In June 2009, the college entrance examination came to an end, and many candidates were looking forward to achieving excellent results and being admitted to the ideal university. However, a candidate from Guizhou became the focus of heated discussions at that time with a high score of 563 points.
Although this score is at the upper middle level among the country's outstanding top students, which is not uncommon, why has this candidate attracted so much attention?
Liao Wei, a 13-year-old candidate, is known as a "prodigy" because of his superhuman intelligence. After the results of the college entrance examination were announced, many well-known colleges and universities extended olive branches to him, hoping that he could join his team.
Faced with so many admission letters, Liao Wei chose China Agricultural University. His parents were very cautious in planning his future and hoped that he would be able to develop and grow better in college.
That year, no one could have foreseen that Liao's trajectory at China Agricultural University would be so ups and downs. In September 2009, he and his parents boarded a train to Beijing.
As the youngest college student of China Agricultural University, the school specially opened a green channel for him, and the president personally greeted him at the railway station. When Liao Wei saw the seniors holding the welcome flag and the long-awaited principal, he looked extremely mature, and took the initiative to greet and introduce himself, while Liao's father and mother next to him looked a little nervous.
Principal Ke Bingsheng is full of love for talents, and when he saw the plainly dressed Liao Wei appear, he felt a little sad in his heart. After shaking hands with Liao's parents, he affectionately hugged Liao Wei in his arms and silently vowed to let this child succeed in his studies.
After the greetings, Liao Wei and his president and his party left on the school bus of China Agricultural University.
On the road to Liao Wei on the left, Principal Ke Bingsheng and Liao Wei sat together and talked like old friends who had not seen each other for many years. When asked what he thought about the difficulty of the college entrance examination paper and whether he had predicted his results, Liao Wei was very confident, and he replied: "The difficulty is moderate, slightly easier than some of the questions I have done before, and I have expectations for my score of 563." ”
I hope to complete my university studies in two years and then pursue my master's and doctoral degrees. I believe that only in this way can I truly contribute to the country's agricultural cause and become a good agricultural scientist. ”
Despite listening to countless impassioned speeches, Ke Bingsheng was deeply moved by Liao's few words, and he firmly believed that this teenager had great potential. For this reason, he decided to take Liao Wei as a key training object.
However, the pressures of university life made him almost give up on the idea. You must know that a university is not only a place to study, but also a place to gather outstanding students from all over the world, especially in a double first-class school like China Agricultural University, where there are countless outstanding talents.
Although Liao Wei is known as a "child prodigy", the environment of the university is like a "big dye vat", which makes it extremely difficult for him to maintain his original intention and focus on learning. His development also gradually deviated from people's expectations, and when he first entered university, he was full of expectations for the future, and when he was ready to show off his talents, he found that he did not fit in with the environment.
Although 13-year-old Liao Wei surpassed his peers in academic performance, he did not experience their maturity process. He made it all the way to the university, but he didn't go through the ten years of hard work like theirs.
His IQ is beyond the ordinary, but his EQ is not as good as his classmates who are older than him in the previous round, which makes him feel a little embarrassed in communicating with them. The age gap doesn't have much in common between them, but it's also an important opportunity for him to grow up, and he needs to learn how to communicate better with them and how to handle relationships.
Compared with the gorgeous costumes and mature hairstyles of his classmates around him, he only has ** T-shirts, shorts and sandals, and looks like a schoolboy, which is incompatible with the open campus atmosphere.
At the beginning, the students were full of curiosity about this "exceptional" freshman, took the initiative to approach him and help him, and often took him to participate in team building and learning activities.
However, despite how well they get along, some essential differences cannot be eliminated.
Although 13-year-old Liao Wei is still a child, likes to watch cartoons and comics, and plays games with simple marbles and cards, his speech and expressions seem very childish in the eyes of his peers.
Gradually, his classmates began to distance himself from him, and he was the only one left on campus, looking very lonely and lonely. In addition, because China Agricultural University has gathered many outstanding and hard-working talents, Liao Wei gradually realized that he was no longer the top in the class, and this gap brought him a huge sense of frustration and made him have the idea of giving up on himself.
Mom once told him that going online is a bad kid's activity and he shouldn't have such thoughts. However, curiosity overcame reason and drove him into the shop.
If adults can control themselves and use their leisure time to play games, the impact will not be too great, but for small children, over-indulging in games can have serious consequences.
The novelty and excitement of the online world intoxicated Liao Wei, who had never been exposed to online games, and the pleasure and satisfaction of immersing himself in it made him forget his expectations and responsibilities for a while.
During that time, Liao Wei frequently went to Internet cafes as a student, and was deeply affected by violent games, and his personality also underwent subtle changes unconsciously.
In order to attract the attention of others, Liao Wei often does things that lack politeness and violate classroom rules. For example, standing up and leaving the classroom abruptly in class disrupts the normal teaching order, and some questions that are not related to the content of the class are asked, which brings a lot of trouble to the teacher.
A teacher at the Agricultural University of the Communist Party of China once publicly stated that Liao Wei's EQ is like that of a primary school student, and his IQ is only at the level of a middle school student, so he cannot be called a "prodigy".
Liao Wei was addicted to Internet cafes, ignoring the kind persuasion of his classmates, his attitude was arrogant, and he even said, "What I want is my business, can you manage it?" "That's the case.
His lawless behavior continued until the final exams, and the results were miserable, he failed 14 subjects and was in danger of being ordered to drop out of school. To make matters worse, the Moutai Group, which had previously funded his tuition, decided to immediately cancel all funding for him after learning of his evil deeds.
The former "prodigy" Liao Wei attracted much attention on campus, but after the East Window incident, he was questioned by his classmates and regretted by outsiders. Someone said, "What is the use of having talent if such a smart child is not on the right path?" ”
This reminds people of the story of "Hurt Zhongyong", the talented teenager who ends up becoming an "idiot" and being forgotten by society due to his lack of careful teaching.
However, Liao Wei's experience is the same as this story, he came from the mountains and was once hailed as a prodigy.
Liao Wei, a child from a poor village in Guizhou, was born on September 2, 1996. The learning conditions there are extremely backward, the level of education is generally low, and there are occasionally some college students who volunteer to teach, but it is only a drop in the bucket and cannot fundamentally change the status quo.
Therefore, for this newborn son, Liao's parents did not have high expectations, they only hoped that he would grow up healthy and be able to support himself. However, the child's future achievements went far beyond their imagination and completely changed their family's lives.