NUS Cyber Bulling

And this is what one poor girl under the financial assistance scheme and the University Scholars Program (UPS) in the 2nd best university in Asia, NUS, got for her writing style. The USP Facebook group, of about 600-700 members did not give any access to professors but included the alumni and the girl, Keira Chen, herself. It was the base for all the backlash and hate against her. The students mocked her saying that she "isn't the brightest crayon in the box" just because she stated in articles that she spent 3.5 hours reading something when others spent only 2. They also said that she was "veh stupid" and that she seemed "so proud of it" mocking her because she said that she needed to read some things three times. 

Worse, they even started saying that she was not worthy of being in USP. 

All these information was gathered from this webpage: http://kentridgecommon.com/?p=15519 and you can refer to it to read about the whole case. 

In my opinion, I feel really sorry for Keira as I don't see how she deserved any of this. All she did was to post her writings online and yet she received so much backlash for it. Everyone is unique and different and I feel that the students have no right to say such things about her, lest say that she is not worthy of being in the USP. This is probably one of the better cases where not much damage like suicide or self-inflicted hurt occurred but it might have escalated to that without her friends' help.

Koh Choon Hwee. "Cyberbullying in NUS." The Kent Ridge Common. The Kent Ridge Common, 28 May 2012. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <http://kentridgecommon.com/?p=15519>.