My cousin was talking about this. Let's say you don't try in school but do not let it show. Sometimes you do try. People congradulate you for doing something you could have easily done if you tried. While on the other hand, people that work the hardest, that quality of work becomes expected of them, like a low quality of work is expected from the person who does not try. He or she may slip up every once in a while and may dissapoint his/her parents. Disregarding the fact that people that work harder go to a better colledge(since if it was not school and some other activity it may not matter), would you say that people that work harder get the lower end of the deal?
Don't flame me, I just heard my cousin talk about this.