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「京大医学部４名合格講師」による受験対策講座（１０5）

He who begins many things, finishes but few.  (英語のことわざ）

　受験指導していると、あの問題集もこの参考書もと多くの本に手を出す生徒がいる。そして、どれも中途半端で終わる。塾や予備校の選定も同じことだ。あっちの塾に行って気に入らないから、こっとの塾に移る。それも気に入らないから、さらに移る。

　こういうタイプの生徒は、受験だけではなく人生においても成功の確率は落ちる。自分の目が信じられないから、他人の評価に頼る。自分の友人がA参考書が良いと言うと、すぐA参考書を買い、受験指南書がB問題集が良いと書いてあればB問題集に浮気する。

　本当に受験に成功する生徒は、自分に自信があるから「これだ」と思った問題集や塾からそう簡単に浮気はしないものだ。

　When I teach entrance examinations, I have students who try to get their hands on that question book, this reference book, and many other books. And they all end up halfway through. The same thing applies to the selection of cram schools and prep schools. They go to one cram school and don't like it, so they move on to another. They don't like that one either, so they move on to the next one.


　These types of students have a lower chance of success not only in entrance examinations but also in life. They cannot trust their own eyes, so they rely on the evaluations of others. If their friends say that A is a good reference book, they immediately buy A, and if the exam guidebook says that B is a good book, they cheat and buy B.



　Students who are truly successful in entrance examinations are confident in themselves and do not so easily cheat from a book or cram school that they think "this is the one".