Teng Zhenguo's character story

Teng Zhenguo was born in Ruzhou rural area 42 years ago. Like many rural children, he firmly believes that knowledge can change fate. However, Teng Zhenguo did not become a lucky dog. From 1988 to 1990, he took part in the college entrance examination three times, but failed.

"I was bent on studying and going to college, which put a lot of pressure on myself. After the Spring Festival three years after the college entrance examination, I began to have a terrible headache. Later, when the exam was not high, the symptoms disappeared. " Teng Zhenguo did not win the battle of "a thousand troops crossing the single-plank bridge". He said: "The enrollment rate at that time certainly did not exceed 10%. I am not one of the best students in my class, but I am also in the top ten. My classmates once said that I was not so stressed and didn't study so hard, so I might be admitted. "

After 1990, due to physical reasons, Teng Zhenguo did not choose to repeat. He returned to his hometown and turned his back on the loess to become a farmer. Growing and selling vegetables has become his whole life. "My farm work is not good, which is not what I am good at." Teng Zhenguo looks simple and powerful when shaking hands, with a pair of glasses on his face and few expressions.

It seems funny that Teng Zhenguo wears glasses to farm and sell vegetables. He felt that many villagers were pointing at the back at that time. "The land is not good, and I can't go to college. I also wear glasses to farm. Everyone thinks I am timid and neither fish nor fowl. " There are ideal young people returning to the countryside, and the huge gap makes Teng Zhenguo unable to lift his head. He avoided walking when he met his classmates in the city. After returning home, he took off his glasses at the entrance of the village before he dared to enter the village. He said: "Many of my classmates went home to farm after failing in the college entrance examination. There is little contact, and there is no point in contact. What can you say? In short, in recent years, I have been very contradictory and entangled, and I can't find my place. " "This inferiority complex didn't begin to disappear until I went to work in Jiangsu at the end of 2002. I have never thought about planting in my life, and the idea of reading has been struggling in my heart. " After the rise of self-study examination in China in the early 1990s, Teng Zhenguo applied for junior college from August 65438 to August 1992. "There are only two majors in liberal arts here, Chinese and secretarial. I wanted to find a stable job at that time. I thought the secretary was good at employment, so I chose the secretary major, but I found it was not so good. "

Since then, Teng Zhenguo has arranged six hours of reading time for himself every day, except for temporary workers who farm, sell vegetables and do manual work. It wasn't until 1995 that he finished the last exam after marriage and got a junior college degree. He said, "Many people find it difficult to take the self-study exam. I didn't think so at that time. I just read the book carefully and passed. "

1995, Teng Zhenguo's father died of serious illness. In order to treat my father, the family spent a lot of money, and the economic situation was even worse. The old man's wish is to see Teng Zhenguo get married. The filial Teng Zhenguo became a family after meeting the girl introduced by relatives. He said, "From meeting to getting married, I met him three times, one month before and one month after."

After graduating from the self-taught college, Teng Zhenguo went to apply for local civil servants, but at that time, Henan stipulated that college students who graduated from the self-taught college were not eligible to apply for civil servants. I don't want to teach in Murakami's primary school.

My wife doesn't understand Teng Zhenguo's desire to study and doesn't support it. Teng Zhenguo said, "She is a rural woman who can't read and feels that she can't earn money by studying. At that time, she threw away all my books and burned some of them. " Until he went to work in Jiangsu in 2002, Teng Zhenguo made a living by farming, selling vegetables, working as a porter and a construction worker without studying or taking exams for seven years. In Teng Zhenguo's home, the brocade that hung on his shoulders in those years and "touched the top ten outstanding young people in Ruzhou" has been placed on a shoe rack made of old furniture, which is full of shoes. "Some people say that I touched Ruzhou and even touched many people in the country, but I can't touch any family unit." Teng Zhenguo looked at those resplendent shoes and smiled helplessly: "These are all fake names."

Teng Zhenguo lives with his 78-year-old mother. The couple went out to work, leaving the old mother and her 15-year-old son at home. The old mother looked at her son and told the reporter with a smile: Zhenguo is the best of the six children because he is the most filial and motivated.

