Ever been rejected/mocked/scolded for being too advanced?

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Not sure if this is related, but

I used to talk all about science that other classmates won't understand, because I didn't realize they didn't read the same books as I did.
I was then being placed in academic acceleration program.

Till now, I find it difficult to realize what people might be struggling with.
I often get shocked when people told me they don't understand certain things.
I often assume that people would understand, just because I found it easy, when most of them don't.

But I think I might actually have problems with communicating effectively.
If I could communicate effectively, I would probably have known what makes them not understand.
I hope I can understand people better in the future.

I have found it relatively easy to inspire people into moral behaviour, but "you can't fix stupid."

I do recall two instances in high school of being respected for being advanced. In Gr 11, I had an excellent physics teacher, and our class had a spare study period that the administration had completely forgotten about - once a week our geography teacher didn't show up. We just kept it quiet. Before exams, we were studying, and the person behind me asked me a physics question. As I answered, the person across the aisle listened in, and then asked another. Soon, I was at the blackboard, doing a whole-year review for about ten students. Several were amazed that they finally understood things.
Another time, we were making aluminium parts on a lathe and I took mine home on the weekend to use metal polish. My classmates were amazed, assuming I'd had it chromed.
Using that Gr 11 physics, I once exposed a stock fraud, warning an author who had promoted it. He scoffed, but two years later, apologized.