Ding Lei, the most self-taught candidate.
On February 25th, Ding Lei was born in Lane, Shikumen. Primary school attended Yucai Primary School in Hongkou District, Shanghai, and then enrolled in the nearby Hong Fei Junior High School, graduating in two levels. In the process of primary school and junior high school, he became a successful student through the self-taught examination. At the age of 65,438+065,438+0, he obtained the English diploma issued by Shanghai International Studies University. 65,438+03 years old, all passed the undergraduate course of computer information management of Shandong University, and the graduation thesis defense was excellent. As soon as she graduated from primary school, Ding Lei got her undergraduate diploma as a junior high school student. Ding Lei's success should be attributed to the innovative self-study examination system with China characteristics.
Ding Lei began to learn English from his father when he was five years old. Under his strict supervision, he insisted on training like an ascetic with tears in his eyes. Breaking the wall at the end of ten years, he not only got the certificate of elementary and intermediate general English, but also practiced a clear pronunciation and mellow voice. Shanghai Translation Publishing House invited him to read English aloud, and specially published a tape of "One Hundred Sentences of Children's English" for him, which was publicly distributed throughout the country.
At that time, he was only as tall as a podium. In front of a packed audience, Ding Lei vividly described his boyhood dream of writing China Bill in the auditorium of Gezhi Middle School.
Family and disciples are surrounded by schoolbags.
Suffering, in another sense, is really a great wealth in life. Ding Lei's father Ding Longxing broke up with his ex-wife early, and his life was not satisfactory, which forced him to bear the double burden of making a living and raising his beloved son independently. In order to teach Ding Lei, he had to bid farewell to the generous treatment of offshore operators and return to land. He is busy for a living, opening a small shop, doing maintenance, making stocks, and being a broker. He has tasted all kinds of hardships. The hardships of childhood made Ding Lei particularly sensible. He sympathized with his father since childhood, understood his father's wishes, wore patched clothes, carried an old schoolbag, and had no complaints.
Dingmen is a family with four walls. It is very poor, but it has a good book. Ding Lei Jr.' s desk and the old bookcase beside the narrow stairs are full of books and dictionaries. When he is immersed in his studies, he sits for ten hours. In Ding Lei's world, there is nothing but reading. He lives in a humble room, and reading has almost become his whole life. When Ding Lei was 8 years old, Mr. Wo Ronghua began to help him with his English voluntarily. When I first met Ding Lei, Mr. Wo wanted to test him, so he took an article "Diver" published by Shanghai International Studies University, which was as difficult as a sophomore, and asked him to read it. "I really didn't expect that he read it fluently without typing a word. I didn't expect such pure American English to come from a child who just turned 8! "
Mr. Wo is the director of the Foreign Languages Department of Shanghai Chinese and Western Innovation Continuing Education Private School, and the main guidance for Ding Lei is to let him "speak". At ordinary times, he will let Ding Lei speak impromptu in English in large and small venues and English exhibition competitions to exercise his courage. At the same time, encourage him to go to places with many foreigners such as the Bund and talk to them directly. Also organized an English debating contest for Ding Lei to participate in, to exercise his reaction ability and language organization ability. "Once we had a private debate on euthanasia in English. He supports and opposes euthanasia, but I oppose it. After more than an hour of debate, we still can't tell the winner from the loser. His persistence left a deep impression on me. " Teacher Wo said that Ding Lei is not a genius, but his persistence is generally lacking in many children nowadays.
On the wall of Ding Lei's house is a palm-sized piece of paper with two lines of immature handwriting: "Do it or do it first!" He also drew a thick exclamation mark in red. When I asked, Ding Lei smiled shyly and said that it was written when he was eight or nine years old. "I read the story of a black athlete who won the running championship. I thought it made sense and wrote it down. "
Speaking of perseverance, Ding Lei's father also mentioned the scene of children learning martial arts when they were young. "He can't do an action well, and he always refuses to admit defeat. He practiced repeatedly at home until it was done. " Ding Lei's Shaolin Boxing, with its stubbornness, "hit" the third place in the children's group in the Shanghai Wushu competition. 1997, Ding Longxing bought a computer with simple configuration for stock trading. Whenever his father finishes using the computer, Ding Lei Jr. runs to play with the mouse. Ding Longxing recalled his son's original appearance and smiled on his face. "At first, he played some encryption and decryption. Later, he started playing with my stock market software, always messing around, and actually broke my software once. " Seeing the naughty son's "bad things", Ding Longxing couldn't help cursing. So Ding Lei tried to repair the software, crustily skin of head spent a few days groping, finally repaired.