Last Friday night, Teng Zhenguo, who had just returned home from recording the program in Shanghai, contacted the ticket for recording the program in Jinan the next day. His wife went back to her mother's house, and the family's dinner was a pot of noodles and a small plate of fried potatoes. Teng Zhenguo and his wife's room is only eleven or twelve square meters. There is a row of books on the old furniture. Except professional books, most of them are biographies and stories about "how to succeed".

Teng Zhenguo also has eight or nine slightly old suitcases with different styles to replace the furniture for storing items. "These are all sent by the school. Now the students don't know what's going on, and all the good suitcases are thrown away. " Now, Teng Zhenguo's salary has risen to 1850 yuan, but life is still very tight, and most of his wife's and son's clothes have been eliminated by students.

Even so, Teng Zhenguo does not regret going to graduate school. He said, after all, his dream of studying has come true. "I like my current unit, and my leaders and colleagues are also very kind to me. If I don't have a graduate degree, my salary may be only 1000. After graduate school, my life has changed. I am very calm now. " What bothers Teng Zhenguo most now is that his son's study is getting worse and worse and he is addicted to online games. Before Teng Zhenguo went home, his son had been missing for three days. "I reported 1 10, searched everywhere in Ruzhou, and finally found it in the Internet cafe." Teng Zhenguo doesn't beat and scold children. After a long talk with his son, he was shocked by his son's idea of dropping out of school and going out to work. "Although he didn't say it directly, I felt from his words that his experience had influenced him. Now he thinks reading is useless. "

Next year, Teng Zhenguo's son will face the senior high school entrance examination. With his current achievements, he will definitely not be admitted to high school. Teng Zhenguo said: "I never thought about what he would do if he didn't get into high school. He must enter it! " Last week, the person in charge of a private school in Xiamen came to Ruzhou to interview Teng Zhenguo, and the school has sent Teng Zhenguo a letter of appointment. "I am satisfied with this job. I plan to go to Xiamen on 2 1 and sign a contract in Xiamen. " Teng Zhenguo feels much more relaxed when he can find a job. "The person in charge of the school said that I have no work experience. I'll start with the counselor. I will work hard, study hard and become a teacher as soon as possible. "

Teng Zhenguo is very happy to find a job. He intends to gain a foothold first, and then let his wife work in Xiamen. He said: "But the old mother and son can only stay in their hometown first, and I am still worried about them."

According to the website of the school, the school is a "higher vocational college that relies on social forces to invest and introduce the German vocational school-running model and educational resources, and implements the combination of full-time vocational skills education and academic education." I can't find a job this time without the efforts of my old classmate Jianwei Fan. In addition to this school, other units have expressed interest in Teng Zhenguo.

Teng Zhenguo admitted that job hunting has the function of media coverage, and he thanked the media and netizens who paid attention to himself. But at the same time, he also admitted that he had a little regret. He said: "Actually, I hope I didn't get a job because of media reports. I hope to find a satisfactory job completely by relying on my education and skills. " Reporter: Do you have an ideal job that suits you best?

Teng Zhenguo: According to my personality and preferences, I am suitable for a stable job. In fact, I've been hoping to go into the office to write something and do liaison work. Research work is also suitable for me.

Reporter: Some netizens said that your major is not good, and philosophy and ethics are not good for employment. Is it because you did well in the exam?

Teng Zhenguo: There are relatively easy factors to test, but the main reason is that I have always liked philosophy, and ethics is also a branch of sociology. I often think about this problem. At present, it seems that this major is not good for employment, but before I read it, I felt that since the country enrolled students, there was demand. If there is no demand, why not recruit students directly?

Reporter: It is not possible to submit a resume. Have you ever thought of other ways, such as volunteering, to get at least one interview?

Teng Zhenguo: I really have my own reasons for not finding a job. My mind is conservative, and I have never submitted my resume to myself. Besides, I am old now, and I can't meet other people's requirements. I have difficulty communicating with young people now, and the employer makes sense. However, I still hope they can give me a chance. Li Ka-shing once said that he is willing to use employees who have a certain gap compared with his own work, because then employees will pay more attention to improving themselves, and I am willing to work hard.

