The supernormal class in No.8 Middle School was established from 1985. Children in extraordinary classes are generally admitted to the fourth grade, and then it takes four years to complete the studies that ordinary children can complete in eight years, and take the college entrance examination with senior three students.
Liu's mother said it was an ordinary child.
Liu has no familiar "child prodigy experience", neither attended early school nor advanced placement. He goes to kindergarten like other children, because he was born late and went to primary school half a year later than others. Mother didn't think the child was anything special, but found that he was particularly interested in numbers. "When I realized this, Liu was in the first grade." Liu's mother said, "The whole family went out for dinner and asked for a pizza. The price is 7.50 yuan. The cake was cut in half when it was served. Liu suddenly said,' a cake is 7.5 yuan, and half a cake is 3.75 yuan.' We have never taught him the concept of decimal before. I think he can calculate division, which may be related to his interest in playing calculators. "
Liu's mother said that Liu is a quiet child and always likes to play by himself. His favorite toy as a child was a set of electronic building blocks. Xiao Xiaonan always tries to change various spelling methods. For example, change the size of the capacitor and see the change of the length of the delay lamp.
Because Xiao Xiaonan likes to study math, her mother decided to let him take an Olympic math class after attending primary school. Mom said that it was too late to register when she knew the news, and she also asked the teacher to take the "back door". At that time, the teacher told me to go home and review well, because it was difficult to take the joint exam in the Olympic math class.
To my mother's surprise, my son got full marks in the exam that the teacher said was "difficult". "When Liu came out of the examination room that day, he said to me,' That exam question is too simple. I checked it five times. He has been very careful. I think he did well in this exam. Later his score was 100. "
Learning olympiad seems unable to satisfy Xiao's love for mathematics, so his mother enrolled him in a math class in China. "Because I heard that Chinese mathematics is a little more difficult than Olympic Mathematics, let the children learn it if they like it." It was Hua Shu class that gave Liu an opportunity to study in the regular class of No.8 Middle School.
"When Liu was in the third day of junior high school, we listened to the children in the class and said that the extraordinary class in No.8 Middle School was enrolling students, and many children in the class went to sign up. Although children in the fourth grade usually attend extraordinary classes, I still want my children to try. "
Liu's mother said that the extraordinary class was "confused" and admitted. "The test was conducted for several rounds. First, select 200 people from 1000 people to enter the second interview, then select 50 people from 200 people to try, and finally set 30 places. " Liu lost his admission ticket the next day. When he finished the exam, his mother asked him how he did. He just said, "I almost finished the exam, but I didn't finish it." Because the teacher has been handing out papers, one for a while and one for a while, and it is impossible to do it at all. "
Mom and dad were surprised when they received the notice of admission to the extraordinary class, but at the same time they began to worry, because Zhao Na became the youngest child in the extraordinary class and wondered if his grades were lower than those of other children. They asked the teacher about Liu's ranking in the entrance examination. The teacher said that the children's test questions and grades could not be revealed, and they could only tell them that Liu was definitely not the last one.
The learning of supernormal children is not as easy as people think. After all, what ordinary children can learn in eight years takes four years to learn. Liu Qu has been living in the school since he joined a special class. Like high school students, he turns off the lights every night 10 and gets up at 6 am to exercise. Mom said that what I was most afraid of was that when I called Liu, the child said anxiously, "There is no time, I haven't finished my homework yet." Sometimes I go to school to see him, and even he can't find time to eat McDonald's.
Liu's mother said that Liu still has a "soft spot" in his studies, that is, composition, which seems to be a common problem for children in extraordinary classes. Because of their young age, little life experience and little reading, children are most anxious to write a composition.
"We can't help him with his homework." My mother said that the teaching method of extraordinary classes is very special, and students are often allowed to study independently. In the first semester of the extraordinary class, the math teacher asked everyone to write a "convex quadrilateral" paper. Xiao Zhaonan buried himself in reading and consulting materials, and finally wrote more than ten pages of papers. After the paper is written, all the questions about "convex quadrilateral" are clear.
Wang Suying, the head teacher of the supernormal class, said that it is really necessary to use some supernormal methods to teach supernormal children. The biggest feature of these children is that they are interested in new things and don't like similarities, so they have to come up with "new tricks" every time they attend class. In the words of a teacher, a class can't go on without "shaking a few burdens".
Children are smart, but sometimes they have lazy ideas, so Wang Suying, a Chinese teacher, tries to solve all the problems in class. "Almost all our reciting articles are done in class." Teacher Wang said, "These children are very interested in science, but they don't like Chinese very much. We should find ways to arouse their enthusiasm. You can use' provocation' when endorsing. For example, first of all, this book is difficult to recite, and maybe everyone is not easy to recite. In this way, the child will be very unconvinced and say that it will be finished in a few minutes. Take it again at this time and recite it together with image memory and body language. "
When he first entered the extraordinary class, Liu's score ranking was not outstanding, but his math score was always the best. In the second year, physics and chemistry were added, and Xiao Zhaonan's grades advanced by leaps and bounds, and he jumped to the fifth place in the class in the mid-term exam. Mom and dad were surprised and happy when they saw their son's report card. Xiao Zhaonan asked her mother, "Are you like Fan Jinzhong now?"
At the time of the final exam, Liu was overwhelmed. Mathematics, physics and chemistry are the first, and the total score is also the first.
Liu's mother said that the biggest difference between her children and other children is that they have a strong interest in mathematics. "Interest is the best teacher. Because he is interested, he will be willing to learn and take the initiative to learn. In fact, every child has his own interests. As long as he finds out and gives him conditions, he will have a good development. "
Mother Liu said that another element of "supernormal" is perseverance. Liu has been a flexible child since he was a child. In the second grade of primary school, he had a fever of 38℃ and insisted on hosting the class meeting in the class. After entering the extraordinary class in No.8 Middle School, the school held a sports meeting, and he signed up to run 1500m with the children in junior high school. Although he only reached someone else's shoulder, he insisted on running the whole course. The same is true of him in his studies. He never covets to do problems. He has to do every problem by himself. No matter how long it takes, he must think it over before giving up.
In the first year of entering No.8 Middle School, the graduates of the extraordinary classes in previous years all went back to school to talk about their experiences. Liu asked his brother, "Did you get good grades when you first entered the extraordinary class?" Mom said that Zhao Nan knew he didn't do well in class, and he always had a goal in mind.
Strong interest, firm will, and correct teaching methods of teachers have finally created "extraordinary children".