Smith’s Development Meeting and Synergy Hi, it’s Derek from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi. Recently the new Smith’s development team gathered for a Smith’s franchise development meeting in Osaka. Its sole purpose was to investigate what we are doing now with our exterior face with the aim to better promote and manage our English schools. […]
A Day on Japan’s Shinkansen Train
One of the pleasures of living in this country is riding Japan’s Shinkansen train. Recently, I took a trip to Osaka that was a bit out of the norm. Announcements at Shin-Yokohama Station were saying all trains were delayed due to heavy snow. It was a clear and cold day in Yokohama. Safety First My […]
English Language Learning “Should” Be Fun! (Says this Sagamihara English Teacher in Japan)
I’m Jim, a Sagamihara English teacher in Japan at Smith’s Eikaiwa. I got in some trouble over the New Year’s Holiday this year, although not serious trouble. I had a few Japanese friends over to celebrate the new year. As usual in Japan, all of them brought the obligatory gifts, which are usually small and […]
