What do you think
this boy is doing? Entertaining himself by
scrubbing fighting scenes between a monkeky
and a fox? Or trying to have a quick catch up
from his unfinished homework?
Nope. He’s
proofreading his book-length writing.
Sounds impressive?
But hang on, that’s not the whole story
yet, not even the most impressive part of the
story. This 12-year old is not writing about
how a cat shall fight against a dog, but how
the world education system shall be run in
the 21st century, as its title has
awesomely suggested: The Manifesto
of Great Education Revolution. (《教育大革命宣言》). Some folks in
China hailed it the first serious research
study ever conducted in the field (all those
gigantic figures right from ancient Confucian to today’s
teachers, professors, with degrees of PhD and
Post-PhD are sure to blush with shame on
hearing the news and may spit out blood).
If you think it’s a
joke, then you’re wrong, because it’s
not. And you may like to know this book is
about to be published by three major
publishing houses in Beijing in April or May
this year.
In fact, it will not
be the first book published under his name,
which is Dou Kou (窦蔻). When Dou Kou was
half his present age, he published his first
book, an autobiography of his six years of
long life. Since then, his creative urge
became hard to define, in next six years more
of his long and median and short stories hit
bookstores, with titles including Dou Kou’s
Years (sounds full of life experiences),
In a Child’s Eye (sounds full of
reflective wisdom), Let Me Give A Mice
Another Stomach (sounds like a research
paper by a bioscientist).
In the middle of last
year, when he was yet to be one dozen-year
old, he graduated from high school and became
a full-time writer since. And he has stoped
making fuss over child’s eye or mice’s
stomach, but devoted his attention on big
issues such as education and revolution.
His Manifesto in
the above mentioned topics said having 11
massive chapters, with 10 dedicated to
analysing the current education situation in
China, and pinpointing the problems. The
final chapter is about the future,
illustrating three proposed legislations drafted
by the author, covering the areas ranging
from protection of student rights, family
education to teaching gifted children.
If you’re
overwhelmed by the extraordinary literature
talent of this 12-year old, then how about a
marital genius who is nearly a dozen years
younger than him?
This one and
half-year old toddler with a heroic martial
name (李威震, Li Thundering
Power) seems destined to be a martial hero.
Who says before you
can walk do not run? Watch me!
I
ain’t walking much cuz I can’t walk
well. Besides, walking is soooo yardy ya
boring, so I skipped walking and go to
ski; and when I ski I can also take a
milk break. Hope one day drinking milk
when skiing can be included in the
Olympics.
Before you can walk you
should always try to fly, trust me.
Me
luv free hiking
Both boys are the
natives of Henan, one of China’s provinces
that are rich in cultural heritage but poor
in material wealth. So you get implications.
Or, perhaps not.
