Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:20:35 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/images/ http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/ japanwatch@gmail.com http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12 The results are in. Smith's School of English ( sse-franchise ) has won the category of Worst Franchise for 2007 by the TEFL Blacklist site. Not too shabby for a group that proclaims itself as " Japan's premiere English teaching franchise system. " http://teflblacklist.blogspot.com/2007/02/oscar-results-2007.html A quote from the top of the site's information on the winners: "1. Smith is clearly a shyster of the first order but to whom? The most useless worthless franchises seems to be the appropriate category." Well now at least Mark Smith can't say he hasn't won any awards for his " Premiere " and " Proven System ". Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:20:35 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11 Head over to the Blacklist and nominate Mark and his "Proven System" http://teflblacklist.blogspot.com/2007/01/oscars-2007.html Categories he's a sure fire winner for: Worst Owner and Overall Winner of Worst School 2007 Check out the full list of categories and just post a comment to leave a nomination for Smith. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:14:37 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10 Smith and his underlings are at it again in another webforum with more impostering, lying, and the typical disinformation they so readily love to employ. Smith has even tried to have the thread removed to no avail at this point. Check out the link to it in the links section. Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:32:41 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9 In the world of professional Magicians and Illusionists, they use a term called "misdirection". Misdirection involves simply causing the onlooker of the trick to be distracted or confused in their thinking in order to perfom the trick successfully. This is a technique that Smith loves to employ. Read how he pulls the rabbit out of the hat this time. Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:46:53 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8 Not only does the link to Amazon.com's review page of the SSE-Franchise website show yet again false advertising shenanigans by Smith and his followers, it shows a bit more of the depths the Smith's School of English will sink to... Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:14:25 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7 Check out the TEFL Blacklist blog and see the article about Smith's School of English and how they term it to be "pedagogical 'pornography'". Sun, 28 May 2006 04:36:35 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6 The last parts to the newest article have now been added to the aricles section of the site. Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:12:46 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5 Sorry for the delays. The first of the two articles that were planned to go in last week caught me off guard and has blossomed into something a little bit bigger. Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:33:56 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4 A second article on Sandy's blog can be found in the in the links section. Sandy's new article on Smith is titled: The Smith Institute of Applied Extortion. Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:48:36 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3 Comments from the old blog that used to be on free-esl have now been added to the articles section! Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:18:04 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2 New article(s) will becoming around the beginning of next week. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:43:38 -0700 http://smithwatch.nanobit.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1 We're finally up. Read on for more information. Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0700