Tag Archives: 上新庄

To all the secretaries, THANK YOU!!!

  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 [...]

スミス英会話 上新庄校 Maybe it’s my lucky day!

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 [...]

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers

I love that quote. Recently one of my friends wrote it on his facebook status. When I read it I wondered if I was just sitting in the middle of the track. It’s march now and I decided that I needed to reassess the year so far to see how well I’ve really been doing. [...]

Only in Japan!

….Only in Japan…. At Smith’s School of English Kamishinjo スミス英会話 上新庄校, we have a few University students. Someday I’d love tonnes of them because I have yet to teach a university student that I didn’t love.  They are motivated, dedicated and learn so quickly that I always feel so proud of them.  But even for university students, [...]

Why become an English teacher in Japan? Why buy an English School?

Why become an English teacher? There are thousands of reasons, and of course it differs for everyone.  Some people want the adventure of living in a foreign country, some want to learn a new language and culture.  Others want to improve their resumes or get into teacher’s college when they return to their own countries. [...]

Thank you for the Great Day Hiking!!

  On behalf of  Smith’s School of English Kamishinjo スミス英会話 上新庄校,  and Smith’s School of English Ohtsuスミス英会話 大津校, I would like to thank  John from Smith’s School of English Kawanishi スミス英会話 川西校 and Derek from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi スミス英会話 塚口校  for including us in the Hiking Event that your schools hosted on Sunday, June 28th, 2009.  I think I speak for everyone when I [...]

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