Although it was an accident, it deepened Ding Lei's interest in computers. 12 years old began to learn computer by himself at Fudan University. By April of 200 1, he had successfully passed 14. Ding Longxing said: "At that time, he and I were very anxious because he didn't do well in the last two subjects and might fail. So last March, I called famous universities all over the country to see if I could put the last two subjects in their exams. When I learned that Shandong University could let Ding Lei take the exam, I immediately set off for Jinan to register my son. "
Sure enough, Ding Lei failed the last two courses, Marketing and Computer Management Principles, in Fudan University. Last July, father and son came to Jinan to take the last two exams together. 165438+ 10, the results were announced and passed by Ding Lei. In March this year, Ding Lei successfully obtained the undergraduate diploma of computer major from Shandong University. Ding Lei said: "Self-taught exams are very hard. Sometimes my father and I want to give up. Later, I found that computer was my real favorite major, and I felt that the previous efforts were worthwhile. " Mr. Wo always encouraged us to interview Ding Lei in English, and only after the conversation did we know that Ding Lei's spoken English was really good. Because I talked in English, I chose a sensitive topic: "Ding Lei, do you regret not having friends your age?" He quickly gave us a mature answer: "If you want to gain something, you must lose something."
"Is it worth losing your childhood friends?" We asked again, "If a group of boys are playing football now, would you like to join us?" "It's worth it." Ding Lei was suddenly silent. After a while, he said, "I wanted to play with them before. I don't want to now. "
"Why?" There was another long silence, and finally he said softly, "Because I have more important things to do now."
The conversation with Ding Lei made us feel that he has a mature age that does not belong to him.
"What is your greatest ideal now?"
"I want to start my own business and start my own computer software company." Ding Lei said slowly, "I often chat with some friends in the computer circle now, hoping to inspire inspiration and ideas with collective wisdom, and I am also looking for a suitable partner."
Ding Lei also told us that the TV program he watches most often now is CCTV's Dialogue, and he said he wanted to know more about communication skills. When he is free, he will also read entrepreneurial books such as business plan writing. He is working hard, hoping that his ideal will come true as soon as possible.
When Ding Lei/Kloc-0 was 0/0 years old, Ding Longxing began to exercise his son's social practice ability. He randomly selected a computer company from the phone book and asked Ding Lei to be a volunteer. Although Ding Lei had no idea, he went to the company and said to the manager, "I am good at English and computer. Can I volunteer to work with you every week? " The manager began to disagree, and Ding Lei's stubbornness came up again. He ran to that company for more than a dozen times until he was finally dragged out as a troublemaker. Ding Lei has never forgotten what his father said to him. "Failure is normal, but you can't lose heart. Find your own opportunities. " Later, Ding Lei himself found a voluntary job in a company that operates a stock quotation machine. Within a few months, he wrote a software that can automatically classify stock reviews. Although this software was not adopted in the end, Ding Lei finally took the first step in practice.
Learn the most important things first.
Because self-study took up a lot of time, which affected the study of school lessons to a certain extent, Ding Lei barely passed the junior high school graduation exam and has been self-studying at home ever since. Now Ding Lei is used to the life without going to school. He said, "I have a senior who has been studying martial arts together. She has been sleeping at 1 1: 30 every night since junior high school, laying the foundation for senior high school. Now I have entered a key high school. I often go to bed at night 1 and get up at 6 am. Compared with her, I can go to bed early and get up late every day, and sometimes I can watch TV, which is much happier than her. " Speaking of which, Ding Lei showed the pride of children.
Ding Longxing has a set of "unique" ideas about the road of self-study chosen for his son: "The world is always changing, and a person has a lot to learn. I am an efficient person. Since people's energy and time are limited after all, I will let my son learn the most important things first. Later, I felt that it was not enough, and I made up for what I lacked. "
Ding Longxing went on to explain his educational thoughts to us: "For example, chemistry, which we all studied in middle school, takes a lot of time to memorize formulas and do calculations. Now, except for a few people whose work is closely related to chemistry, how many people still remember those chemical equations? Therefore, I asked Ding Lei to concentrate on learning practical things first. " "Of course, some people don't agree with me. They say,' How do you know what's most important?' So my educational method is practical for Ding Lei, but not necessarily good for others. "
Although his son has become a "prodigy" in people's mouths, Dante Longxing still seems to have some regrets about his educational methods. He said: "I sometimes think that when Ding Lei was a child, he often failed the self-taught exam, and when he volunteered to go to work, he was also kicked out by adults with a blunt attitude. With so many failures, the child doesn't know if he can stand it. If I were to do it again now, I might think more about my son's feelings. "
The family lives on their grandparents' pension.
