Smith’s School of English Sagamihara City opened in Hashimoto in April of 2005. Shiro was the 8th student to join. Now into his 16th year, he remains “student #8;” studying privately with me for most of those years. Even after suddenly relocating this English school to JR Sagamihara Station a year ago, he didn’t hesitate […]
A Working Definition of Success
In class today we were talking about success. I asked a student a very direct question: “What is success?” This stumped her for a minute before she went on to give her own, very clear, definition. I explained to her that when we do this it’s called a “working definition” and that it is often […]
