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 [...]
I love hamburgers. At my home in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki City, it has been decided that we eat hamburgers on Saturdays for dinner. Saturday night is Hamburger Night. My Japanese wife’s homemade hamburgers are absolutely delicious and the best-tasting hamburgers I know. Western-style hamburgers and Japanese-style hamburgers A Western-style hamburger consists of a cooked ground meat patty (usually beef) [...]
By Derek
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Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner
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Also tagged barbecues, English schools Japan, franchise Japan, franchises Japan, hamburgers, hamburgers in Japan, Japanese-style hamburgers, jobs teaching English Japan, Smith's School of English, Western-style hamburgers, スミス英会話, ハンバーグ, 尼崎市, 月謝制英会話, 英会話スクール, 英会話兵庫県, 英会話塚口, 英会話尼崎市, 英会話月謝制
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September 10, 2008 – 10:47 pm
Things are rolling at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi School. Last week I gave three trial lessons and one student joined right away. This week I have two trial lessons on my schedule. I gave one on the 9th and she joined the next day! I’m going to give another one tonight! Fantastic! The two [...]
By Derek
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Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner
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Also tagged english, franchise, franchises, Japan, jobs, Smith's School of English, teaching, スミス英会話塚口故, 尼崎, 月謝制, 英会話スクール
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September 5, 2008 – 10:30 am
Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi enjoyed holding a barbecue event with the Okamoto, Horie, Otsu and Fuse schools on July 27th, 2008 at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park in Osaka, Japan. My school’s group was made up of some students, their friends and family, my wife, her cousin, a person who works at her workplace and me. At [...]
By Derek
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Posted in SSE Tsukaguchi Corner
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Also tagged english, franchise, franchises, Japan, jobs, schools, Smith's School of English, teaching, スミス英会話塚口故, 月謝制, 英会話スクール
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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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Posted in English School Articles, Fair to teachers, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, franchise v. small business, rewarding job change, teaching: why i do it
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Also tagged あざみ野, なかもず, スミス英会話, 英会話
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The other day at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, I asked 2 students studying in the same class when their birthdays were. One of them said “today” (July 28th) and the other said that hers was on July 30th! We laughed because his birthday was on that very day and because their birthdays were so close [...]
By Derek
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Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner
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Also tagged Add new tag, english, franchise, franchises, Japan, schools, teaching, スミス英会話塚口, 尼崎市, 英会話, 英会話スクール
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On Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Smith’s Tsukaguchi, Okamoto, Ohtsu, Fuse and Horie Schools held a joint barbecue event together at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park in Osaka, Japan. It was our second event together. We enjoyed some nice food and played games in English. We had a great time! We should do more events together! It really is [...]
By Derek
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Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner
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Also tagged Add new tag, barbecue, english, franchise, hamburgers, Japan, jobs, Osaka, Smith's School of English, teaching, Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park, スミス英会話塚口故, 尼崎市, 英会話スクール
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Last Wednesday I went to a Japanese class I attend on Wednesday mornings in the city that I live in, Amagasaki City in Hyogo Prefecture. As always, I took a bus from a bus stop near my home to Hanshin Amagasaki Station. When I got on the bus, I said good morning to the bus [...]
By Derek
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Posted in English School Articles, Living in Japan, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner
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Also tagged english, franchise, franchises, Japan, teaching, スミス英会話塚口故, 兵庫県, 尼崎市, 英会話スクール
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