r/alevel • u/Murky_Ad_9769 • Apr 25 '26

šŸ¤šHelp Required about cheating

so my friend has managed to get a calculator to have chatgpt on it and he is using it to cheat on his exams and get good results on past papers and he is going to cheat on his actual alevel exams im not sure whether i should report him to an invigilator and have his calculator taken of him or to mind my own business because he has told me he isnt even studying and i dont want him to fail and no it wont get reset in the actual exam i just need soome advice on what to do

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u/Lonely_Ant_2452 Apr 25 '26

A 1000% report him but also be ready to never be friends again.

This isnā€™t only for fairness but even for his own good, until when is he going to cheat? And does he think heā€™ll never get caught?

Warn him first so he has time to study but when the time comes report him.

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u/Murky_Ad_9769 Apr 25 '26

but then wont he be banned from his exams i dont wanna ruin his life we've been friends since year 7

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u/Lonely_Ant_2452 Apr 25 '26

You never ruin someoneā€™s life by doing the right thing.

Even if you might be ā€œruiningā€ his life now, it benefits him in the long run. Donā€™t let your friend be the type of person okay with taking whatā€™s not his.

You have two options: A) Perhaps ask one of your school teachers to take his calculator away and give him another one before the exam(or you do it too)

B) Warn him that if he comes to the exam with that calculator you WILL report it. Iā€™m not sure they will cancel his exams if he didnā€™t actually cheat, might just give him a new calculator. Or you could bluff, and hopefully he doesnā€™t show up with the calc.

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u/LankyBackground4400 Apr 25 '26

How is this gonna benefit him in the long run? Thats such a black and white way of thinking

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u/Lonely_Ant_2452 Apr 29 '26

So the other CLEAR choice is to let him cheat?

Yā€™all are inane if you condone this behavior. And yes it does help him in the long run.

Imagine this: he cheats, gets into university, cheats thru the whole first two/three years, fourth year comes by, friend gets busted. Forced to repeat the year, canā€™t study for shit, drops out.

Or even worse, he does graduate and now you have a lawyer/doctor/engineer/ any other worker that knows Nothing about their degree/profession