About Daniel Louzonis

I'm about the biggest, craziest homeschooling advocate you'll ever meet. I'm truly passionate about helping everyone skip school and have as much success as my family is enjoying. Never miss a post - connect with me on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Tiger Mom Amy Chua – 360 Degree Review

I just read, and enjoyed(!) - Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. If you haven't heard of it, it's one Chinese-American mother's account of how she raised her two daughters. And the book was, well, controversial to put it mildly. At this time there are 835 Amazon reviews....yielding 3.5 out of 5 stars. I would [...]

By |2017-01-11T19:18:49+00:00January 21st, 2014|Categories: books|0 Comments

Genuine Education Versus Grades

As a math tutor, I'm routinely summoned by frantic parents, "My son/daughter has a big test this week....can you please come to help them study?" Sure. That's my job - or at least one of them. But all too often I'm disgusted by the test material. Schools and "certified" teachers torture these poor kids with [...]

By |2017-01-11T19:18:49+00:00December 30th, 2013|Categories: math, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Off To Europe!

That's right. And it's not just a trip either. We will be spending next year, ALL OF NEXT YEAR, in Europe. We are temporarily moving to London this January, for 12 months or so. And we'll use it as a launchpad to see as much of Europe as we can. (Flights are much cheaper to [...]

By |2019-04-04T23:40:17+00:00December 16th, 2013|Categories: London, travel|0 Comments

Our Own Propaganda!

My kids both LOVED this book - The Girl Who Could Fly. I haven't it read it myself yet, but as I understand it: "Piper" could indeed fly. And there were many other kids who also had special powers... But they were all sent to school and they apparently LOST all of their extraordinary abilities [...]

By |2017-01-11T19:18:49+00:00October 29th, 2013|Categories: books|0 Comments

The Determination Curriculum

A few weeks ago my son solved the Rubik's Cube! No, he certainly didn't figure it all on his own. He followed the instructions on their website. Nonetheless, it still took several hours, some sweat, and certainly some tears. I would say it took him one 4 hour session - which was interrupted several times [...]

By |2022-08-14T23:58:47+00:00October 23rd, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

In Defense of Hard Problems!

Wowsers! (Read the graphic above.) All my math students (and their parents!) whine that the questions I give them are too hard....that they can't do them. I fire back, "I'm not hard....your school teachers are just TOO EASY." Most any adult will tell you that they learned the most in life when they were thrown [...]

By |2021-08-06T18:42:55+00:00September 30th, 2013|Categories: math|0 Comments

The New Global Student Review – Continued

In continuing with my review of The New Global Student, I would like to highlight the following informative excerpt: Really, you’ve got to feel bad for our students; in our modern culture there just aren’t too many great opportunities for them to show the world their independence. Get your driver’s license? Big deal. A new [...]

By |2017-01-11T19:18:49+00:00September 18th, 2013|Categories: books|0 Comments
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