Liu Jia

Liu Jia

Liu Jia, male, Chinese, is the chief coach of Hubei Primary School Mathematics Olympiad and the principal of Wuhan Mingxin education.

Way of thinking

Liu Jia believes that learning mathematics itself is not a crime, it is just a scapegoat for the unreasonable system. Learning mathematics can cultivate a person's rational spirit, and it is not harmful to accept a little influence of mathematical culture. His orientation of training excellent students in mathematics is to improve the knowledge of the school and broaden the platform of spreading mathematics. Liu Jia defined the basic class, the improvement class and the competition class separately: the competition class, that is, the high-end class, is run for the competition, and will take mathematics as the career in the future; the improvement class, that is, the middle end class, will become the elite of other industries except mathematics through training; while the low-end class, takes mathematics as a tool to make up for the lack of mathematics, and the training for the low-end class is only based on textbooks But higher than the textbook. Liu Jia revealed that his own son and nephew have been training excellent Mathematical Olympiad since primary school, and they are all admitted to class A according to their own ability. The purpose of teaching is not to teach. Now, my son in junior high school is already reading philosophy books and has strong self-learning ability. His nephew, who is studying for a Ph.D. in chemistry, has found a good breakthrough in his major with the advantage of mathematics. ● only 5% of the students are suitable to participate in the competition as the principal of an excellent training institution with 8000 students, Liu Jia does not hope that the more children come here, the better. He limited the number of students participating in the two competitions held by Mingxin to about 5000 each year. In his opinion, only 5% of the students are really suitable to participate in the mathematics competition. Among all the students in Wuhan, 5000 is enough. How many students are suitable to take part in the mathematics competition? Of course, if the mathematics competition is organized as an activity, I hope more is better, so that more students can experience the content and charm of mathematics. But if the mathematics competition is used as a means of assessing students' mathematical ability, there will only be 5000 to 8000 students. " Liu Jia said. Liu Jia said that among the 5000 to 8000 students, only three or five hundred are truly outstanding in mathematics. "This refers to those who are very good at mathematics. From a professional point of view, only one in a thousand students are very good at mathematics." Liu Jia believes that at present, with the variety and confusion of the Olympic Games, students have too many events to participate in and the pressure is too high, and parents also have an unshirkable responsibility. in the frequent months of Olympic Games every year, many students choose multiple events, and some students even apply for seven or eight Olympic Games. In the "Mingxin" training excellent students, basically will report about three events. Liu Jia's attitude is "not to stop". Liu Jia said that parents who report so many competitions for their children usually want to show their children's strength through more competitions, and some of them are forced to do so by school choice. After all, "something is better than nothing.". Some parents are very utilitarian to their children's training outside. These parents have a good economic environment. They do not keep up with other children in terms of material, but they are very competitive in terms of their children's performance. For example, they attach importance to scores, ranking and school selection. Learning Mathematical Olympiad is regarded as a tool for further education and even survival. When parents have this kind of mentality, the children who train excellent students outside will also have a strong sense of utility. ● canceling the Olympic Mathematical Olympiad is just "sensationalism" the heat wave of denouncing the Olympic Mathematical Olympiad is set off again in China. In this context, Chengdu authorities announced that canceling the Olympic Mathematical Olympiad is a way to promote junior high school students. In this regard, Liu Jia believes that Chengdu's practice is just sensationalism. Liu Jia's remarks are not without reason. After the cancellation of the Olympic Mathematical Olympiad in Chengdu, the junior high school implemented an open school choice examination. The disorder of the order and the complaints of parents have been seen in the media. one of the most important criticisms for the Mathematical Olympiad is that the Mathematical Olympiad is to teach the contents of senior students to junior students in advance, which is a kind of advanced education. Liu Jia put out several different versions of primary school mathematics textbooks and pointed out the unreasonable arrangement of the textbooks: "the people's education press began to learn the knowledge point of" the meaning and nature of fractions, the addition and subtraction of fractions "in the second semester of grade 5, but incorporated the closely related knowledge point of" the multiplication and division of fractions "into the first semester of grade 6 to learn it again; the Jiangsu Education Press began to learn it in the second semester of grade 4 "Multiple and factor" is a knowledge point that people's education press began to learn in the first semester of the fifth grade. These knowledge points are divided. We just integrate some knowledge points together and teach them to students. How can we call "ahead of time" Liu Jia said that his attitude towards the training is that he will talk about the content ahead of time and the content beyond the age. If students are willing to learn, he will also talk about it. Is it right for such students to learn step by step? in Wuhan, if there are parents who have children participating in out of school training, no one knows Liu Jia. If they want to choose a training school, the first thing most parents think of is Liu Jia's Mingxin institution. Liu Jia, founder of Mingxin gifted education center, which is the most famous organization for excellent mathematics training in Wuhan, revealed in an interview with our reporter a few days ago that at present, Mingxin has six training centers in three towns of Wuhan, with a total of 8000 students receiving training. this is the scale of a super large school that no primary or secondary school can achieve at present.

