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 [...]
Recently Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi School recently enjoyed a bowling and karaoke event with the Smith’s Okamoto and Fuse schools. We had a great time! You can read about it at I am now thinking about the next event for my school. Perhaps going somewhere to enjoy the Maple leaf color change would be [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
September is when a lot of students go back to school after their summer holidays and after the August obon holiday when many Japanese have a holiday. It’s a great time to put some extra effort into promotion to get new students. I will be handing out flyers and dropping flyers into mailboxes in Tsukaguchi. Yesterday I [...]
It has been quite a hot summer. Recently the temperature has begun to drop, which is very nice. It looks like autumn is on the way! I love autumn. In Canada the Maple leaves change color. Japan also has its own species of Maples, or Momiji, whose leaves also change color. Last year, my school, Smith’s School [...]
I’ve just finished enjoying the Smith’s Obon holiday. While I really enjoy working at my school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, it was great to take a break. I watched a bunch of movies at home on Cable TV, went out shopping with family, went to my sports center, TIPNESS to do weight training and [...]
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 [...]
At a seminar that we had in Osaka, Mark Smith, founder of the company, mentioned that we (the franchisees) are Smith’s. We are, and the future of the company depends on us. Derek Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi What I have to say about it. ＜スミス英会話は“一丸”です！＞ ２００８年７月１９日（土） スミス英会話の創設者であるマーク・スミスは各校のオーナー・講師のセミナーで私たちに言いました。 「スミス英会話は家族のようなものです。 私たちの将来は私たち一人ひとりの頑張りにかかっています。」 デレック スミス英会話塚口校
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