I have seen a few students playing the "Too Cool for School (and still having an A average)" strategy. On a high school it sometimes comes with an evil twist -- as soon as you are sure that you have enough knowledge to get an A from the given topic, start disrupting the lesson. This signals that you don't work and prevents your classmates from also getting an A; both parts contribute to your status. The strategy works if enough of your classmates either don't understand it, or they are OK with the "cool" part without the "smart" part, so they will join you in disrupting.