Recently, the finalists of the 2024 Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition were announced, and 801 contestants from 17 countries and regions entered the finals. Jiang Ping, a 17-year-old girl from Jiangsu Lianshui Secondary Vocational School, scored 93 points in the qualifiers and won the 12th place in the world in the mathematics competition, making her the first secondary school student to enter the finals since the event was held. Among the top 20 finalists, except for Jiang Ping, the others are from Peking University, Tsinghua University, MIT, Cambridge and other well-known universities. After the incident was reported by the media, it attracted widespread attention.
Wang Yanqiu, a math teacher who taught her, said that Jiang Ping's dream was Zhejiang University, but due to professional restrictions, she could only study at three universities in Jiangsu Province, and it was best to apply to Changshu Institute of Technology.
When Jiang Ping was in middle school, due to her partial study, except for her good math scores, the others were relatively poor, so she was not admitted to the ideal high school and enrolled in an ordinary secondary school, however, when she was studying in secondary school, her mathematical talent was gradually revealed, and she studied mathematics courses in college by herself, often studying at one or two o'clock in the evening.
Jiang Ping is diligent in her studies, and it is undeniable that she has a certain talent in mathematics, and a person cannot get the 12th place in the global mathematics competition by hard work alone.
Although Jiang Ping wants to go to Zhejiang University, according to her current situation, although she has achieved excellent results in mathematics, it is difficult for her to enter the ideal university.
There are many people in China who are worried that once Jiang Ping is specially recruited into the university, there will be a bad precedent, and they are worried that someone will imitate her and enter the university with only one or two excellent grades in one or two subjects, thinking that this will disrupt the teaching order.
In fact, this kind of worry is unnecessary, to achieve Jiang Ping's excellent results, not only hard work can be completed, you need to have a certain talent, there are not many such people, can enter the top 20 of the global mathematics competition, with such an ability, what is the school's special recruitment?
When a person enters the society after graduation, not all the knowledge he has learned can be used, and he needs to make excellent results in a certain aspect, so as to be able to contribute to the enterprise and society.
Just like a person into the textile enterprise, the focus will be on the study of textile knowledge, textile will also be divided into spinning, weaving and dyeing, even if a person is outstanding, it is impossible to achieve the top level in spinning, weaving, dyeing, after entering the enterprise, a person can do a good job in a branch of textiles.
Therefore, even if a person has good grades in various subjects, after joining the job, he can only choose a small aspect, and then try, if it suits him, and then work hard, so that he can make better results.
Wouldn't it be better if a person discovers early that he is talented in a certain area and has made excellent results, so that he does not have to think of everyone else, and then try it after joining the job?
The University of Hong Kong seems to be doing a better job in this regard, and issued an olive branch to Jiang Ping, offering her a full scholarship in the hope that she will enter the University of Hong Kong to study.
Although we ordinary people can't achieve such achievements and don't have such talents, we still have to choose the jobs we are good at, so that we can be more competitive.
There are many friends who see what others do, and they want to follow it, this kind of thinking is not correct, you can't be a little moved because you see others making money, this is wrong, others have a certain ability in a certain aspect, and they may not have it.
In fact, there are people in every industry who are making money and people who are losing money, so if a person does not make money, it is not that the industry is not good, but that he does not have the talent in this area.
Therefore, everyone should learn to find their own position, the most important place for a person is to be able to discover their own ability, and give full play to their ability, so that their value will be reflected, and win in the competition, life may be changed because of this!