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	<title>Smith&#039;s School of English Soap Box &#187; a reward in itself</title>
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		<title>Got a New PC!  Love it!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201201/31/got-a-new-pc-love-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201201/31/got-a-new-pc-love-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alone or Franchise?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Lesson Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair to teachers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the English business in Japan, we sometimes need to use a PC to create some additional lesson materials for students.  Smith&#8217;s school has great materials that open the door to student&#8217;s learning at many levels. They are created with Japanese students in mind and address areas that are often weak among Japanese students. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Australia Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201201/25/happy-australia-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201201/25/happy-australia-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living in Japan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, being January 26 marks Australia Day, the day when the British first fleet arrived at Sydney in 1788 and proclaimed British sovereignty. Japan and Australia have developed a healthy and rewarding friendship over the years and today they are strong partners in areas of trade, tourism and cultural exchange. Many young people from both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Lunar New Year from スミス 英会話 長岡京!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201201/24/happy-lunar-new-year-%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9f%e3%82%b9-%e8%8b%b1%e4%bc%9a%e8%a9%b1-%e9%95%b7%e5%b2%a1%e4%ba%ac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=14535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the end of January almost upon us, happy lunar new year greetings from Kyoto. I hope 2012 is off to a good start for the entire Smith&#8217;s community! 2011, while a period of learning for me at Smith&#8217;s Nagaokakyo (スミス 英会話 長岡京), finished up strong. This has carried into the new year and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome and impressive email from a former student!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201201/16/welcome-and-impressive-email-from-a-former-student/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201201/16/welcome-and-impressive-email-from-a-former-student/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=14515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, I got a very nice email from an old student who moved to Tokyo from Kobe last year.  He shared a very funny story about conducting business in China so I asked his permission to share his email and he agreed.  What makes this student so very special is his great effort to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student impresses me with a great writing example</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201110/06/student-impresses-me-with-a-great-writing-example/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201110/06/student-impresses-me-with-a-great-writing-example/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=14155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, one of my long-time students showed up with a short essay she wrote about her experience the past weekend. I want to share it because it is quite impressive. There wasn&#8217;t much to correct. It was nearly perfect. Wow! Very impressive!  I like to think that several years of studying with me has helped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English Monster or Accounting Monster?</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201109/05/english-monster-or-accounting-monster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201109/05/english-monster-or-accounting-monster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[楽しい英会話]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=13993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My student over the past year and half wrote a nice comment and I thought I would share it with you all.We recently covered a topic about Mr. Kikuchi who was written about in the Japan Times. Mr. Kikuchi is known as the &#8216;English Monster&#8217; because he has taken the TOEIC 50 times and never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takoyaki Class Party</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201107/18/takoyaki-class-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201107/18/takoyaki-class-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Musgrave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesson Plans in Action]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SSE Nakamozu Corner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Smiths’s School of English Sakai Higashi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[スミス英会話　なかもず校]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[スミス英会話　堺東校]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=13224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[スミス英会話なかもず校・堺東校の講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ。 I have a class of teenagers who are always so enthusiastic to participate in class. I enjoy class time with all of my students, especially those who are so eager to do their best, learn a lot and to help themselves. I think that good effort should be rewarded, and I often try to come up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nice to hear English in Japan!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201107/11/nice-to-hear-english-in-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201107/11/nice-to-hear-english-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choosing a location]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=13164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago I experienced for the first time in about 5 years a Japanese shop assistant in a McDonald&#8217;s hamburger shop in Umeda, Osaka speaking to me in English. &#8220;Good afternoon Sir, Would you like to see the English menu?&#8221; Although I have no problem to use Japanese everyday as I have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schedule Flexibility-Allows for a Wedding in Hawaii!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201107/10/schedule-flexibility-allows-for-a-wedding-in-hawaii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201107/10/schedule-flexibility-allows-for-a-wedding-in-hawaii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alone or Franchise?]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=13138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, I worked during the Golden Week and in exchange I took off 10 days in the middle of June to attend my daughter&#8217;s wedding in Maui, Hawaii.  It was certainly a great time for everyone who attended and we had 146 attendees so it was a big event!  Smith&#8217;s School is great to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School &#8211; in Kawanishi</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201105/11/back-to-school-in-kawanishi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201105/11/back-to-school-in-kawanishi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 03:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=12703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, that was it; the Golden Week holiday is but a memory, and I&#8217;m fully back in the swing of teaching at my English school, Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi. But the memories are great, having spent several days with my wife, Megumi&#8217;s family in Matsue, Shimane Ken. As always, we were treated with great warmth [...]]]></description>
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