Baskadia

「京大医学部４名合格講師」による受験対策講座（８０）

Being young is not having any money; being young is no minding not having any money.   (Katherine Whitehorn)

 私は２９歳の時に土地を買って塾と家を建てた。ほとんどを銀行からの融資だった。いくらバブルの時代といっても今なら怖くて絶対に出来ない。当時は、それがギャンブルのようなものだということさえ自覚がなかった。

　全部失っても気にしないほど無知な若者だったからだ。貧乏を何とも思わないだけではなく、何も無かった。アメリカから帰国した時は、仕事もなく、貯金もなく、資格もなく、彼女もなく、何にも無かった。でも、怖くなかった。無知だけでなく、無謀なのが若者なのだろう。

　今指導させてもらっている中学生や高校生も同じだ。数学が苦手なのに理系に進もうとする。四日市高校で１００番以内に入れないのに旧帝を受けようとする。桑名高校で真ん中くらいなのに三重大を受験しようとする。

　I bought land and built a school and a house when I was 29 years old. Most of it was financed by the bank. No matter how much it was during the bubble era, I would never do it now because I would be too scared. At the time, I was not even aware that it was a gamble of sorts.



　I was such an ignorant young man that I didn't care if I lost everything. Not only did I think nothing of poverty, I had none. When I returned from the US, I had no job, no savings, no qualifications, no girlfriend, nothing. But I wasn't afraid. I guess it is young people who are not only ignorant but also reckless.



　The same goes for the junior high and high school students I am mentoring now. They are trying to go into the sciences even though they are not good at math. They try to enter the former imperial university even though they cannot get into the top 100 at Yokkaichi High School. They try to take the entrance exam of Mie University even though they are in the middle of the class at Kuwana High School.