One of my students when asked about her weekend said that she had spent her time in Suginami Ku talking with friends and acquaintances about the need to have a worldwide ban of nuclear weapons. In August 2006 a proposal was presented to the United Nations by Daisuku Ikeda in which he spoke of “people […]
スミス英会話高円寺 How Many English Words Are There?
An often asked question at Smith’s School of English Koenji (スミス英会話高円寺) is “ How many words are in the English language?”, which is similar to asking the question “How many metres are in a piece of string?” Throughout the world there are over 6500 languages spoken, yet only about 1000 of them have a dictionary […]
スミス英会話高円寺 Temples of Tokyo – Kiyomizu Kannondo
One of my passions is Japanese history and I am amazed that the majority of the student’s at Smith’s School of English in Koenji (スミス英会話高円寺) do not share my fervour, in fact they are astonished that I know so much about times gone by. I have learnt about Japan’s past simply by visiting temples and […]
