Ding Zhaozhong went back to his primary school alma mater: I was afraid that the principal would find out his childhood report card.

     





Ding Zhaozhong, a Nobel Prize winner, a world-class Chinese scientist and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his wife arrived at his alma mater, Nanchang Road Primary School, yesterday (8th) afternoon after leaving Nanjing for nearly 60 years.


    "I am particularly afraid that the headmaster will find out my report card, because I was definitely not the best student when I was a child. I was not interested in studying and often went to the Confucius Temple to play." Yesterday (8th) in the conference room of Nanchang Road Primary School, Professor Ding Zhaozhong’s humorous opening remarks made everyone present laugh at once.


    The reporter noticed that due to his long life in the United States, Professor Ding Zhaozhong’s Chinese was not very standard and his speech speed was very slow, but he told the people present: "When I was a child, I spoke Nanjing fluently because all my classmates around me spoke Nanjing dialect."


    It is understood that from 1947 to 1948, Professor Ding Zhaozhong studied in Nanchang Road Primary School. This time, he went back to Nanjing to attend the International Consultation Conference on Jiangsu Development and offered to visit his alma mater. Yesterday, he also specifically said: "If there is an opportunity, I will give my alma mater a souvenir of my experiment, or a copy of the Nobel Prize certificate."


    At the invitation of teachers in Nanchang Road Primary School, Professor Ding Zhaozhong wrote an inscription for his alma mater. His inscription is very special, he dictated it in English, his wife wrote it in English, and finally he signed his Chinese name carefully one by one. In the inscription, he wrote: "Today is a very happy day for me, because my wife and I have the opportunity to go to Nanchang Road Primary School. Nanchang Road Primary School is my last school in Chinese mainland. After 60 years, great changes have taken place in China and Nanchang Road Primary School. I hope that young students can consciously conquer nature in addition to learning music and learning China’s traditional culture education. "


    Later, Professor Ding Zhaozhong and his wife watched the folk music performance of Nanchang Road Primary School. When the host asked him, "Grandpa Ding, do you like our performance?" He straightened up and answered seriously: "Yes!" When asked if he wanted to try a musical instrument, he waved his hand again and again and simply said "no", which made his classmates laugh.


    He corrected it seriously and said, "Please don’t call me Grandpa Ding, just call me Professor Ding." After a pause, he went on to say: "I grew up in the war when I was a child, and I didn’t receive any education. I only received a systematic education during my time in Nanjing." You are much luckier than me. All people who take a trip in the world should develop according to their own interests. It is certainly good to get the first place in the exam, but it is not a factor of success. I know many famous scientists in the world, and few of them get the first place in the exam. I hope that students can find their own interests and develop according to their interests. "


    When answering a classmate’s question, "Why did you choose to speak in Chinese when you won the Nobel Prize?" He said, "Because the Nobel Prize is a great honor for scientists, no one has ever spoken in Chinese, so I made a speech in Chinese." As soon as the voice fell, the primary school students present clapped their hands.


    "Why do I study physics? Because you don’t have to spend too much time studying to get high scores. " Professor Ding Zhaozhong’s answer to another question won everyone a burst of laughter. He immediately said seriously: "When encountering difficulties, first, don’t be flustered, second, don’t be afraid, third, don’t care what others say, and fourth, know what you are doing."


    A classmate heard that Grandpa Ding likes listening to folk music and wanted to test him. As a result, Professor Ding Zhaozhong said very directly, "No." He went on to explain that listening to folk music can remind him of his childhood days and forget the difficult things in his hand, but his knowledge of folk music is very shallow.


    The last student who asked questions said, "I like playing, but my mother says I’m worthless." Did you like to play when you were a child? " Ding Zhaozhong said, "When I was a child, I was as fond of playing as you were. Fortunately, my mother studied children’s psychology. She encouraged me very much and never blamed me. When I was studying, it would be nice to pass. Playing, I personally think, is not necessarily an absolute bad thing. " After listening to Grandpa Ding’s words, Xu Zhanjie of Class 4 (1) said with envy: "Your mother is really open-minded!"


    "We only had one floor." Before leaving, Professor Ding Zhaozhong gestured with his hand while visiting the classroom, and shook hands with every teacher and classmate around him seriously. The students of Nanchang Road Primary School presented a self-made booklet to Ding Zhaozhong and his wife. Each of the 470 children in 18 classes in the school left a heartfelt message for Grandpa Ding. (Reporter Shuangsheng)


Editor: xu wen hua

Beijing’s primary and secondary kindergartens resumed their studies at school on the 18th.

  (Reporter Zhang Yue Meng) On December 17, the Beijing Municipal Education Commission issued a notice. According to the judgment of the Municipal Meteorological Bureau on the future weather, according to the unified deployment of the whole city, the Municipal Education Commission decided that starting from Monday, December 18, 2023, all students from primary and secondary schools, kindergartens and secondary vocational schools in the city will resume their studies. Schools in all districts can go to and from school flexibly according to the actual situation, and remote suburbs, remote mountainous areas and areas with more snow can be flexibly mastered.

