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’s community! 2011, while a period of learning for me at Smith’s Nagaokakyo (スミス 英会話 長岡京), finished up strong. This has carried into the new year and I [...]
Hi everyone, my name is James and I’m very happy to be opening a new Smith’s School of English franchise: Tenjinbashisujirokuchome school (天神橋筋六丁目校). I’ve been living in Tenjinbashisujirokuchome (“Tenroku” for short!) for the last 4 years and I love my neighborhood. It’s a short bike ride to both Umeda (梅田) and Osaka Castle (大阪城), so [...]
I love getting new students. Whenever I get a new student I am grateful to the secretaries for the great job they do at head office. Sometimes I’m difficult. I can get stubborn. But I always appreciate the secretaries for all the hard work they do. Last night I got a new student. I [...]
Today was an interesting day for me, here at Smith’s Eikaiwa Kamishinjoスミス英会話上新庄校. Everywhere I went people seemed to be speaking English. I was walking down the street toward the local grocery store, Kansai Super関西スーパー, which the locals call Kansu, when a woman starting talking to herself, clearly studying English and practicing basic English from cue [...]
6:05 am Alarm clock goes off 6:07 am I get up. It`s a perfect flyer day. Nice weather, not to hot. The target location Kintetsu Yao (近鉄八尾駅） of today is perfect. Bag is packed, flyers prepared. A small pack of old ones and a full pack of new ones freshly delivered. Even if it`s still very [...]
I made a new, old friend yesterday while handing out flyers. We started managing Smith’s Shimokitazawa location (スミス英会話下北沢) 4 years ago. As you can imagine, we have completed numerous flyer runs. Shimokitazawa station (下北沢駅) gets a lot of traffic, but it is still small enough to recognize regulars. One of the regular commuters is a [...]
The Wine Tasting Course at my Smith’s School of English Franchise in Kotoen is taking off and one senior man who is particularly interested in European food brought an extraordinary gift to the classroom the other day. Although he laments that the economy really isn’t all that great and that it really isn’t very likely [...]
When I was a young boy I played with some toy tanks and trucks that I later learned had been my grandfather’s toys. My father had then played with them as a kid and I had inherited them. I still have them today and was able to find them in my room when I went [...]
When I ask students why they want to learn English a common response is because they want to be able to watch movies without subtitles. When I ask those students who their favorite actor one name always comes up – Johnny Depp. One of my students is such an avid fan that she even traveled [...]
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