Daily Archives: November 1, 2007

Cinnamon rolls, scones and coffee

November 1, 2007 – 11:42 pm

Today I will give my first lesson at 4pm. I started the day by doing some flyers in the morning, then I was free to do what I wanted until 4pm. I slept a bit then biked over to a mall about 15 minutes from home. I took my time. The weather was great and [...]

By Derek | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner | Comments (0)

Promoting Our School for Sale

November 1, 2007 – 6:12 am

I have been relaxing in England for the past few days. In that time Mark Smith, my wife and the Smith’s team have been doing their part in promoting our school here in Otsu. Obviously I’d like to be there to help out. But that’s the whole idea about Smith’s and its [...]

By Craig Drayton | Posted in English School Articles | Comments (0)

Keeping it challenging, keeping it relevant for high level students.

November 1, 2007 – 5:10 am

While doing my routine with my red student today I came to the very last question of routine 6, “What do you do next?”. Whenever I do pre-intermediate routines I always make sure that I don’t slow down for them and keep it at a natural speed. So when I came to this [...]

By moderator | Posted in SSE Kyobashi Corner | Comments (0)

My Web at Smith Web

November 1, 2007 – 1:27 am

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here; I’ve been a bit busy these days.
I guess running three schools will do that to you, but all is going well and I’m enjoying watching each of the three schools grow.
http://www.smithweb.co.jp/school/horie.shtml
http://www.smithweb.co.jp/school/kamishinjyo.shtml
http://www.smithweb.co.jp/school/fuse.shtml
October was a great month for each location!
The weather was great for handing out flyers and [...]

By Alex | Posted in New start up or franchise?, SSE Fuse Corner, SSE Horie Corner, franchise v. small business | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)