If you strive to achieve and do well, be warned you will be punished. How dare you think you can do better than anyone else!
Unfortunately many “educators” are hypocrites, preaching day after day about the value of hard work and knocking it all down in a single sudden motion on graduation day by elevating the lazy, drug-addled and ignorant to the same level as the achievers.
No wonder the “safety net” is groaning under the weight of the many passengers in this world.