http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6961865.stm
Response to Child star wins university place
In the article, a nine year old boy, who is extremely brilliant at math, got his place at Hong kong’s Baptist University. He said, we can play games together but academically, we can't communicate. It is a striking that the boy was so brilliant. However, other than math, what is the state of his other parts, such as Language, social functions, character and etc. Is he ready to get out of primary school and go into the university?
Primary school is nearly the first place where a child can get to know other peers. It is a small society for children to learn social skills, to build up there mindset of the world, to let them learn basic rules and taboos in their lives. It is the first place to show there skills or maybe leadership, the first place to make life long friends. If he get into university so early, he will skip middles school and high school as well, which is an essential part for our life experience.
When I read this piece of news, It reminded me of another children in Beijing, who got in university at the age of about 12 or 13. He was thrown into university life when he was only a teenager. His fellow university students were all around 19 years old. In the university, he could only study and study and study again. When others in school want to go out for activity, they won’t think of him because he was too young, when others were having fun on the field, he could only study because he was too little to play with them. When others are falling in love, he was too young to find a girlfriend. Making friends became the hardest part in his life. He felt like he was an outsider. Because of this loneliness, his grades didn’t follow his effort in studies but fell sharply. His life is nearly ruined in the university. I reckon that if he was able to go through the normal school life with his peers, his life maybe more colorful and successful even if he went into university a few years late.
Back to the 9 year old genius, he was given a special course in the university to fit him but will it be really fit for him? I don’t think so. He said it would just be like going to school but the fact is that the fellow university students won’t treat him like a grown up boy. His life won’t be the same as his same-year-old friends.
As a conclusion, boys going to university too early are not that good to the students. Whether university life would gave him a brighter future or a terrible time, he himself won’t determine the fact.
Friday, August 24, 2007
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Pertinent issues are raised from your reading. Your commentaries show understanding of the issues, and provide sensitive analyses. I also like that you put feeling as well as thought into your responses.
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