Li Yan

Li Yan

Li Yan, female, from Hunan, is known as a child prodigy. In 2009, 12-year-old Li Yan was admitted to Hunan Normal University with a score of 550.

In 2009, 12-year-old Li Yan, who is known as "little prodigy" in Hunan Province, was successfully admitted by Hunan Normal University with a score of 16 points beyond the first grade line of Hunan science.

I first met Li Yan on the campus of Hunan Normal University on October 25, 2009. At first glance, Li Yan, who is more than 1.6 meters tall, looks thin and tall, half a head taller than her classmate Wu Litao.

After several rounds of interviews with media reporters, Li Yan was still a little shy. She stood aside with her handbag in her hand at a loss. She did not sit in a chair until Lu Jun, the tutor, called her.

Li Yan is the youngest student ever admitted to Hunan Normal University. She came to the school with a bear and a doll. Although many girls have such behavior when they enter school, they still attract a lot of people's attention because of their special age background.

Li Yan, how did this 12-year-old girl finish her primary and secondary school work quickly and enter the University in a few years?

Mother: I never thought about turning my child into a child prodigy

Before coming to Changsha, Li Yan and his mother Zeng Qiaoling lived in xianchaqiao Central Primary School, about 10 kilometers from Shaodong county, for six years. Zeng Qiaoling, who graduated from Shaoyang Normal University, is the sixth grade head teacher of this primary school. Home, is a side-by-side three rooms, but also live another three students far from home. Home furnishings are relatively simple: a bed, a TV, a computer, and an old fan.

"I was very busy at that time. When my child was one or two years old, I let her play alone. I didn't have time to care about her at all." Zeng Qiaoling said that she had never thought of training her children to be "prodigies". However, her child's precocious characteristics surprised her: Li Yangang was two years old and could read and recite 30 nursery rhymes and master the oral addition and subtraction method within 20 years old; he knew more than 200 commonly used Chinese characters at the age of 3; he was a freshman in kaimeng at the age of 4 and learned Pinyin in a week and could read the new words in the textbook by himself, and at the same time learned the operation of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Li Yan recalled that she had been suspended from school for half a year in the first grade. Her mother, Zeng Qiaoling, was tutoring at home. When it was time for the second grade, Zeng Qiaoling found that Li Yan's knowledge had reached the level of the fourth and fifth grade. She didn't think it was necessary for her children to repeat their study and tried to find colleagues to discuss the grade jump. The third grade head teacher worried that the child was too young to pick up, while the fifth grade head teacher was very optimistic about Li Yan and readily agreed. After she finished her fifth grade, she taught her children to memorize all the words she used in primary school.

As for this educational experience, Li Yan said that she did not read the original romance of the Three Kingdoms and finished studying Xu Guozhang's English as reported by the media. In fact, her mother asked her to learn English. After reading Hong En English, she found it more interesting and read the first four volumes of Xu Guozhang English. As for people's attention to her strong ability of understanding ancient Chinese, she stressed that she was not looking at the original romance of the Three Kingdoms, but at outlaws of the marsh, and asked, "is classical Chinese difficult?"

In 2004, Zeng Qiaoling was transferred to xianchaqiao Town Central Primary School. She sent her 6-year-old daughter to the town middle school. Less than 9 years old, Li Yan has graduated from junior high school. Although he did not enter the top 200 of the county when he took the selection examination, Shaodong No.1 middle school decided to take Li Yan as a freshman. After entering high school, Li Yan had to go to the county to live alone. As she is less than 10 years old, her mother, Zeng Qiaoling, is worried and goes to see her every week. But Zeng Qiaoling soon found that Li yanneng took good care of herself. The teacher worried that she was too small to bring boiling water, so she went to the teacher's house to take a bath, but she had never been there once, so she solved these problems by herself.

In 2009, she was admitted to Hunan Normal University with a score of 550.

Is "child prodigy" born, or is mother's education good

As for the title of "child prodigy" given to her by others, Li Yan disagreed: "I'm not a child prodigy, but I developed my intelligence earlier than other people of the same age." It is said that when Li Yan just turned one year old, her mother found that every time Li Yan cried, as long as the VCD teaching disc was played, the child would soon be quiet. At the age of one year and three months, Li Yan can recite the whole nursery rhyme.

In order to satisfy her children's thirst for knowledge, Zeng Qiaoling bought several story books from the bookstore. When she was free, she read them to her children and explained stories to her. By the time he was nearly 4 years old and was in the first grade, Li Yan was already very good at Chinese. He could read three or four pages of extracurricular books a day. It took only a week, and she kept up with her math class.

