I have a great job teaching English in Japan at my English conversation school（英会話スクール）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校） , located in Tsukaguchi（塚口）, Amagasaki City(尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）, Japan. Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi is just one of the many Smith’s School of English franchise schools in Japan. These schools have teachers that in most cases both […]
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
So far this has been quite an interesting year at my English conversation school（英会話スクール）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校） , located in Tsukaguchi（塚口）, Amagasaki City(尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）, Japan. I believe that with the global economic slowdown, Japanese people are not spending money as much as before, afraid that they may lose their jobs. That is understandable. However, […]
Community Softball in Japan
Although we have a standard bulletin board in our community, we also have a small clipboard version which circulates. A few weeks ago the clipboard arrived at our door with an announcement for community softball, and a sign-up sheet. I had been approached a few weeks earlier by a neighbour who invited me to play, […]