Unconsciously, it was already dark. At the end of the interview, the author inadvertently mentioned that he had a friend who knew a lot about computers. Ding Lei's eyes immediately lit up: "Can you give me his contact information?" There is an expression of "thirst for talent" in his expression.
At present, Ding Lei's family only lives on the pension of Ding Lei's grandparents, which is unimaginable. Ding Lei should be raised by the whole family. Relatives miss Ding Lei very much and often come to see him. They will quietly give grandma some money when they leave. Ding Longxing said, "They know that I won't accept this money, and I can only give it to Grandma Ding Lei. That's how I raised Ding Lei with constant guilt. Only by working hard can we change our destiny. "
At this time, we suddenly noticed a calligraphy on the yellowed wall, with two beautiful big characters on it: "There is no limit to learning." The signer is Ding Lei's great-uncle.
Double-track study during the day and night.
During the six years of self-taught examination, he spent six nights a week, running around the self-taught examination counseling points in Hongkou, Luwan, Zhabei and Huangpu in Shanghai, rain or shine. Some roads are far away, and it takes an hour and a half by bike. At an early age, attending middle school during the day and attending university at night has become the characteristic of Ding Lei's dual-track system.
Asked if he was tired of learning so much, he said, I think self-study now has more time than studying at school, and learning is easier. Does Ding Lei's remarks inspire those students who are tired of coping with school day and night?
Skip high school and go straight to undergraduate course.
A junior high school student who advanced placement to study computer, the first obstacle he encountered was advanced mathematics. Faced with linear algebra and probability statistics, Ding Lei couldn't understand it after reading it dozens of times at first, so he had to doze off in class. The teacher said, "such a small child can't do it." But later, under the teacher's voluntary guidance, I finally overcame the difficulties and started a lot of practical computer operation activities. He joined He Xin Technology Company and worked as an intern in Quark Market Research Company. He practiced writing statistical report generation software and volunteered to answer software and hardware questions. Installation and debugging software of Hongkou 700 computer plaza. From installation and debugging to consulting services, from programming to writing statistical reports, Ding Lei never misses an opportunity to learn and improve.
Not a genius, but a diligent person.
It is this boy who goes to school with his schoolbag on his back. His looks are not outstanding, but his eloquence and literary talent are excellent.
In the interview, Ding Lei said many times that I am not a superman, nor am I particularly smart. I mainly rely on two points: one is to choose the right way to combine reading with self-study, and the other is to rely on courage and diligence. For a child, this is a narrow road full of thorns. At the beginning, Ding Lei passed three basic English exams after repeated wars and defeats, with 25 points, 48 points and 7 1 point rising in turn. English Grammar failed twice, but he took the exam for four years without fear of difficulties, and finally got a junior college diploma in English as a child, thus paving the way for directly attacking the computer undergraduate major.
Father and son are caught in the storm
Ding Lei's father, Ding Longxing, designed a self-study exam career for his son, which was not limited by age and education. This is like a compass in navigation, which determines the direction of Ding Lei's study.
For six years, my loving father came and went in the rain, riding a bicycle and taking little Ding Lei to night school. In order to urge Ding Lei, a 5-year-old boy, to read a foreign language, his father, who is doing business outside during the day, calls home every noon and listens to his son recite a foreign language on the phone.
Ding Lei and his father come down in one continuous line in character, and both of them are introverted. In order to prevent Ding Lei from repeating the mistakes of lonely life, his father specially encouraged him to develop in parallel in knowledge acquisition and personality improvement. In his early years, under the care of the leaders of Hongkou District, Shanghai, he gave lectures at the English corner of Peace Park. I recommend myself to be a translator for the newspaper owner and take the initiative to communicate with foreign guests. This has enabled him to increase his talent, exercise his ability and be cheerful at the same time.
In order to temper his son's will, accompanied by his father, Ding Lei studied swimming, practiced martial arts, played badminton and used various sports activities to strengthen his physique. 14-year-old Ding Lei Jr., with a height of1.70m and a weight of over 70kg, has saved energy for future development.
Obviously, there is no shortcut to Ding Lei, wizards of waverly place. On the contrary, he paid more and more than ordinary people. Ding Lei, a prodigy who was widely reported by the media five years ago, appeared in Shanghai New Oriental today and listened to MBA lectures given by the admissions committees of seven top business schools in Europe and America. Today, Ding Lei has obviously lost the childishness of a 65,438+02-year-old boy, and is a bit more mature and steady, but he is still a young boy in appearance.
