At Smith’s we all know we have used for many years the letters CCC. To Smith’s School of English staff these letters mean “Coaches of Communicative Confidence.” Today as I prepared the next school owners seminar I realized that we have now been Coaching Communicative Confidence to many thousands of Japanese for more than 13 [...]
We have to be very careful when we take advise from folk. Today I proved without doubt that happy noise is good. I have been teaching Eikaiwa to a marketing expert who works for a very large Japanese firm. This person mentioned he had seen our guys in the streets of Kyobashi and had some [...]
My favourite breakfast on Sunday, the day off for both my wife and I, is croissants and other pastries from a local bakery here in Tsukaguchi that I’ve written about before on the Soapbox. However, that shop is sometimes closed on Sundays. Last Sunday and today (another Sunday), it was closed so I and my [...]
In the entrance of my school above shoes shelves, there’s a flat surface. I keep flyers and brochures from local businesses which I do exchanges with there. Every year before Christmas, I put Christmas stuff there too. I have a mini Christmas tree with ornaments. I also have a small Santa Claus doll standing there. Last Friday, a [...]
Have you seen the last Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film, directed by Tim Burton? I, my wife and her cousin all like it very much. I love Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Willy Wonka. In the film, the factory produces Wonka chocolate. In the real world, Nestle actually makes Wonka chocolate. The wrapping of the [...]
On October 5th, 2008 Smith’s franchisees from the Kansai area gathered in Osaka for another Smith’s training seminar. I always enjoy getting together with other franchisees, whether at seminars or at joint events with students. Smith’s seminars allow us to learn how to further improve our lessons using the Smith’s curriculum and also how to get [...]
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