I like cooking. Scratch that. I love cooking. I`m a self-taught cook, graduating from `jar of spaghetti sauce + pasta + grated cheese = voila Italian food!` to my mother asking me for my recipes and passing them off as her own. Admittedly, I`m very fond of one-pot/bowl cooking, where you mix everything together in [...]
Last Sunday we finally had our Welcome Lunch at Popura, the restaurant at Kangaku. Our group was made up of 2 teachers, 7 students, 2 husbands, a beautiful wife, and one much-talked about boyfriend! Unfortunately not everyone could come due to work and family commitments (some lucky students have gone on holiday to England!) but [...]
One of the main reasons I love working at Smith’s Kotoen is the wonderful relationships I’ve developed with my students. Working at a smaller school, I tend to teach the same students every week, which makes it easier to track their progress. One of my students was so happy last week that she watched a [...]
Smith’s School of English Kotoen students have been very busy this summer, traveling all over the world. One Student (of Billy’s Boot Camp fame) spent 10 days in Cairns, Australia. She and her husband explored the rain forest, went fishing, scuba diving and relaxed on the beach. But her favorite part was going to a [...]
Maybe it’s astrological destiny, or maybe pure coincidence, but one of my students has the same birthday as me. We discovered this in our first lesson together. (her husband and my boyfriend are also both Leos!) Our birthday is Sunday so we decided to have a mini-party in our lesson on Thursday. Birthday ingredient number [...]
This lesson was with one of my favourite pink students, who is going to Cairns on holidays over Obon. Her husband`s nickname is Billy, and he has been both training her physically (bikini-body) and mentally (English conversation, of course!) After both of us complaining how hot it is… ET Last week`s One Point was `I`ve [...]
Martin wrote recently about our newest student, who really appreciated our cheerful `Good morning`s`. I`d like to write about why I appreciate my students. It`s difficult when you take over a school that has been very carefully built-up and nurtured by two women who had to go home but that is what Martin and I [...]
Hi! My name`s Heidi, I`m originally from Australia but have somehow picked up a half-canadian accent in the last 2 years of teaching English in Osaka. I`ve just finished my first month working at Smith’s School of English Kotoen, and couldn`t be happier. I quit my last job for a number of reasons, but mainly [...]
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