My dd6 has said for a while that she doesn't want to mention certain things at school because people wouldn't understand about them. I was encouraging her to self-advocate when they got to a topic she's enjoyed and studied, so the teacher would know what she knows... But she worries it's over the heads of the other kids and therefore pointless and possibly upsetting for them. I'm like hey maybe some of them will enjoy learning about it, you are still learning about other stuff!
I so agree about the field trips and honestly it's like that sometimes just at school. Some kids are so excited by the real academic stuff but then it gets watered down with "engaging" aspects that aren't good multi-style learning things but just puffery. They skim and then do a broadway show about their skimming.
