Just a thought

This thought occured to me today....why does it seem that people who just skate by in life seem to always do better than me? I mean I work my ass off in school and then there are some who copy of others....not on test....well maybe not sure....and put the same answers and get higher scores for the same damn answers....how is that? Is this how it will always be? If so then screw it or I can be the ever eterenal optimist who falls off the Empire State Building, and after 50 floors I say, 'So far so good!'.