Summary
The teenager who tweeted a photo of his 'O' Level exam paper just 13 minutes before the start of the examination, now regrets his actions.
The tech savvy 16-year-old, Xavier Ong from Outram Secondary School, received much attention from local and global Twitter users after he posted a picture of his 'O' Level Social Studies exam paper on Twitter on Nov 8 2010.
In the tweet, Xavier wrote, 'Do you dare bring a phone into examination hall and take a picture?'. Members of the online community debated about the appropriateness of his actions once the post made it to citizen journalism website STOMP. Xavier did not think that his tweet would get so much attention and regrets sending a video to STOMP, explaining how it all happened.
After his meeting with SEAB on Thursday, Xavier posted another video on Youtube, explaining what happened during the meeting. Despite his notoriety, this self-confessed social media addict has not slowed down in using social media. He continues to blog, tweet as well as using Facebook and Youtube.
This article appealed to me as I did not expect anyone to do something as ridiculous as this just to attract negative attention from others. After all, 'O' Levels is an important exam for tertiary education and it should be taken seriously.
If I were in charge/in control, I would surely not have done the same as this student. 'O' levels is just too important to be taken lightly as it determines the path of ur further educations. Being already 16 years of age, I believe this student should have been mature enough to be sensible and not do such silly stuffs. He could have been potentially ruining his future with this incident.
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