I really think I would not have the patience for homeschooling all day! I have enough trouble staying tolerant with the homework! However, I must admit since learning has become a bit more fun for him (with visual and kinaesthetic approaches to homework) this has changed somewhat.
Not to campaign for homeschooling--I don't like evangelists doing the hard-sell of ANYTHING, so I don't evangelize myself. But I just want to point out that HSing a grade-school aged GT child isn't usually an "all day" proposition. We usually spend 2.5 hours or so each day on academics, and I feel like a slavedriver! I know families who do more, but they tend to be more school-at-home types whose kids need lots of drill. As that doesn't really work well for DS7, that's not how we approach it. It's not how most HSers whom I know approach it.
We did some homework, and it is FAR easier to get DS7 to do his homeschooling work than it EVER was to get him to do his homework! It's amazing what appropriately geared work can do for a kid's motivation level.
I complete understand if you choose not to homeschool. No argument here! But I do try to point out the myths and misconceptions that people have about HSing whenever I can. The notion that most of us are spending "all day" on school is wrong (and a very common misconception, I might add!). Kids do tend to require more time for school as they get older--though more of that time should be independent work as they are more capable of it, naturally. But I think even most high schoolers who are HSing tend to spend less time on academics than their in-bricks-and-mortar counterparts.
Sorry for the intrusion. Carry on!
