Raising children requires great wisdom: "The Truth About 'Harvard Girl Liu Yiting'"

Author: Xiao Yu
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: People with limited life experience who read books like The Harvard Girl Liu Yiting tend to misunderstand the true reasons behind someone's success. Because each book focuses on a different aspect, and especially because the way these books are written often omits or fails to articulate the underlying factors that truly contribute to an individual's success. Education—the "Hope Project" for humanity's self-redemption. Our many Chinese parents, who shower their children with love and boundless hopes, have yet to realize the rapid societal changes and the unprecedented transformations that have occurred in the field of education worldwide. Let alone actively adapting to these changes, they have not even taken the initiative to participate in them. Many parents grew up under the planned economy, and their attitudes toward thinking and problem-solving remain as methodical as they were then: as long as the child excels in studies and gets into university, they consider the child successfully nurtured. In reality, as China's market economy matures, the rapid market shifts driven by demand have increased the pressure on everyone in terms of employment and the need for continuous re-employment... In recent years, I have increasingly felt that society needs talented individuals, not graduates from prestigious universities. If time could turn back, I would choose to withdraw from this competition for top universities and attend Peking University. I firmly believe that the mindset of Liu Yiting's parents—"becoming a top student, attending key schools, going to elite universities, and becoming a top scorer"—is entirely contrary to quality education. It is a backward and outdated educational philosophy. That fear of "risk-taking" and the unwillingness to "bet" can only lead one's child toward mediocrity. Liu Yiting's individual luck cannot hide the reality that countless others face failure...