Remember Jiang Mengnan, who was selected for the list of people of the year who moved China in 2021?
She was a girl who had been deaf since childhood. Not only can she not hear the outside world, but she also can't hear her own pronunciation.
But Jiang Mengnan did not give up on herself, and she strongly crossed the seemingly insurmountable peaks in her life. By learning lip language and practicing speaking, she can communicate with people normally, and she can also take classes in ordinary schools. In the end, she was admitted to Jilin University and passed the doctoral interview of the School of Life Sciences of Tsinghua University in 2018.
Jiang Mengnan's spirit of not succumbing to fate and daring to challenge has deeply infected many people, so she entered the list of people of the year who moved China in 2021.
However, Jiang Mengnan is not "the first young deaf female college student" The first young deaf female college student has another person, she is Zhou Tingting.
Like Jiang Mengnan, Zhou Tingting lost her hearing in both ears since she was a child, but she was admitted to college by hard work, becoming the first young deaf female college student in China.
Zhou Tingting, like Jiang Mengnan, was liked by many people and received many honors. The difference is that she was later admitted to an American college.
At that time, she was determined to contribute to China's education after returning to China after returning to China, to be a person who made herself happy and brought happiness to others.
Now that more than 21 years have passed, how is Zhou Tingting?
First, from childhood, he was deaf in both ears, but he studied exceptionally well
In June 1980, Zhou Tingting was born into an ordinary family in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. At that time, her arrival brought a lot of joy to the whole family. However, when she was 1 and a half years old, she lost her hearing in both ears due to drugs.
Because she couldn't hear the sound, she was always curled up alone in the corner of the nursery and crying. This made the whole family sad.
Father Zhou Hong could not bear his daughter's life to live in a cold and lonely silent world, and he took her around to seek medical treatment while training her daughter in language basics.
Sometimes, a pronunciation is repeated hundreds of times, and the father still goes out of his way to teach his daughter until she can read it.
After several years of hard work and hard work day and night, the father finally created a miracle, and the daughter not only spoke, but also went to the classroom like a normal child.
Not only that, Zhou Tingting is much better than children of the same age, knowing more than 2,000 Chinese characters at the age of 6, jumping two levels in a row after going to primary school, and memorizing 1,000 digits after the decimal point of pi at the age of 8, breaking the Guinness World Record at that time.
At the age of 10, she also wrote a book with her father, "From Dumb Girl to Prodigy", which tells her unique growth process.
Many prodigies eventually disappeared from the crowd, but Zhou Tingting's excellence continued...
Second, honors followed, becoming the first young deaf female college student
After graduating from primary school, 11-year-old Zhou Tingting was admitted to the No. 27 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, and was named one of the "Top Ten Young Pioneers in China" in the same year.
At the age of 13, she was named one of the "Top Ten Disabled Teenagers in China". Behind the honor was an opportunity that her peers did not have, and in the same year she visited Japan with a delegation of people with disabilities.
Next, Zhou Tingting's academic career began all the way, and she won the prize and got it softly.
When she graduated from high school, she was admitted to Nanjing No. 1 Middle School with excellent results, and at the age of 16, she was escorted to Liaoning Normal University, becoming the first "deaf teenager college student" in China.
A girl who is deaf in both ears, relying on her own efforts, not only better than others, but also admitted to college, really enviable!
As a result, 17-year-old Zhou Tingting was named a "National Model of Self-Improvement" and gave a report on "I Want to Be China's Helen Keller" at the Great Hall of the People.
After becoming famous, Zhou Tingting was attracted to her by the director and invited her to participate in the filming of the movie "Can't Live Without You" as a starring role, which was broadcast nationwide the following year, causing a sensation.
She seemed to be a star, and became the object of learning for primary and secondary school students at that time.
3. Study in the United States
The legend continues...
After graduating from university, Zhou Tingting passed the TOEFL test with excellent results and "recommended" herself to Gallaudet University through the Internet, and finally received an admission letter issued by the university.
In 2001, 21-year-old Zhou Tingting officially went to the United States to study for a master's and doctoral degree.
Ordinary normal people can't reach such heights, but Zhou Tingting, who is deaf in both ears, can constantly improve herself.
To this end, she, together with Wu Yi, Deng Yaping, Yang Lan and others, was selected as one of the first "Top Ten Female Figures of the Times at Home and Abroad"
Immediately after graduating with a master's degree, the 24-year-old was admitted to Boston University to pursue a doctorate.
Along the way, after many hardships and many honors, Zhou Tingting was not proud and complacent, still very low-key, and even the title of the first book she wrote was called "Little Tingting in the Corner".
However, she has great ambitions and is determined to contribute to China's education after returning to China and be a person who brings happiness to others.
Fourth, what is it now?
Life is impermanent and unpredictable. Zhou Tingting did not return to China after completing her studies.
In 2004, Zhou Tingting was admitted to Boston University for a doctorate, because she preferred social practice, and left Boston University half a year later.
After leaving school, she worked a lot of work, and later in 2011 she worked for a company for people with disabilities, where she was responsible for promoting the phone project.
But just when many people thought that she was only in the United States, this young deaf female college student settled in the United States.
In 2010, she bought a villa, said goodbye to renting a house, and announced that she had settled in the United States.
Her father, Zhou Hongxin, was proud, saying, "This is what my daughter earned herself." ”
Indeed, it is not easy for a healthy person to take root in the United States, but Zhou Tingting has done it, she is very strong and strong.
However, Zhou Tingting, China's first young deaf female college student, after receiving many honors, settled in the United States, which is somewhat disappointing, making people feel as if nothing has ever happened, and as if something has been lost.
If there is no explanation, it is that everyone has their own choices, like, happy! However, Zhou Tingting's spirit of hard work is still worth learning.