駿台予備校｜Sundai Preparatory School ｜ 2021/01/18

ボクの大学受験は35年以上前だが、見事に桜が散った。そして駿台予備校に行ったのだが、そのカリキュラムに感動した。入試で確実に点数を効率的に取ることを中心にした内容で、テキストも薄い一冊のみ。他の教材は不要だという。しかしそういう授業だけでなく、英語長文読解では人生の楽しさや文学の奥深さを教わり早く大学生になっていろいろな経験をしたいと思った。また古文では歴史の面白さを知った。駿台は１９３０年に「我学界の弊風たる詰込主義を排し、専ら基本原理の了解に努め、之が運用の玄妙を授け、以て推理及判断力の涵養増進を期す」という広告を出している。当時はそんなことは知らなかったけれど、正にそんな教育を受けたのだなぁと改めて実感した。（絵と文：サカキテツ朗）
I took my college entrance exam more than 35 years ago, and I failed. I went to Sundai Preparatory School and was impressed by the curriculum. The content focused on getting points efficiently in the entrance examination, and I needed to study only one thin textbook. No textbooks are needed. However, in addition to such classes, I could learn the joy of life and the depth of literature in reading long English sentences and wanted to become a university student and have various experiences. I also found the fun of history in ancient writing. In 1930, Shundai put up an advertisement saying, "We will eliminate the bad stuffing principle of our academia, strive exclusively to understand the basic principles, and give the genius of operation, thereby fostering reasoning and judgment." I didn't know that at the time, but I realized once again that I had just received such an education.　-Text and illustration by Ted Sakaki