The Education of Carl Witte (Continuation): Listening to Little Carl Witte Narrate His Own Growth History

Author: Karl August Witte
Translator: Liu Hengxin (Germany/German)
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Publishing Date: 2002-02-01
Features: On April 7, 2000, 18-year-old Liu Yiting from Chengdu was admitted to Harvard University, causing a sensation. Liu Yiting's mother highly praised the book The Education of Karl Witte: "The outstanding qualities that Liu Yiting was recognized by several world-renowned universities were built on the methods in this book. Back then, I never imagined that the educational philosophy spread by the rare book in the Harvard Library would eventually lead Liu Yiting to Harvard." The Education of Karl Witte has been nearly out of print since its publication. The Harvard Library still preserves a rare copy, which is kept as a treasure in the valuable collection room. Harvard Genius provides a detailed elaboration on Karl Witte's educational methods. Karl Witte was a child who greatly disappointed his parents, but his father did not lose hope and firmly believed in his educational philosophy. To the world's astonishment, this supposedly slow child soon became a sensation in his surroundings. Under his father's meticulous cultivation, by the age of eight or nine, Witte had mastered six languages: German, French, Italian, Latin, English, and Greek. He was also proficient in zoology, botany, physics, and chemistry, particularly excelling in mathematics. At the age of nine, he was admitted to the University of Leipzig.
"For children, the most important thing is education, not talent. Whether a child becomes a genius or an average person is not determined by the amount of talent they have, but by the education they receive from birth to around the age of five or six. Education for children must begin at the same time as the dawn of their intelligence." – Karl Witte, The Education of Karl Witte (Continuation)
The Education of Karl Witte (Continuation) was personally written by Karl Witte's son, Karl August Witte Jr. Since its publication nearly two centuries ago, it has been passed down endlessly in Europe, America, and around the world, becoming a must-read for educators and parents. In Germany, it is even revered as a constitution for early education, and in the United States, it was reprinted 45 times in the 19th century.