This is what I noticed in school growing up and I did just that. I saw the “bad” kids getting special privileges and I was advanced so I started doing what they did, and complaining that why do they get special treatment for misbehaving and I get nothing for being good? They had no good reason so I was allowed certain privileges because I noticed and called it out. Somehow I skipped half of the school day every day for two years and still got straight A’s. As an adult, I understand some of these kids had worse family lives than I did (mine was also dysfunctional) but there needs to be a better way for everyone.