Reporter: Do you regret having been taking exams all these years? Regret the postgraduate entrance examination?

Teng Zhenguo: I don't regret it. Reading is my dream and campus life is the best time in my life. I am a pragmatist. I still believe that reading has improved my level, and the power of knowledge is infinite. From this point of view, I am happy. I have fulfilled my dream of studying, and I have nothing to regret. I didn't lose anything. I learned to be strong in everything. At least my spiritual life is colorful, because I often talk with noble people. If there is any regret, it is that I did not make a career plan for my life and took many detours.

Reporter: What do you think of the saying that "reading is useless" and "knowledge does not necessarily change fate"?

Teng Zhenguo: Now I think the person who said this has certain basis and reason, but it is also divided into different situations. Reading is still useful, which can increase your knowledge and improve your personal quality. The emergence of "reading uselessness" may be that the way and content of our reading are wrong. Society cannot adapt to each of us. We should have the ability to adapt to society. There are many kinds of knowledge. If it's for the exam, I may not be able to study any more. In order to live and work and increase social experience, I still need to learn a lot of knowledge.

Reporter: Some netizens said that you should be able to find a good job after media reports.

Teng Zhenguo: This makes me very uncomfortable. I am willing to find an ideal job by my own ability, but now many undergraduates, graduate students and even doctoral students can't find a job, which is certainly not entirely personal. Unlike some people who say that we are incompetent and unwilling to bear hardships and stand hard work, in fact, many people with inferior abilities and academic qualifications are also doing decent work. Besides knowledge, there are other factors that determine fate.

There is no point in making these reports just to solve my personal problems. "I always had the dream of traveling far away from home, but my father was seriously ill and my neighbor was cheated to work, so I went out in 2002." Teng Zhenguo seems that if he had worked in the south a few years earlier, the situation might have been different.

Teng Zhenguo once wanted to be a salesman. Although he knows that his personality is not suitable for this job, his efforts are likely to succeed. In order to improve the life of his family, he worked part-time as an insurance salesman for two years. Although his grades were not good, he persisted. 10 years ago, he contacted Jianwei Fan, an old classmate who took the college entrance examination that year, and wanted to sell an insurance policy.

From 65438 to 0989, Teng Zhenguo and Jianwei Fan took the college entrance examination in the same year. That year, Jianwei Fan was admitted to Zhengzhou University, and Teng Zhenguo dropped out of Sun Shan, so he had to choose to repeat. Two young people with the same starting point have embarked on completely different life paths since then. Jianwei Fan now works in Pingdingshan Daily and has a house and a car. Jianwei Fan said, "I'm from the countryside, and the conditions at home are very hard. I understand Teng Zhenguo. "

When Teng Zhenguo promoted insurance to this old classmate, Jianwei Fan had just bought a house and was not well off. This insurance has not been promoted successfully, but the two people are getting closer and closer.

When Teng Zhenguo was 38 years old, he was admitted to graduate school and was a migrant worker. The first report is about his old classmate Jianwei Fan, who returned to the original point to provide clues after graduation. In September 2009, Teng Zhenguo wrote about the difficulty of finding a job on his blog with the title of "Dream or Dream", but no one saw it. Teng Zhenguo admits that he seldom writes blogs because there is no audience. A year later, Jianwei Fan once again provided the local media in Henan with information about Teng Zhenguo's frustration. Jianwei Fan said: "Teng Zhenguo has ideals. He has never been satisfied with his present life. I am very anxious to see this old classmate frustrated. " At the end of 2002, Teng Zhenguo became the manager of the main teaching building of the logistics service company of Jiangsu Normal University of Technology, earning 540 yuan money every month. It has been rated as an advanced model of logistics for three consecutive years. Later, he took his wife over and became a cleaner. The food at school is not expensive, but the couple often cook by themselves because it saves money.

School life rekindled Teng Zhenguo's learning dream. In 2003, I began to take the self-taught undergraduate course. A teacher of the college once introduced Teng Zhenguo to a job with higher salary, but Teng Zhenguo declined. He said he wanted to study. It doesn't matter if the salary is lower at school. The teacher was moved by Teng Zhenguo's learning spirit and suggested that he take the postgraduate entrance examination directly. "The teacher said that a bachelor's degree is still not good for employment, and I am old."

