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ホンマにアホやなぁ！（２６）

　父は亡くなる前に自分が大学入試に落ちた話をしていた。戦争で中国に行ったとも言っていた。大学に行って戦争に行くのを避けようとしたのだろうか。今となっては分からない。

　私の進学に強い関心を示していたのは、自分の原体験があったのかもしれない。もっと優しく接していたらよかったが、もう遅い。

　皆さんも、今の段階では想像も出来ない経験をするはず。私たちがネット社会の到来に驚いたように、時代も激変を繰り返すだろう。そんな高校生の方たちに言えることがあるとすると、ありきたりだけれど

「目の前のやるべきことに全力を尽くすこと」

　くらいだろう。それは、自分自身にも言えることだが。

　そして、ご両親を大切にしてあげてください。

　Before he passed away, my father told me a story about how he failed his college entrance exam. He also said that he went to China for the war. Was he trying to avoid going to war by going to college? I don't know now.

　Perhaps it was his own original experience that made him so interested in my going to college. I wish I had been more gentle with him, but it is too late now.
 

　You all will have experiences that I can't even imagine at this stage of my life. Just as we were surprised by the arrival of the Internet society, the times will undergo a series of drastic changes. If there is anything I can say to such high school students, it may be a cliché, but it is this

"Do your best in what you have to do in front of you.

　That is what I can say to myself. I can say this to myself as well.

　And please take good care of your parents.