We have a lot of wonderful students at our English conversation school in Otsu and many of our students love to travel. They almost always bring us some sort of gift from their travels. Over the years (this year marks 20 years since Smith’s school first opened it’s doors) we have received so many wonderful […]
Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi Joins a Smith’s School of English Seminar in Osaka
On February 21, I from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi joined other Smith’s franchise school owners for a Smith’s seminar in Osaka, hosted by Smith’s School of English founder Mark Smith. Mark always puts a lot of preparation into these seminars to make them as helpful to us as possible. Several things were covered such […]
Job Stability in Japan
I moved to Japan in January of 2007. At that time I had a job with Nova, which was the largest English conversation school, and the biggest foreign employer, in Japan. I came to Japan on a 1-year visa with a 1-year contract with Nova. At the end of that 1 year, I had decided […]