Good SAC scores and study scores they didn’t work hard for especially in English and other subjects were SACs are 50:50 so can carry you hard even if you perform as you normally would on the exam. It’s so messed up this year
I mean, look, I know it feels like it's all special to this year - but I'm gonna be honest, every time I hear about cheating from someone this year, it matches how people used to cheat back when I did VCE. Maybe more people are doing it now? Maybe it's easier? I don't know, but none of the methods sound new - and people were still caught out, people still weren't benefitted too much by it. It's really easy to get caught up in a story where you're all disadvantaged, but I don't think it's really helping anyone to do so, and you're all better off focusing on doing your best. That being said:
I don't know there's a 'should' about it. Cheaters will get their own 'reward'.
I don't what you mean by their own "reward"? I don't think their cheating is actually benefitting them that much, but you make it sound like they'll be punished for their cheating. How can they be punished for it if they're not called out for it??
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As for calling people out on cheating - I'm divided. If you think the person has benefitted greatly from it, and in doing so will disadvantage you greatly, it may be worth calling it out if you actually know they cheated (as Cat in the Hat said, just because they seem to be suspiciously doing well doesn't mean they cheated. They may have just figured out a studying technique that suddenly works for them). However, if you become known as the guy who tells on other students, they may not want to continue associating with you - and having a support network in year 12 is vital.
Speaking purely morally and ethically? Yeah, sure, should call out things as you see them. But you should also think about self-preservation.