Do C level work with each teacher, you are a C student. Note the key role of the perceiver in attribution based on information, beliefs, and motivation. Generally, effort is evaluated higher than ability . Generally, we attribute our own failures to external forces. Fundamental attribution error is underestimating the impact of the situation and overestimating impact of the person.
Modern society tends to make the reverse error.
I am convinced of the power of the situation. This, however, does not reduce the responsibility of the individual. It only helps us to understand why people in groups sometimes do things they would never do if alone. To perceive an individual as a member of a group and thus having group attributes. You attribute group characteristics to the individual who you identify with the group.