Daily Archives: June 7, 2007

Flyers Are an Absolute Joy at Kotoen !!

I’ve done flyers and managed flyer teams at many stations in Kansai over the years, and Heidi and I had an experience the other day I just have to share with you. I’m hoping this story will motivate you to increase the revenue at your Smith’s School Franchise.
Kotoen Station is midway on the Hankyu Nishinomiya-Takarazuka [...]

I`m not really Pollyanna…

Hi! My name`s Heidi, I`m originally from Australia but have somehow picked up a half-canadian accent in the last 2 years of teaching English in Osaka. I`ve just finished my first month working at Smith’s School of English Kotoen, and couldn`t be happier. I quit my last job for a number of reasons, but [...]

Child’s Trial

On Wednesday I had a sudden trial with a 6-year old girl who’s family had just returned from Vancouver, Canada a few weeks before. After the normal introductory questions, realizing that she could already speak, ask and answer questions at the normal US/Canadian elementary school level, I asked her to read Peter Rabbit, then [...]