Liu Jia's voice

every time "Mingxin" enrolls, there will be such a scene at the door: in order to grab a good position, some parents will wait patiently at 4 a.m. on the day of registration. a parent of the school complained: the last time he signed up for his child, he went out late and arrived at the gate of "Mingxin" at 8 a.m., but he got more than 70 numbers, and he was lucky. Behind him, some of the parents who queued half an hour late received more than 300 numbers. Liu Jia's class A is famous for its difficulty, but parents will feel particularly proud if their children want to enter class A. many parents send their children to class a through various relationships. The students in class a have relatively good grades, and their study habits and thinking are also better than those in other classes. Moreover, in "Mingxin", only when they enter class a can they enjoy the treatment of headmaster Liu Jia's teaching in person. Although every class is a big class with 100 students, many parents also reflect that the class environment is not very good, only the students in the front row can listen to the class safely, but this does not reduce the parents' enthusiasm for "Mingxin class a". A provincial model school mathematics teacher once said that if he could get Liu Jia to teach in person, he would also send his children there for training. every year, before choosing a school for junior high school, a famous junior high school will go to "Mingxin" to choose Miao Zi, and sign the mathematics competition award certificate with the word "Liu Jia", which is "hard currency" when choosing a school for junior high school. With such a certificate, parents don't need to find a relationship, and some even don't have to pay the school choice fee, so they can easily get the admission notice from a good junior high school. Liu Jia's "Mingxin" has not only become the most famous and large-scale mathematical training institution in the three towns of Wuhan, but also the self compiled teaching material, and even the General Mathematical Olympiad training material for the national counterparts. The brand of "Mingxin" not only has a market in parents and training institutions, but also becomes the target of cooperation or acquisition of many institutions. In 2008, a senior member of the newly listed New Oriental came to Liu Jia to buy Mingxin, but Liu Jia declined. Liu Jia revealed that he now receives one or two groups of investors who want to buy Mingxin almost every week. These investors have been shut down by him. "Mingxin" works well. We have invested in teaching buildings in Wuchang and Hankou. I don't need any investment. "

By education background

Liu Jia's "cow" is partly due to his special personal experience. Liu Jia, who is only interested in mathematics, began to teach himself college mathematics textbooks when he was in high school. At school, he often talked about mathematics problems for his classmates, showing his extreme interest in mathematics. However, Liu Jia only excelled in mathematics. He felt hopeless to go to college. In 1987, when he was a sophomore in senior high school, he chose to drop out of school. Later, when he was a substitute teacher in primary school and worked as an electrician in a factory, his colleagues' children often came to him to ask him math questions. at that time, the extracurricular training market began to sprout. Liu Jia often took part-time training in mathematics after work or at night. Because of his fame, he was later attracted by a teacher surnamed Ke in the teaching and Research Office of Jiang'an District, and recruited him to become a temporary teaching assistant in the Olympic School of Jiang'an District, which is specially set up for mathematics competitions, thus embarking on the road of education and training. Liu Jia recalled that in 1990, as a way to cultivate students' interests and hobbies, the education department supported the training and competition of Mathematical Olympiad, and it was very easy for them to enter key middle schools after winning prizes in mathematics competitions. Therefore, Liu Jia gained a lot of living space. As a temporary teacher, Liu Jia has been engaged in mathematics training in many primary schools. He described himself as "like a singer running field". From 8 a.m. to the evening, every morning, afternoon and evening, he ran to one school for students preparing for the competition. The school mathematics teacher mainly talks about the content of teaching materials, while Liu Jia is responsible for broadening and improving the school's knowledge. In 1994, Liu Jia decided to break away from the dependence on public primary schools and go out to recruit students for training. He printed a lot of "psoriasis" advertising, posted everywhere, soliciting students, the result was reported "illegal school.". Before investigating him, the relevant departments were surprised to learn that he was only a high school dropout: "those who dropped out of school still come out to teach, isn't that harmful?" However, because of the fame and contacts accumulated in the training market, Liu Jia finally obtained a legal training license. After many twists and turns, in 2001, he formally established the Ming Dynasty

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