I’m afraid there is no one in this world who doesn’t want to be smart. Who wants to be called a fool?
But when God created humans, it seemed that he also paid attention to the principle of fairness and followed the principle of conservation of energy. I found that if a person has extraordinary strengths in one aspect, he must have shortcomings in another aspect.
For example, Hawking is a famous physicist at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, one of the greatest physicists in modern times, and one of the internationally renowned great men of the 20th century.
Hawking was definitely born smart. He entered Oxford University to study natural sciences at the age of 17, and received a first-class honors degree in a short time. Later he received a doctorate from Cambridge University.
Unfortunately, Hawking suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis when he was 21 years old. He was paralyzed, unable to speak, and only three fingers on his hands could move.
No one is perfect, "no gold is pure, and no one is perfect."
In turn, Hawking, who lacked physical "hardware", was given powerful "software" by God: At that time, doctors diagnosed him with a terminal illness and he could only live for two years, but he remained strong. Living to the age of 76 - what a strong willpower this requires!
Chinese-born physicist Feng Xiqiao is also a genius.
He entered Peking University at the age of 17. At the age of 20, he was admitted to Harvard University with the first place in Peking University and the fourth place in the country, and won the annual outstanding graduate student award, the highest honor.
Feng Xiqiao has been smart and studious since he was a child, and has been full of curiosity about everything in the world. He started learning watercolor painting from his grandfather at the age of two and a half, and started learning violin at the age of seven.
Just when people were lamenting the emergence of another genius physicist in our country, on September 16, 1996, bad news came from France:
Feng Xiqiao, who was only 34 years old, was in Paris. His sudden death by jumping off a building shocked the world's physics community. Many world-renowned physicists, including Professor Tsung-Dao Lee, expressed deep regret for him. The University of California lowered its flag at half-mast for him for a day.
The smart Feng Xiqiao has a fatal flaw: he is trapped by love and cannot extricate himself.
There is a philosophy book that writes:
This is what the saying goes: Heaven is jealous of talented people, and they die young!
Napoleon was God's favorite and died at the age of 33. If he had not died, all Europe would have trembled for him!
Alexander was also 33 years old when he died. If he had not died, world history would have changed.
Bruce Lee, pioneer of martial arts reform, martial arts fighter, martial arts philosopher, founder of UFC, father of MMA, martial arts master, founder of kung fu movies and founder of Jeet Kune Do, and the first global promoter of Chinese kung fu , the first Chinese martial arts film actor in Hollywood. Bruce Lee, who was only 33 years old, died suddenly due to "cerebral edema".
Wong Ka Kui is a famous Hong Kong singer and the lead singer of the band Beyond. The songs "Earth" and "Really Love You" he wrote and sang have won the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards and the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards. The 31-year-old Huang Jiaju unfortunately fell from a high platform and died while recording an entertainment program in Japan...
It can be seen that people with high IQ are not necessarily happy people. A safe life is a blessing.
Most of us are just ordinary beings. We don’t want to have superhuman talents and be content with what we have.
Everyone knows the story of "Shang Zhongyong". Such a smart child prodigy ended up "lost to everyone" because his father took him around and did not receive the education he acquired.
Anyone who has watched the famous inspirational movie "Forrest Gump" will be deeply moved.
Forrest Gump is an imbecile with an IQ of only 75. He could not even speak clearly when he was a child. He was often bullied and teased by his classmates in school. However, he used his kindness and honesty to influence the battlefield and life. Make those around you optimistic.
Forrest Gump, who has a low IQ, eventually became a football superstar through hard work and was received by President Kennedy.
Zeng Guofan was a famous politician, strategist, Neo-Confucianist, writer and calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty in China. He was the founder and commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army. He had great influence on the politics, military, culture, and economy of the Qing Dynasty. He was the first of the "Four Famous Ministers of the Late Qing Dynasty and the Zhongxing Dynasty", and he was promoted to the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Zhili, a bachelor of Wuyingdian, and was granted the title of first-class Yiyong Marquis. His posthumous title was "Wenzheng", and later generations called him "Wen Zheng". Zeng Wenzheng".
Zeng Guofan achieved such great achievements, but he was not very talented. There is a widely circulated story about his stupidity:
Zeng Guofan was not very talented when he was a child, and it was very difficult to learn. One night, while he was studying at home, he read an article many times, but he still couldn't memorize it. He just read it over and over again... The night was already very late, and he still hadn't memorized it. This worried a thief lurking on the beam of his study. Later, the thief couldn't wait any longer, so he jumped down angrily and said to Zeng Guofan: "You are so stupid, why should you study? I will memorize it after listening to it a few times!" So the thief read the article from beginning to end. He recited it once and then walked away.
