(Original title: "The first person in the college entrance examination for the blind" Zhang Yaodong: I am preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, "Someone must go ahead")
On the morning of May 23rd, in the course of synopsis of the golden chamber, Zhang Yaodong read a book with an electronic visual aid while listening to the lecture. The pictures in this article are all from The Paper reporter Zhu Ying
On June 7, 2014, the first day of the college entrance examination, the 86 th examination room of Tianshui No.6 Middle School in Gansu Province. 2 invigilators and 1 candidate.
Zhang Yaodong sat in the first row near the window on the left, with a white desk lamp and a red electronic sight aid on the table. There is a stack of 68-page-thick papers in front of me.
He picked up the visual aid and put it on the test paper. His left eye was closed, his right eye was widened, and his head was less than 5 cm away from the visual aid.
This is the college entrance examination for blind Zhang Yaodong alone.
Zhang Yaodong read with an electronic visual aid while listening to the class.
In 2014, it was called "the first year of college entrance examination for the blind".
On March 28th, 2014, the Ministry of Education issued a document, "When blind people take the exam, provide blind candidates with Braille papers, electronic papers or special staff to assist them", which opened the door for blind people to take the general college entrance examination. At that time, among the more than 9.3 million students who took the national college entrance examination, only three were blind. Zhang Yaodong was admitted to Hubei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a score of 558, becoming the first blind person in China who passed the national unified examination and was admitted to the university.
Teachers and classmates regard him as an "inspirational model" and a "star classmate" and praise him: "You have created a miracle for us."
Zhang Yaodong thought it was not a miracle, but something that his parents and he did together.
The left eye is blind, and the right eye has a visual acuity of 0.02. Standing a step away from the eye chart, Zhang Yaodong can only see the largest letters. Since he was a child, he has lived in a foggy world. He can see colors and outlines, but he can’t tear off the thick veil that is covered in front of him.
Father Zhang Jian and mother Li Xiaotao tried their best to make their son live like a normal person. They taught him to walk and eat, fought for his right to go to school and sent him to college step by step.
Zhang Yaodong understands the hardships of his parents, but he doesn’t want to talk about these sorrows. "I dare not think about it, but I feel uncomfortable when I think about it.". He repeatedly said: "If you can’t get it right, who can you live up to?" Everyone is sorry. "
Whenever asked what kind of person he thinks he is, he will blurt out: normal.