"what do you mean take a harder class?"
"Why would I take an AP Class and work harder when I can be forever mediocre and get good grades doing jack shit in normal classes?" - average midwit
Exactly, it's not even as good as he makes it out to be as the "smart" kids all knew the easiest classes they could take while still not getting dinged on their GDP. So while the *could* take calculus and maybe get a 'C', they'll just take a bunch of Intro to algebra classes and get A++s.