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