It’s great living in Japan and teaching English in Japan at my English conversation school（英会話）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校） in Tsukaguchi（塚口町）, Amagasaki City(尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）, Japan. 2010 promises to be a great year for me. The highlight of this year will definitely be my first child being born in August and all the things that will come with that. Wow! I [...]
I wish all readers a very merry Christmas and a happy, safe holiday season! Derek Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi 月謝制英会話のスミス英会話塚口校 http://www.smithweb.co.jp/school/tsukaguchi.shtml 英会話尼崎市
I am proud to announce that my wife is pregnant! \(^.^)/ I’m going to be a daddy! I am very happy. This is the best Christmas present my wife and I could have asked for and the best present for our parents too! The predicted date of birth is August 11, 2010. Wow! 2010 will be an [...]
Last Sunday I was off from my job teaching English in Japan to wonderful students at my English conversation school（英会話スクール）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校） in Tsukaguchi（塚口）, Amagasaki City（尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）, Japan. I and my wife went shopping at COSTCO in Amagasaki City. I love COSTCO（コストコ） in Japan, as I mentioned in an earlier post, Enjoying Shopping [...]
Smith’s School of English events are lots of fun, both for the students and the teachers. I always look forward to the next event, whether it is one for only my school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校）, or a joint one with other Smith’s schools. The next event is a Christmas one and I am doing it jointly with two other schools, [...]
Today I taught one of my newer students at my English conversation school（英会話スクール）Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校） in Tsukaguchi（塚口）, Amagasaki City（尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）, Japan. Before leaving, she mentioned always being excited about going to my school. This was a kind thing of her to say and great to hear! I love hearing things like that from [...]
So far this has been quite an interesting year at my English conversation school（英会話スクール）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校） , located in Tsukaguchi（塚口）, Amagasaki City(尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）, Japan. I believe that with the global economic slowdown, Japanese people are not spending money as much as before, afraid that they may lose their jobs. That is understandable. However, [...]
It’s always great when students mention that they have read my posts in English or Japanese translations of them about my job teaching English in Japan and living in Japan. In one of my posts, Influencing Others Positively, I mentioned how it looked like my posts had influenced others in a positive way. Last month at my English [...]
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