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“My son is a child prodigy. He will give a surprise to the public. I have my way to educate him. I won't let him be consumed by examination. Even something wrong happened, my son is not the person to be blamed.” By no means succumbed to Simon's power, my father replied defiantly.
“Child prodigy? Come on, open your eyes, I've never heard a child prodigy as excellent as yours! The last one! If there has been any genius among the imbeciles, your son is really one.” Simon injured my pride with biting sarcasm. On hearing these words, I blushed and bowed my head, and ruminated over the question whether I was definitely an imbecile.

“With no more than primary school education, Faraday laid a solid foundation for electromagnetics; Edison had never entered school, whereas he initiated the second industrial revolution.” Hans enumerated a few examples to support his argument.
“Ok, ok, let's wait and see how your boy becomes Faraday and Edison!” In this way the talk concluded and Simon and Hans broke up in discord.
或许是出于职业嗅觉，班主任西蒙预感到如果我继续这样下去肯定会被淘汰出局，因此把我的父亲召进办公室做了一次长谈。