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 [...]
At Smith’s School of English in Japan, we have wonderful students. They are all so nice! Al from Smith’s School of English Okamoto and I from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi are very lucky to have some students (2 sisters from the Tsukaguchi school) help us with our postings on the English Smith’s School of [...]
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, [...]
It’s always great when students say something nice to me about the lesson they just had or my English school before leaving Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校）, which is located in Tsukaguchi（塚口）, Amagasaki City（尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）, Japan. I earlier wrote about this in “A Kind Invitation from a Student” and “An Excited Student“. Today yet another student [...]
Doing things with my students outside the classroom is always a lot of fun. A student of mine from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi asked my Japanese wife and I if we wanted to go to an exhibition that was being held at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art （京都市美術館）in Kyoto with her. The exhibition, called [...]
I believe that being unfit can eventually lead to health problems that can make everything else in your life difficult to enjoy. That is why I consider exercise very important and make it a part of my weekly routine while living and teaching English in Japan. I’ve earlier written about the importance of exercise or me going to a private fitness club [...]
I always am learning new things about Japanese culture while living and teaching English in Japan. Whether it’s from my students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, from my Japanese family or others, learning these new things makes Japanese culture all that more interesting to me. Before coming to Japan, I didn’t know that firecrackers and fireworks [...]
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