Stefan Merrill Block was nine when his mother pulled him out of public school in Plano. She worried his teachers were stifling her son’s creativity and decided to start homeschooling him.
But Merrill Block was largely left to his own devices and his mother’s erratic whims. He details this experience in his new book “Homeschooled: A Memoir,” and he joined Texas Standard to share more about his story. Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below.
This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity:…