![]() His parents had parted ways, his father having returned from the Vietnam war what Rexrode describes as “broken.” His mother had struggled to raise him alone, managing to make the payments for the volumes that enabled her son to venture wherever his wonderings took him. I was fortunate to be able to read early.” “I just remember being happy, left alone with my encyclopedia. “I think she paid in installments,” Rexrode said. Later, Rexrode told The Daily Beast that his mother had given him a set of encyclopedias for Christmas when he was 4. “My parents trusted those educators and the librarians to let me read what I needed to read.” “I grew up in rural South Carolina, and books got me out of the trailer parks,” Rexrode said. ![]() He explained to the board that he had learned in his own childhood the importance of this particular freedom. I’m perfectly capable of doing that myself.” ![]() As the father of a 14-year-old in middle school, he added, “I don’t need anyone else telling my son what he can and cannot read. ![]()
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