"The wind of the specialty is still blowing to MIT", a hot search news in the past two days has attracted a lot of attention. According to a number of ** reports, a man named "Zhou Xinjing", from 2009 to 2020, from a student at Longwan District Vocational and Technical School in Wenzhou City, counterattacked all the way and became a doctoral student at MIT.
In many people's minds, the way out for vocational high school students is often to a part-time worker with an equal salary, and it is impossible to have anything to do with doctoral students from international universities. However, Zhou Xinjing's example proves that the widely acquiesced "impossible" is not unbreakable, and people with ambition, ability, and persistence can create miracles through their own efforts.
In fact, along the way, Zhou Xinjing broke many "impossibilities". Is it possible for a vocational high school student to be admitted to a master's degree at Zhejiang University?Is it possible to go to Tencent?Ask these questions online and a lot of people will tell you "impossible" and will make a lot of arguments. But Zhou Xinjing's experience illustrates,It's still possible to break some stereotypes by following your dreams.
Zhou Xinjing's path may be difficult to replicate, just like many successful entrepreneurs, there are complex factors behind the time, place and people, but looking at every key choice he makes personally, he can still get some inspiration. He started as a vocational high school student, then went to an equally ordinary junior college, and then went to a double-non university for an undergraduate.
Imagine what kind of advice he would get if he consulted the famous Internet celebrity teacher Zhang Xuefeng when he was in vocational high school?There is a high probability that he will be advised to choose a major with good employment, learn some skills and work quickly. Because college employment is not necessarily more advantageous than higher vocational employment, it is a waste of time and money.
It can be said that Zhou Xinjing's choices along the way are not quite in line with the realist strategy of only looking at the present. He has his own sense of direction and adheres to long-termism. According to reports, people who claimed to be Zhou Xinjing's former boss said that they tried their best to keep Zhou when they learned that they were leaving, but Zhou was very persistent about his future path. Even if you do well in Tencent later, you still have to prepare for ** and doctoral applications. A strong life always goes off the beaten path.
For ordinary people who don't have many choices, it is certainly understandable to weigh the realities of reality and make more cost-effective decisions. The problem, however, is that the external environment is not static, and what seems realistic and advantageous today may be counterproductive in the long run. The classmates who studied higher vocational education with Zhou Xinjing were able to work and make money soon after graduation, and at that time, it was unrealistic to see him continue to spend five years studying junior college and undergraduate, which did not have high gold content. But what about another 10 years?
I hope that Zhou Xinjing's counterattack story can give more young people some inspiration and encouragement. If you really have expertise and interest, don't succumb to reality too quickly, and try to pursue your dreams with a long-term attitude. It may be difficult for an individual to change the larger reality, but it is not impossible to change his own destiny.
*: Red Star News.