I agree with you squeak. A rebbe has the difficult task of making sure the “slower” students don’t get left back while not allowing the “quick” students to become bored and ignored.
However, that was not what I was referring to.
The example I was giving, however, if from a Beis Midrash environment where people learn chavrusas. The Maggid Shiur will give out Ma’arei Mikomos which need to be prepared in time for shiur. Some people will struggle to complete them prior to shiur while others will do it quickly, then waste the remaining par of seder. People will often be “fooled” by those who are able to accomplish this task quickly. This is the parallel to the chanukah candle and the mihadrin and mihadrin min hamihadrin I was referring to.
Thanks for helping me clarify that. One knows what they want to say, but it takes assistance from someone else to know what you really are saying. Toda Rabba