Sigh, this is going to sound like such an ass thing to say but I seriously would have been able to do so.
I excelled in academics early on but my parents gave me the choice on if I wanted to skip grade school or not. I chose not to.
My parents both have a college education. My mother has a masters degree in nursing and bachelor in advertising; my dad an ivy league education from cornell (mechanical engineering and B.A.). I was fortunate.
I hated showcase my talents because people suck ur dick too much about the things you find easy.
But that was just my experience.