What my friends who don't go to cram schools or private schools have in common

What my friends who don't go to cram schools or private schools have in common
Today I had a meeting in Osaka from noon, and in the afternoon I attended the topping-out ceremony for the Tsuchiyama N residence.
This is the house that boasts the highest level of insulation performance ever in Hyogo Prefecture.
I'm looking forward to its completion.
Over the weekend, I visited the home of a friend from high school who I had taken over from last month for a one-month inspection.
I was in the science and math course for all three years of high school, so there were no class changes.
The same members have remained in the group for three years.
I thought so at the time, but even now when I think back, the top players in that class
It was a place where only the most talented people gathered. (Of course, I wasn't one of them.)
They all come from the countryside of Kakogawa, and their parents aren't particularly wealthy.
I didn't go to a cram school, and I just played as much as I wanted during my childhood.
It was just them.
However, about half of the class is currently enrolled at universities such as Tokyo University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, and other national and public universities.
The result was that they went on to medical school. What's more, they didn't even attend cram school during their high school years.
And at my alma mater, no one was studying properly until the sports festival, which was held in the first semester of the third year of high school, was over.
(Instead, everyone was in a group the moment the sports festival ended.)
We switch to exam mode, but even then it's still basically a world of individual effort.
Even back in my high school days, I noticed something that the top guys had in common.
I was reminded of this again while talking with Mr. M.
That is until at least the graduation of junior high school (for example, T-kun, who was ranked within the top 10 in national mock exams).
They said they would continue studying Kumon mathematics until they graduated from high school.
I didn't get the impression that the parents were doing anything special.
There were almost no geniuses or genetic talents.
I think I was very lucky because I was able to get the best results without spending a lot of money.
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However, their processing power was incredible.
A math problem that would take me a full page can be explained in just two lines.
I can only solve equations step by step, so I can't solve them without a step number.
He kept everything in his head without making a single mistake, even though it would have been a big increase.
After processing, it was processed in two lines.
I didn't do Kumon, but I know what it is.
However, if you go to a prep school, no matter how well-known it is,
The processing power of those who have been solving huge amounts of calculations since elementary school is much greater than that of him.
It was a different order of magnitude.
The difference in intelligence was so great that I was always envious.
Of course, having high processing power and being able to solve difficult problems is not necessarily a sign of social success.
It's nothing special. Still, it was something I was really envious of when I was a student.
So, Mr. M was diligently getting his son, a first-grade student, to study Kumon.
India today is also strong in mathematics, and Indian Institutes of Technology have many universities and research institutes, including Google and Facebook.
Apparently, companies looking for geniuses are bypassing Tokyo University in their search for talented people...
Even in India, people have to memorize two-digit x two-digit multiplication tables...
Even though we live in an age of computers, the training you do in your youth is still a
This may be necessary to improve human capabilities.
I hope this will be helpful if you have small children.