The child prodigy went to college at the age of 10, got a master's degree at 13 and studied for a doctorate at 16, and forced his father to buy a house in Beijing. What's going on now?

We have heard many stories about child prodigies since we were young. Some of these prodigies appear in textbooks, some in stories, and some in life. Most of the stories of child prodigies are used as role models by parents and teachers to inspire us. Have you ever noticed what happened to the child prodigies around you? Some of them still maintain the aura of their childhood and have achieved remarkable achievements in their fields, while others have disappeared from the public eye due to some reasons.

Zhang Xinyang, who was admitted to university at the age of 10, studied for a master's degree at the age of 13, and started studying for a doctorate at the age of 16, became the youngest person in the country to have a master's degree and a doctorate. Why is there no news now?

The child prodigy’s road to cheating and becoming a top student

Zhang Xinyang was born in Panjin, Liaoning Province in 1995. Zhang Xinyang’s parents were ordinary workers. Although their family was not wealthy, they did not have to worry about food and clothing. Zhang Xinyang was very smart when he was a child, showing amazing memory talent and learning ability.

In line with the concept that education should start from childhood, his father began to teach Zhang Xinyang how to read when he was only two and a half years old, when other children might have just learned to run and were still playing with toys. What surprised the family even more was that in less than three months, Zhang Xinyang actually knew more than a thousand Chinese characters, faster than many children in primary school.

In the following years, his father’s private teachings did not diminish, and Zhang Xinyang was like a sponge full of curiosity, absorbing all the knowledge. As he grew older, Zhang Xinyang began to attend elementary school in 2000. After attending school, Zhang Xinyang's ability to absorb knowledge can simply be described as cheating.

Just like the Olympic slogan "Higher, Faster, Stronger", Zhang Xinyang completed the first and second grade elementary school basic courses in just two months. When I read the third-grade content, I was a little "slow" and took three months, and then I skipped directly to the fifth grade. After all, it took Zhang Xinyang less than two years to complete elementary school, which ordinary people would have spent six years on. However, because he was learning too fast and kept changing grades, Zhang Xinyang didn't have many friends in school.

After entering junior high school, Zhang Xinyang still planned to implement the line of "insisting on skipping grades without wavering" and completed the first and second grades of junior high school. In the second half of the third semester of junior high school, the teacher had a conversation with Zhang Xinyang's father. Perhaps it was because the genius boy was progressing too fast and the teacher was speaking too slowly, so he began not to listen to the class well. So his father took Zhang Xinyang home to study on his own.

Became the youngest person to study for a master's degree and a doctoral degree

After completing the third-grade junior high school course at home, Zhang Xinyang directly entered Panshan County High School with a perfect "pole vault" and studied Senior year of high school. At the age of ten, Zhang Xinyang faced the first major college entrance examination in his life. As the youngest candidate, Zhang Xinyang was admitted to Tianjin Engineering College with a score of 510 points.

Zhang Xinyang, who went to college at the age of ten, has become what everyone calls "other people's children." During his college years, Zhang Xinyang continued to strengthen time management and take advantage of his self-study as before. Three years later, Zhang Xinyang completed all the university courses and successfully entered Beijing University of Technology, becoming the youngest graduate student in the country.

Zhang Xinyang’s experience is so miraculous that it is completely in line with the public’s ambition and curiosity. The media began to rush to report on the deeds of the youngest graduate student in the country. Although Zhang Xinyang is extraordinary in intelligence, in life he still retains the innocence that should be expected at this age. There will also be stuffed bears on the bed in the dormitory that children like. They like to watch stress-relieving and interesting cartoons, cartoon blocks and Transformers.

Excessive media attention has affected Zhang Xinyang’s living environment. In order to complete his studies in a low-key manner, Zhang Xinyang refused some public interviews and focused on his studies. Zhang Xinyang, who graduated from graduate school in 2011, was admitted to Beihang University with excellent results and began to study for a doctorate. Unsurprisingly, he was the youngest doctorate.

Using the rebellious period, triggering public controversy

I have created so many miracles in academics, but this "special function" has not continued in life. When he was a graduate student at Beihang University, because he was too young, the school arranged a double dormitory for Zhang Xinyang for insurance reasons. His father also came to Beijing to study with him and lived with him to take care of him.

See that people around you can live independently. But I am still as childish as a child, and I am even occasionally called "little brat" by my classmates. Zhang Xinyang began to feel rebellious in his heart. He believed that his mental age was the same as that of others and he should be treated as an adult.

So Zhang Xinyang began to communicate with his parents. He hoped that he could gain greater freedom and independence. His father could not control the stubborn Zhang Xinyang, so he had to agree to him. Just like a wild horse that escaped the reins, Zhang Xinyang suddenly gained freedom and began to experience the "pain" of life.

For a long time, Zhang Xinyang spent all his time dealing with knowledge for examination-oriented education. After being unconstrained, the time and energy invested in studying were reduced, and Zhang Xinyang's studies were temporarily abandoned. It took Zhang Xinyang, who was fascinated by the colorful world, to react after repeated performance declines.

No horse that is let out can come back on its own. After Zhang Xinyang made up for his homework, he still did not give up his addiction to online games, and he began to express his various opinions on social platforms.

"White-collar workers have done nothing to build Beijing, but they have done serious damage, eating away at Beijing's precious resources and jobs.

"Such an arrogant and candid statement came from Zhang Xinyang's comments on Beijing's urban construction. This statement caused an uproar on the Internet and angered countless netizens.

I have been called a prodigy by people around me since I was a child. After going to college, he grew up under the attention of many media and the pursuit of netizens from all walks of life. He felt that he was different from others.

However, due to the lack of society. According to experience, in the eyes of 16-year-old Zhang Xinyang, the standard of being "superior" is owning his own house in Beijing, so he once again made a shocking statement and asked his parents to buy a house for him in Beijing, saying that if he did not buy a house in Beijing, he would not finish his PhD. . This remark stirred up the vortex of public opinion on the Internet, and everyone accused Zhang Xinyang of threatening his parents and being ignorant.

Is the "genius education" style of "cultivating others" really suitable? Many examples of failed prodigies, such as Ning Bo, were once geniuses who grew up to be mediocre. Zhang Xinyang endured too much pressure in the first sixteen years of his life. His excellence, talent, arrogance and ignorance all came from this. The obsession with speed caused his parents to neglect the education of his survival skills and how to behave in the world, which also caused his thinking to go astray.

Now, Zhang Xinyang has completed his doctoral studies and has gradually faded out of the public eye. In terms of vision, he wants to be an excellent university professor and is working hard to do so. Life can be thrilling or dull. No matter what, I hope everyone can find a path that suits him.