For those of you that have been reading my posts for a while would know I am a computer geek. I love discovering new programs that make my life easier. Last year I decided to go with Mac because I had become frustrated with Windows XP. Last September though Windows 7 was released – I [...]
I’ve been teaching English in Japan for almost 2 years, and one thing has remained a constant. I’m the teacher and the students are the students. That being said, I’ve been quite impressed with the students I have had the pleasure of teaching, their study habits, genuine hard work and most of all tenacity. I’ve [...]
I often use “Let’s Talk” type question lists during lessons in my English conversation school, Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話川西校. Sometimes I base most of a lesson on these lists (some from the Smith’s School of English curriculum, and some lists that I have made myself to augment these), or sometimes to occupy the last [...]
A tea salesman, a retired professor, a beef salesman, a Tokyo business man, a firefighter, 2 house wives, a park ranger, a retired couple, a recently married couple, a golf course manager, a construction worker, a hotel receptionist, a hotspring employee, a gas station attendent, an artist, and a gas company crew – thanks to [...]
It’s great living in Japan and teaching English in Japan at my English conversation school（英会話）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校） in Tsukaguchi（塚口町）, Amagasaki City(尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）, Japan. 2010 promises to be a great year for me. The highlight of this year will definitely be my first child being born in August and all the things that will come with that. Wow! I [...]
A Happy New Year to everyone, 2010 is shaping up to be a good year. I apologize for not having written in a while but I’ve had a few things to take care of. The good news is that I have quite a few stories to share so over the next few weeks keep your [...]
Many of you fellow franchisees have an absolutely wonderful street presentation! For others it may be true that you are physically unable to use sign boards or posters, yet there are still others who could consider investing in some more good signage. This post reminds you to take a look at our Smith’s Promotional Items page and [...]
Hello, and Happy New Year! I recently wrote an article explaining that I would be going home to America for the Christmas holiday, and I spoke about all of the great foods that I would eat. It’s very interesting how life works, because once I was in America and had left the Los Angeles airport, [...]
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