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「京大医学部４名合格講師」による受験対策講座（６５）

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates it.  （David Hume)

  私は数学の「置換積分」が好きだ。とても美しい計算方法だと思う。数学好きな生徒とは、その思いが共有できて楽しい。しかし、数学が苦手な生徒に「美しい」と言っても気持ちの共有ができない。

　なぜか。それは、とても単純な理由で

「それを見る生徒の心の中の問題」

　なのだ。そして、その心を予備校講師ごときが変えられるわけがない。

　子供の頃に聞いた歌の歌詞を、大人になって聞き返したら全く違う意味に聞こえた。そんな経験がある人は多いはずだ。同じ歌詞、同じ音声なのに、なぜ違って聞こえるのか。それは、経験を積んで内面が成長したからに他ならない。

　 I like "substitution integral" in mathematics. I think it is a very beautiful way of calculation. I enjoy sharing this feeling with students who like mathematics. However, when I say "beautiful" to students who are not good at mathematics, I cannot share my feelings with them.

　Why is that? It is for a very simple reason.

It is a problem in the mind of the student who sees it.

　It is a problem in the mind of the student who sees it. And there is no way a prep school teacher can change that mind.

　I am sure many of you have had the experience of hearing the lyrics of a song you heard as a child, but when you listen to it again as an adult, you hear a completely different meaning. There must be many people who have had such an experience. Why do they sound different even though the lyrics are the same and the voice is the same? It is because they have grown up inside through their experiences.