Some people ask if there are obstacles in reading when we jump from grade one to grade five? Li Yan replied: it's mainly because her mother teaches at home, and she doesn't find it difficult to learn.

When she was in junior high school, her mother adjusted her learning methods according to Li Yan's characteristics, and let her focus on the number of words, and other minor subjects adopt the method of assault.

Therefore, Li Yan's English level is significantly higher than that of other students, but his minor is poor, and his grade is generally medium in the class. Li Yan said that his grade was not very good in the second year of high school, but the third year of high school broke out obviously.

Obviously different from other students, Li Yan's study has its own unique method, which is very efficient. There was a time when Zeng Qiaoling was worried about her daughter's college entrance examination in senior high school. She often mentioned in front of Li Yan that her friend's child, so and so, had been admitted to a good university and read until one or two every day. Li Yansi was unmoved and often refuted her mother. For her weak points in learning, Li Yan is very tenacious - in the second half of her senior year, her math score was still around 70. "I'm determined to take it. In those few months, I had to take time to do math problems every day. After a period of time, my grades didn't make any obvious progress, but I didn't give up. It's not that persistence is victory. In the end, I got 106 points in math in the college entrance examination. "

Li Yan said that in the past, reading in school was completely "according to the rules". He usually liked reading all kinds of novels, playing table tennis, listening to music, and participating in all kinds of sports activities. "I think learning needs to maintain a lot of physical strength and energy, so as to be efficient." Even in high school with busy schoolwork, Li Yan still did not forget his favorite Detective Conan, "all the theater versions are watching, and its reasoning process is very wonderful."

Less than two months after studying in Hunan Normal University, Li Yan took the initiative to sign up for the school sports meeting and participate in the 4 × 400 meter race. Wu Litao, who lives in the same dormitory, said that Li Yan runs very fast and is the first in the class. She also likes to play tennis and takes a tennis class. "I can see that sometimes when she passes the tennis court, she can't help but stop and doesn't want to leave. When I see the ball playing fiercely, I still have a "ha ha" sound in my mouth

College students who can do everything in washing and cooking

Li Yan's mother hopes that she can study law and become a lawyer because she is articulate and clear-cut. Li Yan's first voluntary majors in Hunan Normal University, Yunnan University and Anhui University all fill in life science.

When he entered the University, Li Yan was admitted to the chemical engineering and technology major of the College of chemistry and chemical engineering. The leaders of Hunan Normal University finally respected Li Yan's wishes and helped her transfer to the life science major of College of life and science.

After entering the university campus for two months, Li Yan found that the university life was quite different from what he had imagined, "learning is more intense and fun.". She explained that she was very strict when she was in high school in Shaodong county. Soon after she arrived at Normal University, she joined the club. Now she is the director of the life Service Department of the student union. Her duty is to participate in organizing some activities, including helping students to contact and buy tickets during holidays.

The freshmen in our school are very nervous and have classes in the evening. But Li Yan still feels that college life makes her happy. "I'll take care of myself. I can wash and cook." Speaking of this, she bowed her head with a smile, "but cooking is not allowed in school."

This summer vacation, 12-year-old Li Yan bought a copy of "Dear Andre" for her 36 year old mother. Zeng Qiaoling said that her daughter reminded herself in a special way, while Li Yan said that she loved her mother very much. She just felt that there was a "generation gap" between her mother and her daughter in some aspects, such as thoughts and favorite songs.

Wu Litao, a classmate and friend of Li Yan's hometown, said that her classmates didn't pay much attention to Li Yan's age. "She is a partner of the same age. She likes sports and has a lively personality." Wu Litao told reporters, "on his 13th birthday, Li Yan's father brought a big cake. She looked at the cake and yelled, "let's eat together." With a few people in the bedroom together for her birthday, very happy

But Lu Jun, the counselor of the college, was a little worried. He said that Li Yan's college is the key college of the school, and his class is the base class of the school. The competition is very cruel. Because half of the students in this class will be recommended to graduate school, they are selected by examination before entering this class. "Students from other colleges say that the school of health is terrible, but this class is even more terrible." According to her observation, Li Yan's desire for knowledge is very strong, his learning method is good, and he can consciously exercise himself in all aspects; but because he is too young, there is a big difference in whether he can bear the psychological and physiological pressure in such a fierce learning and competition

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