I was reading third grade level then. When I was in first grade, and the other kids were just 'poking along" trying to sound out their words, I would often be 10 pages ahead of them--somethnig the teachers could NOT tolerate. (And I have known (and still do know)alienation from my peers since I was about 5 years old.)
And it REALLY bothered them when I would try and check out books that were 6th grade level when I was in 2nd and 3rd grades. Not too mention, that some of those books were about energy, electronics and such. I even remember talking about energy storage, in KINDERGARTEN one time,(It was during the "energy crisis" at the time, and something was brought up by the teacher IIRC) about "why can't we store the energy in batteries to use later at night"...I did NOT understand the complexities of energy conversion then--but I was on my way!!
Being a geek is a lonely life...being a conservative, Christian geek is an even lonlier life today!!