Karasuma School recently acquired a transfer from another school of a lovely and intelligent lad of nine years old. Honestly, I have never met such a courteous child in my life. “Teacher, I have a question, please.” He catches onto the concepts quickly and is well mannered at all times. His mother says that he [...]
Well autumn is on its way. It’s already much cooler in Canada and the Northern States. The leaves will soon be a beautiful array of gold, red, yellow, and brown amidst the Coniferous evergreen. What beauty for the traveller’s eyes!! Many take their vacation at this time and pack up the camper for a tour [...]
Welcome James to Smith’s English Schools. We are wishing you good success. Gordon from Karasuma Smith’s English School, Kyoto.
It is so beneficial to be cordial and friendly in the neighbourhood. A friend told me once that it is not necessary or expected to speak to convenience store staff when they greet you. I disagreed with my friend and continue to greet and talk with the staff. I try to be joyful and uplifting. [...]
Well, Christmas is over for another year. I really appreciate my friends in Japan who know how to get together and make Christmas and New Year cheer for those of us far from home and alone. We had a great International Fellowship dinner with games and songs and table tennis. At home, in Canada, we [...]
In our flyer campaign last fall Karasuma School added 5 new students and some variety that is very interesting. I have one young lad studying for the academy and we added a retired gentleman that puts his time in studying English and computers, and playing with his grandson and going to Panchinco. He is near [...]
Three cheers for our railways who have been sensitive to the special needs of our fair ladies by providing them with their own cars during the rush hour traffic. Now they can converse about those special lady’s events on their tekyuubi and don their makeup in the privacy of themselves. Gordon Tippett
We know how busy Smith’s English School students are with their jobs and studies and sometimes it takes a little special effort to motivate and encourage our students to do homework and take advantage of the extras we provide on Smith’s English School Soapbox. We don’t have internet in our Karasuma/Shijo Smith’s English School classroom [...]
We know how busy Smith’s English School students are with their jobs and studies and sometimes it takes a little special effort to motivate and encourage our students to do homework and take advantage of the extras we provide on Smith’s English School Soapbox. We don’t have internet in our Karasuma/Shijo Smith’s English School classroom [...]
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