I read the thread and you have gotten good advice here.
One thing is that for my son, he finished his studies in around three hours each day so we had to fill up his day with field trips, wood working, electronics, computer programming, music and art lessons. Also we were involved in martial arts and town sports. He did service projects. We hung out with a group of homeschoolers in town twice a week. No t.v. and internet, except to study. We played cards and board games. He had a lot of reading to do.
Home school is very organized and focused, so if they are smart, they blast through the academics and have much more time for application. For example, he was studying soil erosion one week and noticed a neighbor’s property eroding out back when we drove by one day. He drew up a plan to fix it and gave it to them. They hired him (where he went, I went) to help on the project. He was in the third grade. They were surprised when they met him.
He had money to invest and spoke with the bank manager about how to invest it. When she realized he was home schooled, she took it upon herself to give him a real lesson in investing - interest and risk. She took him through the bank (tellers area and into the vault).
We found people were very nice to us. He went on a tour of the post office, police station and fire station. He went to offices and learned about different jobs adults do in various professions. Anything he wondered about, we could explore. This is why I say homeschool is a lifestyle.
Sounds like homeschooling opened up his potential.
Thank you for sharing this with me.