Daily Archives: January 17, 2008

Smith’s School of English Photo Shop

Recently I was asked about the process for including photos in Soapbox posts. I figured why not post it up here so everyone can benefit? It’s as quick and easy as making links in your post once you know the process.
It’s important to note that the pictures that can be added to Soapbox [...]

An Interesting Friend

Last year in August when I was passing out flyers I met a guy in front of JR Settsumotoyama Station who seemed interesting and was interested in what I was doing. It turned out that he was a recent graduate of the Paris Conservatory of Music and had won a gold metal in classical [...]

“A Deer in the Headlights”

Six months ago she was a “deer in the headlights,” scared to death of me, scared of foreigners, scared of group lessons…Watching her confidence build over the months has been very nice. Tonight this nurse (I have many nurses for some reason), attacked “The Restaurant” routine with full confidence…no fear…I got her…She is mine, my [...]

Long Time No See

I had a lesson with a high intermediate student this week. I hadn’t seen her in a long time (6 months in fact). She was a long term student here at Smith’s School of English , Kyobashi so I was happy to see her again. She usually has some good interesting tales about her friends [...]