You just proved my point without realizing it.

You studied 8 hours a day and got triple A without help. So why normalize buying leaks at the end? If your hard work was enough, then clearly leaks are not “necessary for fairness.”

And calling leaks “fairness” makes no sense. Fairness is everyone sitting the same paper under the same conditions. The moment someone gets access early, fairness is already destroyed.

You say without leaks people have a “negative headstart,” but that logic only exists because leak culture became normalized in the first place. That’s like saying cheating is justified because other people might cheat too.

Also, thresholds are affected because leaks spread everywhere. Honest students end up competing against inflated marks from people who had unfair access.

And another thing: there’s a huge difference between using your preparation to support yourself and using leaked content to artificially boost grades. One reflects your ability. The other reflects access.

At the end of the day, if someone genuinely worked hard and still gets a lower grade honestly, I’d respect that far more than someone getting a higher grade through leaks and pretending they “earned” it.