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ホンマにアホやなぁ！（８）

　すると、やっぱりというか次々と京大合格者が出始めた。それだけで
はない。京大医学部、阪大医学部、名大医学部、東京医科歯科大学、三重大医学部など、どこにも有効なのだ。

　大学の先生は、やっぱり賢い（笑）。

　でも、そんなことを言ったら蛇蝎のごとく嫌われた。日本は和を重んじるだけで、議論をさせないプレッシャーが半端ない。

　みんな食っていかないといけないので、英語が話せなくても、生徒が志望校に落ちても、そんなこと関係ない。自分の生活が優先。そういうことらしい。でも、それで犠牲になる生徒たちはどうなるのだ。大人の責任を放棄していることにならないか？

　北勢中学校にいる時は英語が一番嫌いだった。点数もよくなかった。数学は理科、社会、国語と同じで特に意識した科目ではなかった。総合点でトップクラスにいたので、それで満足だった。

　試行錯誤を繰り返す私に父は
「大学院に行きたいならお金は出してやるぞ」
　などと言った。

 　Then, as I had expected, people began to pass the entrance exam for Kyoto University one after another. And that's not all.
(8) Then, one after another, more and more students were admitted to Kyoto University. The same thing happened at Kyoto University, Osaka University, Nagoya University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Mie University, and so on.

　University professors are smart after all (laugh).

　But when I said that, they hated me like a snake. Japan is just a country that values harmony, and there is half a lot of pressure not to let people discuss things.

　Everyone has to eat, so it doesn't matter if you don't speak English or if your students fail to get into the school of their choice. My life comes first. That's how it is, apparently. But what about the students who are sacrificed because of it? Isn't that an abdication of adult responsibility?

　When I was at Hokusei Junior High School, I hated English the most. My scores were not good. Math, like science, social studies, and Japanese, was not a subject I was particularly conscious of. I was in the top class in overall score, so I was satisfied with that.


　As I repeated trial and error, my father said to me
If you want to go to graduate school, I will pay for it.
　And so on.