"prodigy" Ding Lei
Only go to school without class, everyone is sitting in the classroom listening carefully, Ding Lei is sitting in the school library to teach himself. Soon, Ding Lei's maverick approach became the focus of discussion. Hong Fei Middle School also took Ding Lei as a case of teaching research and set up the "Ding Lei Case Study Group" to observe and analyze him without disturbing his self-study.
Ding Lei, 8 years old, founded Yucai English Corner by herself. Every day, many children go to Yucai English Corner to speak English, but Ding Lei has developed a perfect American English. 10 years old, Ding Lei began to have a strong interest in computers, and disassembly became his hobby. He knows all the computer parts at home. Ding Lei, 12 years old, 1999 passed the last course of the College English Examination of Shanghai International Studies University and became the youngest university graduate in this city.
Why did he give up compulsory education and study college courses in advance? Do you want to be different or smart? Ding Lei's father never thought his son's intelligence was superior. "There are people who regard Ding Lei as a child prodigy and think that he has extraordinary intelligence. I didn't test his IQ. Even if there is, it will never be high. At most, it is higher than the average. "
So, does he like being different, or does he doubt the content of today's education? There are many reasons. Ding Lei's father worked in the ocean for many years, and developed an introverted personality, rarely talking to others. In order not to let his son be like himself, Ding Lei's father cultivated his son's independent and bold character, dared to communicate with others and dared to challenge things that his peers did not dare to challenge. At the age of 6, he went to the English corner of People's Park to speak English. At the age of seven, Ding Lei went to the forest park to take part in activities by bike. At the age of 8, he founded his own Yucai English Corner. At the age of 65,438+00, he volunteered to work in a computer company ... Before graduating from primary school, he was admitted to a junior college. Ding Lei's father has something he didn't need to learn in primary and secondary schools. You should learn what is most relevant to your major and make up for your shortcomings in future practice. No matter what you learn and how you learn it, it's for the sake of being able to stand on the society in the future. "
/kloc-graduated from computer science at the age of 0/4.
Computers are Ding Lei's favorite. After getting a degree from English University, it took him two years to get an undergraduate degree in computer science. A generally difficult subject, Ding Lei taught himself to graduate in only two years. "Do you think you are smarter than the average person?" "I don't think I'm smart." "Which of dozens of subjects do you think is the most difficult to learn?" "..." Ding Lei couldn't answer. He doesn't seem to find any courses difficult. "I like computers, since I was a child. Computer major involves many courses, including advanced mathematics and physics. Although teachers are invited to solve problems, they are basically self-taught. I think this way of learning, as well as early social activities and work experience, is quite suitable for me personally, and both knowledge experience and psychological maturity have been improved and developed. " 14-year-old Ding Lei got his bachelor's degree in computer science so smoothly, and the result is getting closer and closer to his ideal.
/kloc-starting a business at the age of 0/5
Ding Lei, who graduated from undergraduate course, didn't take part in the work, but wrote a proposal aimed at the students of major universities in Shanghai. He proposed to establish a software development practice base for college students. The task of the base is to undertake projects, software development and marketing. More than 65,438+000 people attended his practice base. Through hard work, Ding Lei base has achieved initial results. They did the X-ray software test for the Ninth People's Hospital, the case management software for Ruijin Hospital and the distance education game for English 88. They had an in-depth discussion with Zhang Sizhong, an English teaching expert ... During the operation of the base, there were experiences and lessons. Ding Lei feels that there are many things that need further study and further exercise in society. So, he came to Guangzhou alone, served as the network sales supervisor in Juyou Group, and later came to Shenzhen Lizhuang Company to be responsible for the development of network technology. Two years' working experience has given more companies in Ding Lei experience and inspiration in management and technology.
New Oriental MBA lectures ask questions most actively.
"In the process of starting a business and working, there are many lessons that make me feel the need for further study." Therefore, Ding Lei is preparing for the GMAT and TOEFL in order to apply for the MBA in 2006. In fact, long before he got his undergraduate diploma, Ding Lei had the desire to study abroad. Therefore, after working for two years, Ding Lei came to Shanghai New Oriental to study GMAT. In this MBA lecture organized by Shanghai New Oriental for the Admissions Committee of European and American business schools, Ding Lei became the most active person to ask questions, such as the admission conditions of business schools and the application for scholarships. Teachers from European and American business schools answered his questions one by one. "My own ideal is to be able to establish and run a relatively successful IT enterprise, and at the same time do something useful for the socially disadvantaged groups." For the sake of ideal, Ding Lei started a new journey.