One of the things that I love about my job teaching English at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口) is the kindness of my students. Let me give you an example of this kindness. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. It is a Japanese custom for ladies to give some males, including their male teachers, something sweet on that […]
Why I love Smith’s – Great Support for Growth
These days I am working hard on local promotion for my English school in Tsukaguchi, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口). That is because I have set an ambitious (but achievable) personal goal for my English school this year and I intend on working hard towards achieving that goal. “Working hard” may sound hard but […]
A Big Fire in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki and Thank You to Firefighters
This week has been quite an eventful week here in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Hyogo Perefecture, the location of my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校). First we had snow on Monday which I earlier wrote about here. Then in the very early hours of this morning (around 2:15 am) a fire erupted […]