Daily Archives: November 21, 2007

Golfing in Japan

November 21, 2007 – 11:11 pm

My husband (and co-owner of Smith’s Azamino), Mike, has recently gotten back into golf, an activity he used to do quite a bit in Canada when he was younger, and one which we didn’t think we could afford to do here in Japan. While it isn’t cheap, it is not unreasonably expensive if you [...]

By Deana | Posted in English School Articles, Living in Japan, SSE Azamino Corner, a reward in itself, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it | Comments (0)

10:05 PM, Lawson Convenience Store

November 21, 2007 – 9:34 pm

A few nights ago I did the “Lawson” routine with one student during my 9pm lesson. After the lesson I was hungry so I walked down the street to Lawson convenience store. When I got there I spotted the bento shop across the street and found myself “standing in front of Lawson” with “a problem.” [...]

By jim | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Hashimoto Corner | Comments (0)

Smith’s has a Great Staff!

November 21, 2007 – 6:46 pm

The staff at the head office is great! They have helped me many times and just the other day one of my students told me that the young women who answer the phone to book their lessons etc. are always very kind and helpful. She was very sincere when she said this. [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, New start up or franchise?, SSE Okamoto Corner, enjoyed this a lot | Comments (0)

Smith’s School of English: Who are we?

November 21, 2007 – 4:17 pm

With the recent failure of the largest corporate English school in Japan, I have come to wonder, shall I say “hope” that those 400,000+ students will take a hard look at how they were treated by this corporate school and decide to find a monthly tuition school like Smith’s so as not to be burned [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in English School Articles, Fair to teachers, SSE Okamoto Corner, franchise v. small business, students keep coming | Comments (0)

My First Day In Bentencho School

November 21, 2007 – 6:37 am

Well this was on the 5th of November 2007. It was amazing sitting in the class and thinking that very soon there wouldbe students in here wanting to learn. I suppose that sitting there made me realize how much this meant to me. ZTo know that soon I would be making a difference in some [...]

By Marcus | Posted in English School Articles | Comments (0)