What system do you think is a monthly tuition system? It is a system by which a student pays tuition once every month for one month’s lessons at a time. These days lots of schools advocate the monthly tuition system, however, you can’t trust whether it is a true monthly tuition system or not. Most [...]
February 26, 2009 – 5:31 pm
I started receiving emails from Participant Media. I began receiving their newsletter after I saw the movie, An Inconvenient Truth, on global warming. It has information on very interesting matters. This month the newsletter introduced several movies and books which touch on socially important issues that we as human beings need to be aware of. [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in Alone or Franchise?, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, my passion: language, rewarding job change, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged Smith's School of English, Smith's School of English Okamoto, SSE, SSE Franchise, スミス英会話, 月謝制英会話, 楽しい英会話, 社会的問題, 英会話岡本, 英会話摂津本山
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February 13, 2009 – 4:46 pm
This week I went to Smith’s School of English’s Kyobashi School to drop off my business records for the preparation of my Japanese tax return. I had closed down for two hours so as to have time to go there for a 3:30 meeting and return in time for my 5:00 p.m. lesson. Well, since I [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in Alone or Franchise?, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Investor or School Owner?, SSE Okamoto Corner, rewarding job change
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Tagged Franchise English Schools, Smith's School of English, スミス英会話, スミス英会話岡本校, 楽しい英会話, 英会話摂津本山
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November 6, 2008 – 9:46 pm
When I hear that a new student has decided to join the ranks of Sakai Higashi Smith’s school, it is always great news. However, I am extra pleased if they decide to take the “normal” course of study. I have found that my students who have committed to this course are the students who improve [...]
October 22, 2008 – 12:00 am
スミス英会話奈良西大寺校の講師が書いた記事。日本語のメインサイトはこちら Companies across the board, regardless of their specific industry, have been…
By Alex
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Fuse Corner, SSE Saidaiji Nara Corner, english in japan, rewarding job change, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged スクール, スミス, 大和西大寺, 奈良, 奈良市, 奈良県, 月謝制, 英会話, 英語, 西大寺, 近鉄奈良線
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September 1, 2008 – 9:38 pm
Here at Smith’s School of English we really have the opportunity to be our own boss. We have the chance to teach our students directly or hire teachers and just be the business owner and manager. I don’t know if I can speak for the other Smith’s teacher-owners but I for one have never felt [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in Alone or Franchise?, English School Articles, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, a look back, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, franchise v. small business, rewarding job change, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged Franchise English Schools, Smith's School of English, Teaching English in Japan
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August 17, 2008 – 9:12 pm
I was just over at Hub Pages, reading comments to a story by fellow franchisee Derek at Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口). Someone posted a link to another soapbox story, written by Helena at Nakamozu (スミス英会話 なかもず). It was a great read for me, as I am expecting our first child very, very soon. Her comments about family [...]
By Deana
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Tagged あざみ野, なかもず, スミス英会話, 塚口, 英会話
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I often wonder why Japanese students have so much trouble to speak and understand spoken English. When I eat lunch at Cafe DECO, which is just below my school, and I can’t help but be required to listen to some conversations of young college girls. The cafe is not large and voices can be hearty. [...]
So if you are thinking about what it takes to build a school, take a look at this video. It shows an example of what I have done after taking over an existing school. The Okamoto school has been open since August 2004 and is currently operating well on the KISS principle and a lot [...]
My man-to-man student at noon on Saturdays is always so pleasant and fun to coach. She works for a major international transportation company and just got back from a visit to Shanghai. She met with her company staff there and had some very good meetings. She got back last night at 8:00 p.m. and worked [...]