Who's higher on the totem pole?

Some of the students I work with are also taking GED preparation classes. Of course, they're at different levels, with some being closer to taking the test.

The other day, the level 2 students (higher level) had to share a room with the level 1 students. A few of the level 2 students said "Why do they have to be here?" Now, this isn't the first time this has happened. Level 2 students feel like they're better than the level 1 students, and sometimes they really show it.

The students in level 3 already have their high school diplomas or GED, and while they usually don't say anything about the other students, they do act a bit aloof. Many seem to think that they've "reached it", that they don't need anymore education and are somehow "better".

Meanwhile, a few of the level 3 students who are going to college, sometimes talk about their classmates as being "stupid" because they think that there's nothing else to learn.

But it all ends up as people thinking that they're better than others.