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Fair to teachers an article about how smith’s school of English is fair to all within

Life in Japan is great!

April 20, 2008 – 5:18 am

Japan is truly a nice country in which to live. For the most part the people are very pleasant and a lot has been done to make Japan a comfortable, clean and convenient place to live for all residents. I like the U. S. too but it is difficult to [...]

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Why would you decide to have a franchise school?

March 2, 2008 – 6:27 am

As a person who’s made the decision to do just that, let me review your options from my point of view.
OK, I can work for a corporate school and earn 250,000 to 300,000 a month working about 40 hours a week. I would put on my necktie and go to work when I was scheduled [...]

By Al Bartle | Also posted in English School Articles, Free Advice English Schools, english in japan, franchise v. small business | Comments (0)

Smith’s School of English: Who are we?

November 21, 2007 – 4:17 pm

With the recent failure of the largest corporate English school in Japan, I have come to wonder, shall I say “hope” that those 400,000+ students will take a hard look at how they were treated by this corporate school and decide to find a monthly tuition school like Smith’s so as not to be burned [...]

By Al Bartle | Also posted in English School Articles, SSE Okamoto Corner, franchise v. small business, students keep coming | Comments (0)

Lesson Quality, Aftercare and True Value in Language Education

November 7, 2007 – 5:17 pm

Regarding the purchase of a large English language school by another corporation, it is high time for Japanese foreign language students to understand the basics of the business of language education. First you have a teacher in a classroom or over the net teaching perhaps 2 to 6 students. The basis of [...]

By Al Bartle | Also posted in English School Articles, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, a look back, english in japan | Comments (0)

Fair to Students and Teachers Alike

October 25, 2006 – 5:15 am

SSE, At it’s core is the belief in being fair both to the students here in Japan and the teachers too.

By Ron Boyd | Comments (0)