What is your impression of this boy? His name is He Yide. After becoming well-known for running on a snowy New York City sidewalk in freezing temperatures wearing only his underpants at age 4 in 2012, he is now being homeschooled by his "eagle dad."

He Yide’s father, He Liesheng, didn't just want his son to succeed—he wanted him to soar. "Like an eagle, I push my child to the limit so he can learn how to fly," he said.

He Liesheng’s rigorous study schedule goes from 5:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sunday to Friday. The curriculum is crammed with fairly typical courses like art, math, music, language, finance and business, as well as more unusual subjects like social work, meditation, phone apps, 3-D printing and robotics.

"Eagle dad" hopes to have his son ready for the national college entrance exam by age 13. So far, eight other kids are currently "enrolled" along with He Yide in his father’s homeschooling system. Every kid has to pay a monthly 10,000-yuan tuition fee. He Liesheng said his homeschooling system is non-profit, and sometimes he even has to pay extra money out of his own pocket to employ good teachers.

He Liesheng said he does not mind criticism from netizens because he knows exactly what he is doing. Nanjing-based education expert Shen Shuhong said that Eagle Dad's education system may work in isolated cases for gifted children, but it does not have universal significance.