Just finishing up here at Smith’s School of English Kyobashi tonight.
One of our coaches just finished telling me about how enjoyable one of here lessons was in particular today, that’s just nice for me to hear. Apparently this student is going to interviews to work as a secretary and had lots to say about it [...]
Long time, no see
This year, I planned my Golden Week out in advance for 2 reasons: 1. I actually had days off to plan for (thank you Smith’s School of English!), and 2. I hadn’t been out in quite some time. So feeling slightly like a dusty, abandoned book in a long forgotten library, [...]
Today in class at Smith’s School of English Horie School I again experienced the power of being part of a large group all working together for a common goal.
This is defined as T.E.A.M here at Smith’s School of English.
“Together Everyone Achieves More” http://www.sse-franchise.com/team.shtml
I had a Trial Lesson at 1pm at my Smith’s School of English [...]
Hello, everyone! For those who haven’t heard, I’m the new owner of the Smith’s School of English Kotoen franchise. I bought it from out-going owners Jill and Janet in April , 2007 and am working hard to get it operating properly under my command. I have hired a full-time [...]
Hello, everyone!
Those who know me wouldn’t be surprised to see pictures of me with giant, cutting edge telescopes standing around everywhere. Neither would anyone be shocked to hear me talk about them like I was possessed nor roll their eyes to see me sitting in Star bucks with my third double espresso trying to solve [...]
Golden Week
-SJ
Most people appreciate the occasional public holiday, waiting in tense silence until the next break from work arrives in the calendar year. Once that day hits, it’s like a 24-hour party beginning late on the night before and ending… whenever. And that’s only the reaction to a one-day reprieve from the all too familiar [...]
It took me a long time and a lot of experience in business to realize the profit and lifestyle potential in multiple school ownership within the Smith’s School of English franchise system. For many years I ran just the one franchise and that was Smith’s School Koshien however I sold that school on to a [...]
This 2pm student is a Pink student. Most of the time, I like working with pink students because they have a lot of potentials, and it is nice to see their happy faces when you teach them something new. But this one is a bit of an exception. He is shy, gets nervous very easily, [...]
I wake up everyday and think about my decision to become an English teacher in Japan. Even though there were hard times in the beginning, I will never regret the decision to make this move. Other than the financial rewards which come with having a large school, there is the satisfaction of knowing [...]
Last night I got a very pleasant surprise. It was a fax from head-office informing me that one of my new students had just called the staff to request that her lesson be changed from Powerful to Man-to-Man from next month. “Powerful” refers to those students who, due to their job etc., [...]
Hello,
Gavin here. We’ve just received our own soap box here at Smith’s School of English Kyobashi. I’ve been working here for about 2 years now and as time passes I continue to enjoy the relaxed, professional environment more and more. Kyobashi is the location of the Smith’s School of English franchise system head office, but [...]
Smith’s School of English has several vacation periods each year and this year the Golden Week Holiday, which for most Japanese employees corresponds to the first week of May, started about a week earlier for the Smith franchisees. It turns out that this was a blessing as I wanted to go to Hawaii and the [...]
Okamoto is located in Higashi-Nadaku of Kobe, Japan. It is where I have my Smith’s School of English. It is very nice place to live and work. Okamoto is famous for its many bakeries and confectioneries offering a multitude of delicious candies, pastries, breads and cakes. I often have to stop myself from too often [...]
Today is Sunday and I was looking at my email and suddenly the phone rang. “Who could be calling me on this what should be a day off” I thought. Turns out it was Mark Smith, Smith’s School of English founder calling. He said that he was just about to leave for the yacht harbor [...]
Smith’s School of English Lesson at Kyobashi May 22 by MW
ET- From the Smith’s School of English One Point Series
I have these 2 students (1 green level/1 red level) quite frequently. They enjoy being classmates, it helps their confidence and almost always arrange the same class together. I know that they go to a stand [...]
A couple of days ago I received a call from Gavin to let me know that one of my students at my Smith’s School of English Horie school had called up the head office to quit my school from July of this year, but that during that phone call she went on and on with [...]
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Today`s student was a man to man, pink but with a hint of orange.
ET
The student actually started off the lesson in very good spirits saying that she had seen someone in her gym who looked like me and wondered if it had been me or not. Lo and behold we do both go to [...]
Japan is getting more and more Western each and every day but no matter what it will always be Japan and as such they have a different way of doing things. At times they might infuriate us but we have two choices – change them or change ourselves. At present the Japanese population is about [...]
I just got back from the (10-month-old) grocery store across the street. Its opening was a long awaited event after a long-standing discount electronics store closed and the building’s owner spent an entire year revamping the location and gathering new tenants. A gym opened on the 1st and 2nd floor, and an internet-cafe-amusement-hobby-”something” opened on [...]
It was the first time for me to meet this student. She is a green level. Prior to this lesson to she had just taken a class with another teacher.
ET – You don’t even lift a finger
From the Smith’s School of English One Point Series
I asked the student whether she lived with her family and [...]
Hey, it’s Mike from Smith’s School of English Tsuruhashi checking in for the first time and I’m feeling good…. Why????
Well, let’s see… First, I had had a couple of things on my mind today and a few things I had to deal with regarding the Tsuruhashi school. So, I called up Mark and he [...]
When I saw my schedule today, I felt a bit anxious about first lesson of the evening. This particular student is known to make a lot of very specific request about the material and type of lesson she wants to study. It took me nearly 20 minutes to come up with the lesson plan for [...]
Thursday Night Smith’s School of English Lessons
By Timothy Oliver (I am a part time teacher at Smith’s. I don’t ask Smith’s to sponsor my visa)
ET:
I started the lesson with one orange level student. I asked him where he just came from, and he told me that he is a dentist and just came [...]
I’m honored to be asked to contribute to the Soapbox b/c I believe helping others learn can only lead to good things. Anyway, before I post my first actual article I thought it best that I let you know a little about myself. I was born in a small town in England but ended up [...]
This lesson was held in a multi classroom envirnoment at Smith’s school of English Kyobashi.
E.T.
If you decide to go bunji jumping should I try and talk you out of it? This is the first question I ask my two students as they make them selves at home. After a brief moment I was [...]
Thursday night Smith’s School of English lesson by MW
ET:
I started this lesson with 3 pink students by asking each of them what gifts they gave their mothers on mother’s day this past Sunday. 2 gave their mothers popular flower gifts and I was surprised to hear the third student didn’t give his mother anything. But [...]
I’m between lessons and just got off the phone from Gavin at Smith’s School of English head office. At the last training seminar I had promised to get on my computer and write something for the new blog. Between my full schedule and the (excellent) Golden Week holidays, I had kept putting it off. Partly [...]
Recently I am getting a lot of trial students through the website. I have not been doing as many flyers as in the past but the number of trials has gone up a lot in the past two months. It is really great when a student books a trial after finding my school [...]
I had a class with three green level and red level students yesterday, all of whom have been with us for at least 2 years and know each other quite well. I did not need to worry about creating a nice atmosphere because the moment I welcomed them into my classroom, a natural chitchat conversation [...]
Green curry English
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Twilight falls as a hot curry settles in my stomach from a place nearby. Sweating slightly I find that my first lesson is with a green level student who has been coming to Smith’s School of English for many years, and who consistently has multiple lessons every week, even on the same day. [...]