Author Archives: Carol

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers

I love that quote. Recently one of my friends wrote it on his facebook status. When I read it I wondered if I was just sitting in the middle of the track. It’s march now and I decided that I needed to reassess the year so far to see how well I’ve really been doing. [...]

Only in Japan!

….Only in Japan…. At Smith’s School of English Kamishinjo スミス英会話 上新庄校, we have a few University students. Someday I’d love tonnes of them because I have yet to teach a university student that I didn’t love.  They are motivated, dedicated and learn so quickly that I always feel so proud of them.  But even for university students, [...]

Why become an English teacher in Japan? Why buy an English School?

Why become an English teacher? There are thousands of reasons, and of course it differs for everyone.  Some people want the adventure of living in a foreign country, some want to learn a new language and culture.  Others want to improve their resumes or get into teacher’s college when they return to their own countries. [...]

Thank you for the Great Day Hiking!!

  On behalf of  Smith’s School of English Kamishinjo スミス英会話 上新庄校,  and Smith’s School of English Ohtsuスミス英会話 大津校, I would like to thank  John from Smith’s School of English Kawanishi スミス英会話 川西校 and Derek from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi スミス英会話 塚口校  for including us in the Hiking Event that your schools hosted on Sunday, June 28th, 2009.  I think I speak for everyone when I [...]

WWF Earth Hour – A Challenge to all Smith’s Schools from Smith’s School Of English Kamishinjo

スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語サイトはこちらです。 This year Earth hour in Japan is Saturday, March 28th from 8:30- 9:30 pm.  This is Earth Hour’s third year.  It started in 2007 in Sydney.  In 2008, it went global. Rome’s Colosseum, Sydney’s Opera House and Time Square’s Coca Cola billboard, along with 50 million people around the globe, turned off their lights for [...]

A Bon Voyage Party at SSE Kamishinjo

We are feeling a mixture of sadness and excitement here at SSE Kamishinjo as one of our students heads off to Australia for two years on a working holiday visa.  We are selfishly sad to see her go because she is a special person who has attended all of our events and contributed to their [...]

2009 and a Spring Hike!

January has nearly come and gone already! Here at SSE Kamishinjo, we are off to a running start. We are hopeful that this year will be even better than last. Already, it looks promising in terms of trials and new students. We have made plans to begin including children in our student body, and plan [...]

Merry Christmas from Carol and Yuichi at SSE-Kamishinjo

The lights are up, the trees are decorated, the Christmas CD’s are playing, the presents…well, they’ll be done when the stores close on December 24th….the Christmas parties and end of year parties are keeping everyone busy, and we wanted to take some time to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. This year came and [...]

Business VS. Social Work? Can the two merge?

At a Franchise meeting in June, Mark Smith mentioned that today’s business world is shifting in focus from being merely profit centred to taking into consideration the benefits of social work. His comment was of particular interest to me, since I have spent all of my career in the human service industry, with more than [...]

Getting involved in the Community

We have discovered that the very easiest and also the nicest way to promote our business is simply to get involved in the community. The other day, Yuichi and I were walking around Kamishinjo. We try to buy as many things in Kamishinjo as we can. As we walked down the street, many local business [...]

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