  The Municipal Education Commission requires that the staff of all schools in all districts should return to their posts in advance, properly cope with the influence of factors such as strong wind cooling, extremely cold weather and road icing, and do a good job in snow sweeping and ice shoveling, maintenance of heating facilities and equipment, and stocking food in canteens; Under the guidance of relevant professional departments, we should focus on the safe operation acceptance inspection of heating and power supply facilities, laboratories, audio-visual education, canteens, boiler rooms and other key parts, and start trial operation and stress testing to completely eliminate potential risks and ensure the safe and stable operation of the school in extremely cold weather.

  The Municipal Education Commission requires all schools to inform every student and parent in time and make all preparations for students to return to school. Parents of teachers and students should be reminded to pay attention to traffic safety along the way, pay attention to cold and warmth, and ensure that they return to school safely, attend classes normally and leave school safely. For students who can’t come to school due to special circumstances, we should continue to ensure online teaching services, strengthen home-school cooperation, and take the initiative to care for them. Respond to the demands of parents of teachers and students in time, help coordinate and solve difficult problems, and ensure the overall stability and order of the education system.

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  Monday morning rush hour overlaps with trips such as resumption of classes and general studies, and roads may be affected by low temperature and icing.

  Beijing road network will reach a serious congestion state at 8 o’clock today.

  (Reporter Liu Yang) According to the judgment of the Municipal Meteorological Bureau on the future weather, and in accordance with the unified deployment of the whole city, the Municipal Education Commission has decided that all students from primary and secondary schools, kindergartens and secondary vocational schools in the city will resume their studies at school from Monday, December 18th. According to the introduction of the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission, Monday morning rush hour commuting, general education, medical treatment and other trips are superimposed, and the traffic pressure is more prominent due to the low temperature and the possible freezing of roads. It is expected that the road traffic pressure will increase significantly around 7: 30, and it will reach a serious congestion state around 8: 00.

  According to the data, some sections of the northern, eastern and western ring roads of the urban area, such as Xizhimen North Street, Xueyuan Road, Lianshi East Road, Fushi Road, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Wanquanhe Road, Tonghuihe North Road and Caihuying South Road, are in the direction of entering the city. The Beijing-Tibet Xisanqi Bridge runs south to Shangqing Bridge, the North Beach to Jianxiang Bridge North, and the Jingcheng Jixiang Temple Bridge runs south to Laiguangying Bridge, Beihuqu Bridge to Wanghe Bridge. The pressure on some sections of Beijing-Xinjiang Xi ‘erqi Bridge to Jianting Bridge, Wenyu Bridge to Wuyuan Bridge of Capital Airport Expressway, Tongyan Baimiao and Gengzhuang Bridge to the west of North Canal Bridge, and Jingtong Expressway Gaobeidian to Sihui Bridge is concentrated.

  Some primary and secondary schools in Dongcheng, Xicheng, Haidian and Chaoyang are concentrated around 7: 30, and the traffic pressure is high. From morning to morning, the parking lot entrances and surrounding roads of children’s hospitals, children’s research institutes, the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University and Fuxing Hospital are prone to short-term congestion and queuing.

  Today is the first day of the resumption of classes in primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Beijing. In order to reduce the impact of cold weather on citizens’ travel, the bus group has taken many measures to ensure the early peak transportation on Monday, December 18. The bus group added 300 cars on 12 radial roads, including Beijing-Tibet, Jingtong, Jingkai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Macao, and issued 500 additional trips. The morning rush hours of key lines were advanced by half an hour.

  At the same time, we will strengthen the public transport capacity in the direction of large passenger flow. On Monday, 18th, during the morning rush hour, 100 cars will be added on the key lines parallel to Metro Line 1, Line 5, Fangshan Line and changping line, and 180 more trains will be added in the morning rush hour. Spare cars will be arranged in Liangxiang, Tongzhou, Shahe and other places, and the capacity will be adjusted scientifically according to the changes in passenger flow. Strengthen the inspection of general school vehicles to ensure the safe operation of general school vehicles. For lines that may be frozen, arrange reconnaissance before operation. Each line arranges cadres to watch the departure site. Strengthen contact with the school and make clear the departure time on Monday. Arrive at the departure place in advance and wait for the students by hot train.

  The Municipal Transportation Commission requires all relevant units to strengthen their awareness of safe driving, advise drivers to drive safely in snowy days, and take measures such as strictly controlling the speed and maintaining a safe distance between cars on the lines passing through expressways and urban expressways and BRT lines. At the same time, check the key platforms, road sections and intersections. Based on the principle of "safety first", we will do a good job of route reconnaissance in advance, strengthen the duty of key sections and the investigation of hidden dangers of vehicles, and fully ensure the safe travel of passengers.