Some English schools in Japan use a ticket system, where students must prepay for years of lessons up front and in return get tickets, which can be used to take lessons within the agreed timeframe of the contract. This requires a large financial commitment on the part of the students, and leaving the school before the end […]
Helping a fellow Smith’s franchisee スミス英会話 －学校間の協力－
At the last Smith’s seminar, I met John, the new owner of Smith’s School of English Kawanishi School. I suggested that we help each other out with flyers. He agreed to do that and so far we’ve done three flyer runs together, two in Kawanishi for his school and one in Tsukaguchi for my school, Smith’s School […]
A nice surprise on the bus ちょっと嬉しかったこと －バスの中で－
I live in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki City, not far from my school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi School. Today as always on Wednesday mornings, I took an Amagasaki City bus to go to a Japanese lesson. The bus that I took (numbered “13”) runs between Hankyu Tsukaguchi Station (located near my school) and Hanshin Amagasaki Station. I caught the […]