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ホンマにアホやなぁ！（３１）

実は、私に京大を７回も受けさせたのも直接的にはＡ子ちゃんの影響が大きい。

「この子は日本の宝だ。何としても志望校に合格させなければ」

　と思った。出来ることは何でもやる。娘以外の人間で、私にそんな思いをさせたのはＡ子ちゃんが初めての生徒だった。

  A子ちゃんは、あるクラブに所属して大会で入賞する成績をおさめていることは耳にしていた。ところが、高校２年のある時、自主的にそのクラブを引退した。理由は分からなかったけれど、成績が伸び悩んでいたのが理由だということは推測できた。

私は、彼女の覚悟というか気魄に驚いた。

「先生はバツイチでも、１回結婚できたからいいですよ」

　と笑っていた。言葉の端々にクラブばかりか、彼氏も結婚も何もかも犠牲にしても医者になるんだという決意が満ちていた。彼女のクラスがある時は、楽しかったけれど緊張した。

 「この仕事を始めてよかった」

　私にそう思わせてくれた塾生の子は多いが、彼女はダントツの存在だった。

In fact, it was directly influenced by Ako that made me apply to Kyoto University seven times.

She is a treasure of Japan. I had to do everything I could to get her into the school of her choice.

　I thought, "I have to do whatever I can to help her pass the school of her choice. I would do whatever I could do. She was the first person, other than my daughter, who made me feel that way.

 　

  I had heard that she was a member of a club and had won prizes in competitions. However, one day in her sophomore year of high school, she voluntarily retired from that club. I didn't know why, but I guessed it was because her grades were not improving.

 　

I was surprised at her determination or spirit.

She laughed and said, "It's okay for you to be divorced, because you were able to get married once."

　She laughed. Every word she said was filled with determination to become a doctor, even if it meant sacrificing her boyfriend, marriage, and everything else. When she had classes, it was fun but nerve-wracking.

 I'm glad I started this job."

　Many of the kids at the school made me feel that way, but she was a dangler.