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 contain, 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.
