Hi everybody! I’m Derek and I help students improve their English at Smith’s School of English Kawanishi and Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi. I really enjoy my job teaching English in Tsukaguchi and Kawanishi but I also cherish my holidays. They give me the chance to spend more quality time with family and to refresh […]
A Great Smith’s Golden Week Holiday
The Smith’s Golden Week holiday was from April 24 to May 5 and I really enjoyed it. I spent part of my holiday in Okayama Prefecture where Akemi, my Japanese wife is from. I had a really good time with family and spoke lots of Japanese with them which was very good for me. I […]
My Trip to Kyoto with a Student and Family
Doing things with my students outside the classroom is always a lot of fun. A student of mine from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi asked my Japanese wife and I if we wanted to go to an exhibition that was being held at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館)in Kyoto with her. The exhibition, called […]