Daily Archives: March 30, 2008

Smith’s goes Sumo

March 30, 2008 – 6:15 pm

Every one of my regular 6pm students knows that if they come a little early, they can watch the last couple matches of the Sumo Basho with me before their lessons. After the last basho, students got to know my love for sumo, and every 6pm student last week and this week came early and [...]

By Edward | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Ohtsu Corner | Comments (0)

Smith’s Otsu Signage Improvements

March 30, 2008 – 4:17 am

Not the most exciting thing, but i noticed some other schools have some great location shots, and as we recently had new signs installed, i thought it would be nice for other schools to see what we look like now. As our school is on the 8th floor (the penthouse as it were), we need [...]

By Edward | Posted in Choosing a location, English School Articles, SSE Ohtsu Corner | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Welcome Michael Bosman to Fukushima !

March 30, 2008 – 3:45 am

I am pleased to introduce my new semi-F/T teacher, Michael Bosman from Australia to my Smith’s School in Fukushima. Michael is a professional teacher in New South Wales and I am very pleased to welcome him to the team. He will assume most of the teaching hours while Graham and I each keep [...]

By Martin | Posted in SSE Fukushima Corner, SSE Kotoen Corner | Comments (0)

スミス英会話は何故違う。Why is Smith’s School of English Different?

March 30, 2008 – 12:47 am

What’s different about Smith’s School compared with the multitude of English conversation schools in Japan? Bottom to the top it’s totally different. It’s truly a breath of fresh air. No stale lesson plans, no stiff teachers looking truly uncomfortable in ties, just a down-to-earth well thought out curriculum which provides what Japanese [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in English School Articles, New start up or franchise?, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, franchise v. small business, students keep coming | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)