It’s getting warmer here in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), the location of my English conversation school (英会話スクール), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校). I still have to check the temperature in the morning to decide what to wear. On cool days I wear pants with a Smith’s jacket and Smith’s t-shirt underneath, while on warm days I wear shorts with a [...]
Each morning my wife disappears off to put in a full day at the office so it’s up to me to take care of our two-year-old son. As it’s just the two of us I have to keep my eyes on him and entertain him till around 9am at which time I take him off [...]
All right, I’ll give you a hint: This is not salt water. Yoko and I often come here, usually during the summer season when it’s nice and HOT and nothing beats a cool dip in fresh water or the romping of spirited water sports. The autumn can also be very pretty, especially with fewer people [...]
My promotional efforts seem to be paying off at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi School (スミス英会話 塚口校) . This week 3 students joined my school. Two of the three came in for a trial lesson together and joined together, which was great. All three new students came from flyers. In addition to this, I have a [...]
6:05 am Alarm clock goes off 6:07 am I get up. It`s a perfect flyer day. Nice weather, not to hot. The target location Kintetsu Yao (近鉄八尾駅） of today is perfect. Bag is packed, flyers prepared. A small pack of old ones and a full pack of new ones freshly delivered. Even if it`s still very [...]
Over the years teaching at my Smith’s School of English in Sakai Higashi and Nakamozu which are part of the Smith’s School of English, pay by the month（月謝）, English conversation schools franchise system in Japan, I often hear my younger students mention that over the previous week their school had taken a trip to Mt [...]
During the Smith’s Golden Week holiday my wife and I went to a movie theater to see Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow. This psychological mystery-thriller is a film adaptation of the novel by Denis Lehane and is directed by Martin Scorsese. I highly recommend seeing it! It was great! [...]
Hi All, Edward here at Smith’s School of English in beautiful Ohtsu city in Shiga Prefecture. As many of you know, I LOVE “The Morning Routine” so it should come as no surprise to you that this post is yet again going to praise the powers of this brilliant piece of English school curriculum. In [...]
Below is a story about a recent trip to Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania written by one of my student’s at my English school, Smith’s school of English Ohtsu. My student’s name is Mitsuhiro. He is a Forest Keeper and a very determined English student, as English helps him with all his travelling. His hobbies include [...]
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