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「京大医学部４名合格講師」による受験対策講座（４３）

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. 

                                                                                           (Will Rogers)

  受験勉強をしていると「河合塾」「駿台」「東進」などに通うだけで自分は大丈夫と勘違いする子が多い。そもそも知名度だけで予備校や塾を決めてしまう段階で間違っている。

　参考書や問題集の評論家のような子もいる。そして、誰かの評価（先輩とか教師）を信じて参考書や問題集を用意したら勉強したような気になってしまう。

　たとえ、どんな優秀な予備校や塾に所属しようが、どんな優れた参考書や問題集を用意しようが、本人が勉強に励まなければ全く意味がない。この　Will Rogers という方はアメリカのコメディアンだ。ユーモアを交えて表現しているが、正論だろうね。

　開成や灘に通っていたら東大や京大への線路がひかれていると思うかな。でも、そんな「正しい」レールに乗っていても本人にヤル気がなければ合格はできない。私は三重県北部で生まれ育ったから四日市高校に通うことになった。

　でも、いくら県内一の公立高校でも上位１割ほどしか旧帝には合格できなかった。

 When studying for entrance examinations, many students mistakenly believe that they will be fine just by attending "Kawaijuku," "Sundai," "Tojin," and so on. They make the mistake of deciding on a prep school or cram school based on name recognition alone.

　Some children are like critics of reference books and problem collections. They believe in someone else's evaluation (a senior or a teacher) and feel as if they have studied if they prepare reference books and problem books.



　No matter what kind of excellent preparatory school or cram school you belong to, no matter what kind of excellent reference books or problem books you prepare, if you don't study hard, it will be meaningless. This Will Rogers is an American comedian. He uses humor in his expressions, but I think he has a good point.



　If you attended Kaisei or Nada, you might think that the tracks to Tokyo University or Kyoto University are laid out for you. But even if you are on those "right" rails, if you don't have the will to do it, you won't be able to pass the exam. I was born and raised in northern Mie Prefecture, which is why I went to Yokkaichi High School.

　But even though it was the best public high school in the prefecture, only the top 10% or so could pass the entrance exam to the former imperial university.