It always happens here, primarily because it's such a small town that everyone knows each other and precise families tend to gain control of everything (almost like a damn oligarchy). Lucky me </sarcasm>, I'm stuck with a kid in my class whose mother is like that, and alot of the time my marks get dragged down, so no wonder what I do I'd always be second. I even developed high blood pressure due to stress because of it. Gets very frustrating.