A teacher has a regimen that her students at the end of the semester must present to the class a "problem" as a graded assignment contributing to a review, in preparation for the final exam. This is a big step for her students as they are now the teacher for a moment in time.
By this time her students have demonstrated their abilities and she assigns the most difficult problems for presentation to the "A" students down to the easiest problems to the "C" students. None of her students complain about this designation.
In this classroom situation, it is typical, that there are only a few students who are "A" students. One, in particular, sat in a pod with other students, as the classroom structure dictated, and was "likeable."
During the presentation for the review, most of the students would be very encouraging to whoever walked up to the board to "teach" their problem. These students would applaud and verbally praise their peers as they bravely worked through their problem that they were assigned to present.
But when the one, the "A" student presented her problem, it was a different experience. After successfully solving her problem, unlike her predecessors, the student group would judge her work with complete silence, a haunting dead silence. Her peers were not necessarily being rude; it was more like they were just, stunned. It would be true that some students would be confused as they didn't totally understand what she had presented. It would be true that some students would be jealous as she would be earning an "A" as a final grade and they would not.
The teacher, in a second had to decide, would she let the silence fade or as an only applaud and praise this student. She decides that the later is better and all by herself applauds and praises this perfect student.
Now, expand this scenario to the world outside the classroom.