>>13945370As always with these sorts of prodigies, their impressive pace of schooling is largely due to parents/institutions actually recognizing their ability and allowing them to complete things faster.
You know what I got when I was well ahead of my class in math and other subjects throughout elementary/middle/high school? Anywhere from ignored, to pulled aside and told I need to "set a good example for the other kids" and so I need to "spend less time in class goofing off" (because I had finished all of my work), to given extra worksheets when I had finished the required ones (which just resulted in me doing things slower to get less work and thus spend less time talking to classmates, to my teacher's satisfaction I'm sure). I specifically requested to be bumped up a grade level at one point in elementary school and was told that they "don't do that anymore".
I'm sure this guy and all the other prodigies are smarter than me, but they also sound like they had people who thought similarly and wanted to help them foster their knowledge.