In 2005, he applied for the postgraduate examination of philosophy major in Hainan University, but this time he failed because of his poor performance in professional courses. The following year, he applied for Chongqing Normal University. On June 16, 2006, Teng Zhenguo, 38, received the admission notice of the publicly-funded graduate student majoring in ethics from the School of Politics and Society of Chongqing Normal University.

"I never thought that I would not find a job after I was admitted to graduate school. I think my fate has changed. " Teng Zhenguo said that he was very grateful to Jiangsu Normal University of Technology. After the success of the postgraduate entrance examination, he wanted to regard Changzhou as his second hometown, but he didn't expect to come back as a migrant worker. As a migrant worker, Teng Zhenguo thought his fate would be completely changed. He felt that the turning point in his life had arrived, and all the honors were coming soon. Jiangsu Normal University of Technology held a symposium, invited him to give a report and hold a farewell party, and the leaders personally drove him to the railway station.

In his hometown, he was selected as one of the "Top Ten News Figures in Pingdingshan" and "Top Ten Outstanding Young People Who Moved Ruzhou City", and was invited to give lectures in many schools in Ruzhou City to meet the city leaders by telephone. He said: "I am walking in the street now, and someone recognizes me and greets me. At that time, I was often played on TV. "

His wife stopped blaming him and spent 700 yuan to buy him his first mobile phone. Even a drug-frying worker in the Second People's Hospital of Ruzhou City was admitted to graduate school on 15, and was also called "Teng Zhenguo's second". Flowers, honors and applause surrounded Teng Zhenguo in an instant. He said: "I feel that I have become a model. I wanted to give me such a great honor at that time, and it would be no problem to arrange an ideal job. "

However, the days of "scenery" passed quickly, and he didn't wait for his ideal job. Now in Teng Zhenguo's home, he uses a blue graduate diploma, holding his own certificates, including a high school diploma, a model worker certificate obtained in Changzhou, a second-class scholarship certificate obtained in Chongqing Normal University, and so on, as well as a marriage certificate and an employment agreement for graduates that has never been signed.

In his second year as a graduate student, Teng Zhenguo called the leaders of Ruzhou City and asked if he could work in an institution or school after graduation. The leader coaxed him to "study again, there is no place to recruit people recently". "I submitted dozens of resumes and received few responses. Nobody gave me an interview. The replies are too old and the majors are wrong. " Teng Zhenguo has never been to a job fair because his classmates told him that he "feels bad" and "the success rate is very low". A local school where he once gave a report to students also rejected his job application.

"The conditions for the civil service examination are basically under the age of 35, and I can't report it. The trustee has looked for several enterprises and schools, all of which failed because of age and other issues. "

After graduating from graduate school, Teng Zhenguo's employment problem encountered embarrassment. So far, he has never participated in a real interview, but only simulated an interview and interacted with experts while doing a program in Shanghai.

In September 2009, a disappointed Teng Zhenguo wrote a blog post "Dream or Dream". "After three years of graduate life, I started looking for a job, but my resume is like a stone. A 40-year-old middle-aged man, also a graduate student, is in his prime and an entrepreneur. However, employers only need young people ... knowledge has not changed my fate. It seems that the useless theory of reading is well-founded. "

Since then, he once again returned to the logistics service company of Jiangsu Normal University of Technology and became a librarian, still a temporary worker. After failing in the college entrance examination, he started as a farmer again, studied hard and got a master's degree at 18. Some people say that he is a "self-taught hero".

He was 42 years old when he got his master's degree. He failed to find an ideal job, so he had to return to his original life and continue to be a migrant worker. Some people say that this is a "social problem".

18 years, he taught himself most of the time, without a career, his children were facing dropping out of school, and his wife complained bitterly. Some people say that he is a "failure in life".

His name is Teng Zhenguo, from Ruzhou, Henan. After three college entrance examinations, two self-taught examinations and two postgraduate entrance examinations, this "master migrant worker" is currently facing the biggest embarrassing situation in his life and is at a loss.