No Unsuccessful Children: A Ordinary Father's Myth of Teaching His Son: No Unsuccessful Children

Author: Kui Jinhui
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Publishing Date: 2003-04-01
Features: The author states that this is a home education experiment nurtured with hardship and tears. This book is written by a parent of a semi-literate background, who has devoted himself to researching the education of children with average intelligence. Using his two sons as experimental subjects, he focuses on cultivating their developmental potential, starting from the age of two and continuing until they go to university (with the younger son still in his second year of high school as of June 2004, preparing for the college entrance exam). Unlike the past practice of only revealing home education secrets after children "achieve fame," the author boldly shares his ongoing home education experiment with the world. The greatest feature of this book is that the experimental subjects are children with average intelligence, and the author does not teach cultural knowledge. The focus of the home education is on the high school stage. This is also different from the typical home education experiences published in the past. The author considers it a "revolution in home education," with the focus of the revolution being the following aspects:
1. Believing that "quality-oriented education" also requires good academic performance, with good grades as the standard for measuring academic achievement.
2. Rejecting the idea that "early childhood education is the most important," opposing the teaching of cultural knowledge to children before they start school.
3. Denying the "importance of the primary school stage," boldly proposing that everyone can skip a grade.
4. Rejecting the theory of "free development in high school," arguing that high school is the key stage for home education!
5. Criticizing the view that "computers are helpful for children's learning," pointing out that it is precisely family computers that hinder many children from achieving success.
The author also introduces the struggles of his four brothers who achieved success through self-study in adversity. It was the author's own difficult youth and thirst for knowledge that led him to dedicate himself to home education. Over the past fifteen years, he has devoted nearly all his energy to what ordinary people would find unimaginable home education actions. The author has also included some college entrance exam information he has collected over the years for readers to reference.