When I was 12 or 13 I got I Q'ed. Got some fangled high number.
My Mother promptly enrolled me at The University of South Florida, In the special classes for gifted Kids.

The teachers In the two classes I had promptly had a meeting and threw me out. Then In grade school It was best I sat right up front close to
the teacher so she could keep BOTH eyes on me XD

I had an 'ON' switch but no 'OFF' switch. I was a Hyperactive wild child but the Girls loved me

Then In the 10th grade I figured out It was all the same material mostly so I would read the text book In about two weeks then
try and sleep as much as possible in class to stay out of trouble and still drive the Teachers crazy by getting 'A's all the time.
One Teacher kept me from getting a text book and Insisted I participate in class.
I stole a text book, read it and that was that, she lost.

By the end of the 11th grade the teachers left me alone as long as I helped the slower kids some.

Takes a lot more than a big I Q number to wind up published and even more to make your mark In the History books.