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Teen apologises for tweeting picture of exam paper
By Alicia Wong – November 20th, 2010Email Facebook Twitter Print
Screen shot of Xavier Ong’s,16, twitter post with the picture of his examination paper.
He arrived early for this ‘O’ level Social Studies examination on November 8, and 13 minutes before the start of the examination, he took out his Blackberry and tweeted: “Do you dare bring a phone into examination hall and take a picture?” alongside a link to a picture of his exam paper.
Xavier Ong‘s twitter post saw a flurry of online reactions on whether it was appropriate, and resulted in the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) hauling him in for questioning on Thursday.
The 16-year-old, who expressed regret for his actions in an interview with RazorTV, said, “I felt like they were interrogating me, I felt like a criminal.” The board repeatedly questioned him, and he saw “no point” in lying, added Ong.
The Outram Secondary student is still waiting on the Board’s decision. But if he needs to retake his O Levels, Ong, who intends to study overseas, said he may take the SATs instead.
“I feel like I’m at fault,” he admitted, stating that he had broken the rules in bringing in his mobile phone. Ong noted, an invigilator had seen him using his phone and told him to keep it.
Yet, he felt the situation has been “blown out of proportion”.
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He is an idiot and should be disqualified from this paper. We need to send a proper message to all these young people. All their actions have REPERCUSSIONS. They should stop justifying and realise that there are consequences to their behaviours.
So he is going "overseas" and take the SATs instead. Looks like Mum and Dad are going to bail him out again. How about facing up to his actions and retake the Os if he is so "sud"?
Teen apologises for tweeting picture of exam paper
By Alicia Wong – November 20th, 2010Email Facebook Twitter Print
Screen shot of Xavier Ong’s,16, twitter post with the picture of his examination paper.
He arrived early for this ‘O’ level Social Studies examination on November 8, and 13 minutes before the start of the examination, he took out his Blackberry and tweeted: “Do you dare bring a phone into examination hall and take a picture?” alongside a link to a picture of his exam paper.
Xavier Ong‘s twitter post saw a flurry of online reactions on whether it was appropriate, and resulted in the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) hauling him in for questioning on Thursday.
The 16-year-old, who expressed regret for his actions in an interview with RazorTV, said, “I felt like they were interrogating me, I felt like a criminal.” The board repeatedly questioned him, and he saw “no point” in lying, added Ong.
The Outram Secondary student is still waiting on the Board’s decision. But if he needs to retake his O Levels, Ong, who intends to study overseas, said he may take the SATs instead.
“I feel like I’m at fault,” he admitted, stating that he had broken the rules in bringing in his mobile phone. Ong noted, an invigilator had seen him using his phone and told him to keep it.
Yet, he felt the situation has been “blown out of proportion”.
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He is an idiot and should be disqualified from this paper. We need to send a proper message to all these young people. All their actions have REPERCUSSIONS. They should stop justifying and realise that there are consequences to their behaviours.
So he is going "overseas" and take the SATs instead. Looks like Mum and Dad are going to bail him out again. How about facing up to his actions and retake the Os if he is so "sud"?
