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「京大医学部４名合格講師」による受験対策講座（８3）

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.　　（孔子）

  受験勉強に関して多くの方法論が流布されている。食べ物はこれが良いとか、朝方より夜型が良いとか、場所は勉強部屋より居間が良いとか、A問題集よりB問題集が良いとか。真実は「そんなことどうでもよい」なんですけどね。

　上記のような議論を続ける指導者は本気で受験に取り組んだことがないんだ。本気で受験勉強した人なら、そんな下らない議論で時間やエネルギーを浪費しない。食べ物も、時間も、場所も、問題集も、そんなことは合否に直結しない。

　私は１０年連続で京都大学の合格者を指導させてもらってきた。医学部医学科の合格者も４人いた。そういう優秀な子たちの勉強方法は極めてシンプルなんです。「ただ過去問を繰り返し練習した」。

　どうでも良い議論に夢中になる受験生は、かなり高い確率で落ちた。これは厳然たる事実です。

  There are many methodologies circulating regarding studying for entrance exams. Some say that this is the best food, some say that night is better than morning, some say that the living room is better than the study room, some say that problem book B is better than problem book A, and so on. The truth is, though, "it doesn't matter.



　Any instructor who continues with the above argument has never seriously studied for an entrance exam. Those who have seriously studied for the exam don't waste their time and energy on such trivial discussions. Food, time, place, and problem sets are not directly related to pass/fail.



　I have had the privilege of guiding successful applicants to Kyoto University for 10 consecutive years. There were also four who passed the medical course at the Faculty of Medicine. The study method of those excellent children is extremely simple. They "just practiced past papers over and over again."



　Students who were preoccupied with unimportant discussions failed at a much higher rate. This is a strict fact.