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 […]
Happy Lunar New Year from スミス 英会話 長岡京!
With the end of January almost upon us, happy lunar new year greetings from Kyoto. I hope 2012 is off to a good start for the entire Smith’s community! 2011, while a period of learning for me at Smith’s Nagaokakyo (スミス 英会話 長岡京), finished up strong. This has carried into the new year and I […]
Finishing Off the Year
Hello all! (^.^)/ December is under way and it’s almost the end the year. December is quite a busy month for Japanese. I wrote a post on this last year. I invite you to read my post by clicking here. At my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi in Amagasaki, a great year […]