Chapter 1
On my birthday, my mother gave me a set of books, including this "Genius Boy Victor", the orange cover The little boy wearing glasses looks a bit silly, but he can actually solve Gauss's famous arithmetic problem. This greatly aroused my curiosity! Just like that, the image of Victor, who looked silly but had a super high IQ, came into my heart.
This book tells the personal experience of Victor, the chairman of Mensa, the world’s top IQ club. Victor was born prematurely, spoke late, and had unclear articulation. He was diagnosed with cognitive impairment at the age of six. Although his parents always cheered him and encouraged him, he was still ridiculed and suppressed at school. When he was young, his classmates tried every means to bully him, placing balloons filled with ink on his chair, and even called him a fool. He pointed out the flaws of the participating models, but the classmates pretended not to hear them, and laughed at him for knowing what he was stupid; he solved a question that stumped the whole class, and the teacher thought he was lying; his IQ test was 173, but the teacher said he was 73. In the end, Victor dropped out of school and did not even graduate from junior high school.
By chance, Victor became an employee of Everly Company by answering the questions on the billboard, and learned that his IQ was 173. He regained his self-confidence. Through unremitting efforts, he actually became the chairman of the world's top and unique Mensa club. Victor has never been knocked down by doubt, misunderstanding and contempt in his growth. His self-confidence and strength made me, who would shrink back when I encountered my own weaknesses, reflect for a long time!
People will always fail, be disappointed, and be dissatisfied, but please remember that "believing in yourself" is their biggest enemy. This is what my mother often says to me. "Come on, believe in yourself, you can do it." My mother's encouraging voice echoed loudly in my ears. Thinking of my results in the last rope skipping competition, I was last in the class and probably the last in the grade. When I told my mother the results, I could see her sadness and sadness. Rope skipping has always been my worst sport. Every time there is a skipping test, I am always afraid and want to escape. I am afraid that I will not be able to jump well and that I will be laughed at by my classmates. Because of these thoughts, I am afraid of it. Jumping rope is even more distant. My mother saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart. After that game, my mother and I sat down and had a good conversation. My mother said: "Let's start from scratch and practice again. If it doesn't work, we can give up. Is this okay? Mom will be with you in everything." "Forget it. No, I don’t want to practice anymore. Let’s try another sport.” I said softly. "Are you giving up so easily? Mom can't do it, and I believe you don't really want to give up. Can you keep practicing? You also have to have confidence. I believe you can do it." I lowered my head and held back tears. He nodded in agreement.
Because my jumping rope posture was wrong at the beginning, I was very tired and couldn’t jump fast. My mother was very anxious and I was helpless. In the end, I became afraid of skipping. As long as I didn’t do any exercise, I can jump rope. For four years, my mother has been supervising me and asking me to change my skipping posture, but it is like a stubborn disease. The more scared I am, the more I dislike it, and the more I dislike it, the more resistant I am. When it comes to skipping, I just felt like I couldn't do it. With the encouragement of my mother, and the suggestions of the teacher and the laughing mother, we tried a new jumping method. From the beginning, we practiced jumping rope and started with the coordination of our hands and feet. My mother counted the number of jumps and I counted them. The number of hand swings; the posture of the feet slowly changed, and then practiced jumping the whole rope. But the whole rope is not like the broken rope that can be jumped over no matter what, and the progress is interrupted again. My mother kept demonstrating the movements for me to watch. She also kept watching my videos and pointed out the wrong things. Slowly moving from a group of ten to a group of twenty, the skipping posture also changed unknowingly. Each time I jumped more, it became easier than before. It makes me believe even more that I can do it. Sweat soaked my clothes and hair countless times; the sore feet caused by too much exercise did not stop me from practicing. Because I have always had a belief in my heart: I can do it. Finally, I overcame that nasty disease. I also went from being afraid of skipping to not rejecting it and now I still like it a little bit.
"Get ready, start." Mom holds a timer in her hand. I jumped hard, and the rope swung across the ground. I tried my best to jump over, one, two, three, four. . . . . I counted in my mind. "There are still ten seconds, come on." I tried my best. The timer rang, 170, and I actually jumped 170. I happily threw myself into my mother's arms, sweating heavily. Hard work pays off. The success of skipping rope also helped me regain my confidence. I will never hold the class back in the next competition.
At that moment, I knew that I had defeated myself and broken through myself. Just like what Victor said in the book: Please believe in yourself, please believe that you are a great existence. In this way, our actions will also become great.
I will encounter difficulties and ups and downs in my future study and life, but I will definitely believe in myself and believe that I will always have a way to face and change.
Sometimes everyone can be like Liu Xiang, life is just a hurdle waiting for you to cross, and "believe in yourself" is the omnipotent running shoe on your feet.
Chapter 2
Victor? A successful person.
Victor? A retarded person who was laughed at.
Are these two the same person?
There is indeed such a person. He is Victor Serebryakov, the chairman of Mensa, the world’s top IQ club.
This book tells the story of Victor: Victor was a premature baby. He spoke late and his enunciation was slurred. He was often laughed at by his classmates, calling him "Fool Victor". "More" But his parents always encouraged him and gave him affirmation, but the teacher also believed that it was impossible for him to solve math problems, believed that his IQ was only 73, and believed that his invention was plagiarized, so he did not graduate from junior high school. When he After joining the workforce, he joined the Everly Company because he solved the math problems on the billboard, where he displayed his talents. Later, he learned that his IQ was 173. Finally, Victor entered Mensa through his own efforts and became the president of Mensa.
Is this true? It couldn’t have been made up by the author!
In fact, many scientists have the same experience: The scientist Einstein was a stupid and inexpressive boy when he was a child. His parents thought he was mentally retarded. When he reached middle school, his grades in every subject were very poor. His teacher suggested that he drop out of school and even told him: "You will never amount to anything." But through hard work, Einstein finally became a great scientist. The inventor Edison was expelled from school at the age of thirteen. His father called him a "stupid", his high school teacher called him a "pig head", and his principal said he would "never accomplish anything." But Edison was very persistent and had to experiment many times for every invention. In the end, he invented many things for people. The biologist Darwin's grades were not good when he was in school. He only cared about playing all day long. His neighbors thought that he was not doing his job properly and would definitely have no future. His father even said to him angrily: "My family will be embarrassed by you." Light!" But eventually Darwin became a famous biologist.
The last page of this book says "Be yourself". Indeed, we must believe in ourselves, so that unexpected things can happen.