8岁“裸跑弟”报考南大 “鹰爸”是否拔苗助长？

A man known for his tough teaching style has signed his 8-year-old son up to take a self-taught test to get into one of the country’s elite universities, Beijing News reported on Thursday.

一位因严苛的教育方式出名的爸爸，为其8岁的儿子报名参加中国一所知名大学的自考，《新京报》星期四报道。

He Liesheng, 50, registered his son, He Yide, for the admission test for a marketing management program run by the Continuing Education School of Nanjing University on Monday. The man also applied himself.

星期一，50岁的何烈胜为他的儿子何宜德报名了南京大学继续教育销售管理专业自考入学考试。他本人也报名了。

"I want to be a businessman so I chose this major," the boy told China News Service.

这个小男孩说，“我想成为一名企业家，所以选择了这个专业。”

Having not entered the formal education system, the boy has studied primary school and junior high school courses at home.

从未接受过正式教育，何宜德在家中学完了小学和初中课程。

He Liesheng believed that it is good to expose his son to higher education at an early age.

何烈胜认为，让孩子尽早接受高等教育是大有好处的。

"I think it is more targeted for him to learn a specialized course that is suitable for his future job," He said.

他说，“我认为，学习一门与他未来所从事的工作相关的专业课程，会更具针对性。”

But the boy’s mother seems worried about her son’s prospects at the university.

不过，他的妈妈看起来对他将来在大学的表现有一些担心。

"My feelings are complicated. I am afraid he will be overstrained in the college as he is very young. But the experience might help make him a strong-minded person," He Longhui said.

他的妈妈龙会说，“我的感受很复杂。因为他还太小，我担心他在大学里会过度紧张。不过，这种经历又能将他锤炼成一个意志坚强的人。”

It is not the first time the father has made headlines for his unorthodox education approach.

由于何烈胜的非正统教育方式，这已经不是他第一次被媒体所关注了。

In 2012, a video about his 4-year-old son running naked in the snow went viral and earnt him the nickname Eagle Dad.

早在2012年，一段他4岁的儿子在雪地里“裸跑”的视频在网上走红，他也因此得名“鹰爸”。

The boy later attracted more public attention by achieving some unlikely feats, such as competing in an international sailing race, climbing the 3,376-meter-high Mount Fuji in Japan in 15 hours, and flying a fixed-wing airplane over a wildlife zoo in Beijing.

此后，这个小孩在媒体频频露面，以几项不寻常的成就吸引了公众的眼球，比如:参加国际帆船赛；花费15个小时登上海拔3376米的日本富士山；自驾小型飞机飞越北京野生动物园等。

He Liesheng hired retired teachers to instruct his son at home with self-developed textbooks, and set a strict schedule for his son.

何烈胜聘请了退休教师，用自主开发的教材在家教儿子，还为他制定了严格的日程表。

He defended his method of education, saying that his son boasts stronger self-discipline and higher efficiency in learning compared with children of the same age.

他为自己的教育方式辩护，称与同龄的孩子相比，儿子非常自律、高效。

As for the boy, he said that although he "envied" children of his age who have more free time, he is satisfied with his education approach which allows him to "learn more knowledge in a systematic way and engage in a wider range of activities".

何宜德自己说，尽管“羡慕”同龄人有更多的自由时间，但对自己的教育方式感到满意，认为这能“系统性的学习更多的知识，参加更多样化的活动。”

Chu Zhaohui, a researcher with the National Institute of Education Sciences, said that although the boy’s excellence makes his parents proud at present, the growth of a child is a long-term process and the parents’ choice of personalized education over traditional schooling is potentially harmful to the kid.

全国教育科学研究所研究员楚朝辉说，尽管这个孩子优秀的表现现在让其父母感到自豪，但小孩的成长是一个长期的过程，父母选择的与传统教育不同的个性化教育对孩子是有潜在的危害的。

Some Chinese social media users echoed his opinion.

一些网友们支持这个观点。

A blogger on Sina Weibo said: "Winning at the starting line is not always a good thing. It is more important to give the kids a happy childhood."

一位新浪微博网友说，“赢在起跑线上并不总是一件好事。给孩子一个快乐的童年比什么都重要。”

Another blogger disagreed: "The ’let it be’ attitude is not suitable for everyone. Maybe this type of education is good for the child. What is a happy childhood? Is it only about playing in the mud?"

另一位网友反驳：“这种‘放任自流’的态度也许并非对每个人都适合。可能这种教育方式才是对孩子有益的。快乐的童年是什么？难道就只是玩泥巴吗？”

Under Chinese law, parents should enrol their children in compulsory education once they reach a certain age.