Monthly Archives: September 2008

Amazing Japanese Inventions

I really enjoy reading the news in Japan and keeping up-to-date on all the amazing or wild and crazy inventions that are constantly popping up in the headlines. The Japanese people pride themselves on their technology and constant mission to make their lifestyle a lot more convenient. A lot of their ideas inspire many strange [...]

和菓子 布施 東大阪市 My favorite wagashi shop in Fuse, Higashi Osaka

スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ I am a big fan of traditional Japanese sweets, especially when served with green tea. They are typically made from natural ingredients, many of which are plant-based.  (和菓子) I often see numerous varieties at the supermarket but I don’t know many of them so I usually buy the same 2 or 3. However, over [...]

スミス英会話学校のボーリングとカラオケ大会 Smith’s Schools Go Bowling and Enjoy Karaoke

On Sunday September 28th, 2008 three Smith’s Schools held a Bowling and Karaoke Party at Rokko Bowl and Cote D’ Azur in Kobe. It was attended by 18 students, teachers, friends and family members. Students and teachers from three Kansai schools attended. Tsukaguchi, Fuse and Okamoto schools were represented. Starting with bowling the group played [...]

An Interesting Trend

As summer draws to a close, it’s time to once again look at the variety of students that Shimokitazawa Smiths is attracting. For the first time since we started managing and teaching at Shimokita branch we are attracting University students. This is pretty exciting for me as it shows a keen interest by young people [...]

Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi School Owner Goes Grape Picking in Okayama Prefecture スミス英会話塚口校オーナー 岡山県でぶどう狩り

On Sunday, September 14th, 2008 I went grape picking in Okayama Prefecture with my wife, her cousin, her mother and her mother’s friend. We had a great time! Here’s a picture of me picking some grapes. 2008年9月23日(火) 9月14日の日曜日、私は岡山までぶどう狩りに行きました。 それは私の妻、妻の従姉妹、妻のお母さん、そしてお母さんの友達も一緒の、にぎやかでとても楽しいぶどう狩りでした。 上の写真は私がぶどう狩りを楽しんでいるところです。

Why Join a Smith’s School of English?

I think about this question a lot.  It is a very important question that we Smith’s Teacher-Owners must always keep in mind.  We must strive in everything we do to make joining our schools the best choice for prospective students.  The basic differences between Smith’s School of English and other privately run schools or from [...]

Earthquakes

I once read that amazingly 20% of the world’s earthquakes happen right here in Japan. I have lived here for close to 14 years now and luckily have yet to experience one that lasted longer than a few seconds. I forget where I learnt it but I always thought that if one does occur that [...]

A Student Returns as a Private Lesson Student!

Well, two nights ago I had a pleasant surprise.  One of my students who has been on leave emailed me to say that he wants to start back as a man-to-man (Private lesson) student from next week.  It was a pleasant surprise.  He is a cardiologist and is planning to go he US next year [...]

Can you find スミス 英会話 布施 校 ??

スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ     About one month ago I decided to put my very basic and recently acquired video making skills to use and I created a video introduction for Smiths School of English in Horie, which can now be viewed on the Smiths School of English Horie homepage.     I thought about creating this video [...]

Newest Addition to the Smith’s School of English has Arrived !

       Please welcome Tyler Jonas Bowman to Azamino SSE and to the world in general.  He arrived late Friday evening on September 5th after his mom endured 24 long hours of labor.  Just check out that smile and you’ll see that he was well worth the effort.         Tyler’s the spitting [...]

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