Haha, the thieves are smarter than him! It turns out that being smart is not a necessity in life. Even if a person is stupid, he can succeed as long as he works hard!
Edison’s famous saying: Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
In the 2015 college entrance examination, Zhang Bo, a student from Class 5 of Qichun County No. 1 Middle School in 2015, scored 674 points, ranking third in the entire school, and was admitted to Tsinghua University from the ordinary class!
Please note that in Hubei Province, under the premise that the No. 1 Middle School Affiliated to China Normal University and Huanggang Middle School have excellent admissions, it is simply more difficult for a county-level high school student to be admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University than to Shu!
Zhang Bo was not admitted as an excellent student and was not even admitted to the experimental class of No. 1 Middle School. This shows that Zhang Bo’s talent is not high. Although he was studying in a parallel class, Zhang Bo did not belittle himself because of this. Instead, he worked hard and left behind a legendary story of "Three Sevens".
The first story is that I finished 7 sets of math simulation test papers in one night.
When he was in his third year of high school, he once made a bet with his classmates to finish 7 sets of math college entrance examination mock papers in one night. In the eyes of ordinary students, this is completely impossible.
However, when he placed the test paper in front of everyone the next day, the students were shocked. The students curiously asked Zhang Bo how he did it, and he replied: "I had no distracting thoughts, devoted myself wholeheartedly to it, and completed it without knowing it. You cannot learn mathematics well without a lot of training."
The second story is that in order to maintain strong energy and high morale, Zhang Bo drinks 7 cups of coffee every day from morning to night.
The third story is that during the winter vacation during the Spring Festival in the senior year of high school, Zhang Bo was even busier and more fulfilled than at school. He stayed at home to study for seven days during the winter vacation.
Through unremitting efforts and a high degree of self-discipline, his academic performance has improved by leaps and bounds, constantly surpassing others. In the 2015 college entrance examination, Zhang Bo was particularly dazzling. He passed the Tsinghua University from the ordinary class and created a legend for his alma mater.
It turns out that there is no genius in the world, geniuses come from hard work. There are no miracles in life. Miracles are all watered by sweat. The so-called legends are just stories of hard work.
Most students, especially those from rural areas, are quite shy.
They don’t dare to show their faces boldly in public, and they don’t like to answer questions loudly even during class.
But one of my students, Li Bin, is not such a person, although he also comes from a rural area and is a single-parent family. Unfortunately, his father died young.
Teachers never have to worry about no one answering questions in class. Li Bin is always the first to raise his hand to answer the teacher's questions, although sometimes he rushes to answer, which leads to all kinds of laughter.
Tell a story about him.
Crazy English once came to our school to promote it. The event was held on the school sports field and was attended by more than 3,000 first-year and second-year students, some English teachers and dozens of head teachers. There is an interactive game in the middle. Whoever comes to the podium first to practice English with the host will win a prize.
The students were sitting some distance away from the podium. Therefore, if you want to stand up among thousands of people and run to the stage to participate in the event, you will not be able to do it without a certain amount of courage and courage.
The host had just finished talking about the start of the first game. Several students immediately stood up and walked to the stage, then ran. Li Bin is also one of them, but as a freshman in high school, he is not as experienced as his sophomore classmates. The first opportunity was taken by a high school sophomore girl. The host smiled and said to Li Bin: "I'm sorry, you are late."
Under the eyes of everyone, ordinary students would definitely blush with embarrassment and go back to their seats to hide. But Li Bin didn't. He had no intention of retreating at all. He just shyly returned to the front of the team with a slight smile on his face.
As soon as the host said "Start!" for the second time, Li Bin began to rush to the stage. This time he climbed onto the stage directly from the front. But unfortunately, a sophomore boy jumped up and took the lead. The host smiled apologetically and said to him again: "Sorry, you are late again!" The crowd in the audience burst into laughter.
Li Bin had no choice but to retreat with a smile, but he did not go far, he was more experienced. The third time, before the host finished speaking, he rushed up from the second time's position. This time, he finally succeeded! The host congratulated him, and the audience burst into thunderous applause!
In 2005, the admissions director of Tsinghua University came to my school to give a lecture. Li Bin listened with all his attention, staring at the speaker without blinking, his fists clenched in front of his chest - he He was so confident that his fists were trembling with swollen veins because they were clenched so tightly.
During the interactive stage, he took care of all student problems. Facing the stares of hundreds of teachers and classmates, he not only showed no shyness, but also smiled all over his face. In fact, his grades are not particularly outstanding, but among all the students, he shows the most confidence and courage!
In 2007, he was admitted to the University of Science and Technology of China. In 2011, he was admitted to the Institute of Computer Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences as a graduate student.