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「京大医学部４名合格講師」による受験対策講座（３6）

The mind is a powerful thing and most people don’t use it properly.  

                                                                           (Mark MacGwire)

   プロ野球選手が言っているので説得力がある。確か、豊臣秀吉も戦は腕力ではなくて頭でするものだと言っていた。もちろん、基本的な身体能力や戦闘装備品は必要だ。しかし、それだけでは足りない。

　織田信長の長篠の戦では鉄砲ばかり強調されるが、信長のスゴイところは信玄亡き後の勝頼の部下に良いところを見せなくてはならない心理を読み切り、退路に兵を伏せ、家康の援軍という形をとったところ。そうまでして「やる！」という強い気持ちをもっていたこと。

　これは、受験でも同じことで使う武器（問題集や参考書）に大差はなく、環境（学校）も似たようなもので勝負をするわけだ。決定的に違うのは「気持ち」の持ちようだ。強い気持ちを持っていると、塾や予備校や模試など関係なくなるほどだ。

　  A professional baseball player says it, so it is persuasive. As I recall, Toyotomi Hideyoshi also said that warfare is not fought with brawn but with the head. Of course, basic physical ability and combat equipment are necessary. But that is not enough.



　Oda Nobunaga's Battle of Nagashino emphasizes only guns, but the amazing thing about Nobunaga is that he read through the psychology of Katsuyori's need to show his good side to his men after Shingen's death, and he laid down his troops in retreat, taking the form of Ieyasu's reinforcements. He had a strong desire to "do it! 


　The same thing applies to entrance examinations: the weapons used (question books and reference books) are not very different, and the environment (school) is similar. The decisive difference is the "feeling" one has. If you have strong feelings, cram schools, prep schools, and mock exams become irrelevant.