divorce agreement for her to sign.
However, what makes Yang Jia most sad is that her husband not only abandoned her, but also took custody of her daughter through a lawsuit to the court. Since then, the husband and his young daughter have disappeared from her side without a trace.
The heavy blows made Yang Jia can only wash her face with tears for a long time, and when she was most helpless, she often asked her father who was with her, what else could she do?
Although the father felt very sad about his daughter's suffering, his father always encouraged her and made her brave to face life.
With the company and encouragement of her father, Yang Jia regained her confidence, but she wanted to return to the past, but she had to face many difficulties and challenges. For example, learning Braille, at that time, it was impossible to go to school to learn Braille at Yang Jia's age, so she began to teach Braille on her own, in order to learn Braille as soon as possible, she often studied until late at night.
Kung Fu pays off, and Yang Jia is proficient in Braille, which makes her very happy. Then she asked her father to take her to the classroom, measured the length and width of the blackboard and the lectern with her hands and feet, and after groping over and over again, Yang Jia confidently said that she could go to class as before.
Sure enough, when Yang Jia was in class, she not only could write very beautiful notes on the blackboard as before, but she could also borrow the computer to make the content more rich and interesting.
Most crucially, she had been attending classes like this for months, and the students didn't even notice that she was blind!
At this time, Yang Jia has re-established a connection with the past through her efforts, but at this time, she also has a new plan for herself, that is, to study abroad.
To be busy teaching, but also to review, Yang Jia suffered a lot in this process, but she never complained about the inconvenience brought to her by blindness, but actively coped with all difficulties and obstacles.
After spending 8 years in this way, Yang Jia was once again admitted to the public administration major of Harvard University with tenacious spirit and perseverance, and the 37-year-old became the first blind student admitted to Harvard University.
When Yang Jia went abroad, her father was worried that she would cause inconvenience to life due to blindness in a foreign country, so he let her sister accompany her. Yang Jia cherishes her study abroad time, she has been particularly hard at Harvard University, and her studious spirit not only made her respected by Harvard professors, but also the school specially awarded her the "Alumni Achievement Award". Established in the 1990s, the award is primarily designed to recognize Harvard students who have made significant contributions and achievements in their professional fields. Before Yang Jia won the award, only 18 people won, and Yang Jia became the first person in China to win the award.
After obtaining the MPA Master of Public Administration, Yang Jia was not attracted by the favorable conditions abroad, and she resolutely returned to China and continued to serve as a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. At the same time, she has also been committed to shining a light and making more contributions to the cause of the disabled.
Today, Yang Jia is not only one of the school's best professors, but also the vice chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the vice president of the China Blind Association.
Today, Yang Jia regards education and the cause of the disabled as her two most important tasks, and for the past, Yang Jia has no time to recall and is unwilling to recall. For the present and the future, Yang Jia is very confident, she knows that the future road needs to rely on strength to fight, and she has never stopped forging ahead.