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[phtthp]

my friend also lost her report card in RGPS.


she was in P1, 1977. The 1977 P1 year book had her P1 class photo - very clear, well taken with her face inside, very clearly seen. It wasn’t small. Yes! she could see her face clearly. She pointed out and cried "see! that was me, inside class 1X". back then in the 1970s, the class photo was taken in black & white (color technology wasn’t introduced yet in the oldies).

actually my friend dont have this 1977 yearbook. But she SOS into RGPS school thread for help. some kind soul happen to see her SOS message on the web, happen to own this Yearbook and help her scan in and email her all class photo one by one until she found … her own face inside one of them.

however the problem was - though the class photo was very clear & well taken, problem was it had NO name at all, for all the girls inside that photograph. No name was printed inside the class photo, in that particular Year book. don’t know why that Year book only take photographs class by class, but leave out printing of actual names of pupils (most important). Hence, my friend could not prove to the Principal that that was she. The school replied, "anyone can come to me, point out the same thing to me and claim that was me! but you need to prove to me that that’s really you." Had the 1977 Year book printed out all the names of all the girls inside the class one by one, then her dilema would have been resolved. Then the school can match the full name printed out inside the Year book, against her full name from her original IC, or birth cert (if necessary). If full name can match - Yes, then my friend can prove that that was really she, inside that class photo. must match full name, not just match partial name (example: partial name Alice Tan - so many Alice Tan in this world. Must match full name, eg: Alice Tan Qing Ling)

because she couldn’t prove as names were not printed in Year book (her parents lost her report card in the midst of shifting house & from P2 onwards still a little girl, she was transfered to another school by her parents), so she had to do PV all over again. She did ask P - is it possible try to clock half the number of hours, instead of full hours ? unfortunately, P was strict. She replied Sorry, cannot. In the end, my friend no choice. for the sake of her daughter, she had to roll up her sleeves, clock in the normal number of hours dutifully expected of a PV.

important lesson learnt - do not lose your report card, no matter how many times you shift house.

[qms]

phtthp:

however the problem was - though the class photo was very clear & well taken, problem was it had NO name at all, for all the girls inside that photograph. No name was printed inside the class photo, in that particular Year book... don't know why that Year book only take photographs class by class, but leave out printing of actual names of pupils (most important). Hence, my friend could not prove to the Principal that that was she. The school replied, \"anyone can come to me, point out the same thing to me and claim that was me! but you need to prove to me that that's really you.\" Had the 1977 Year book printed out all the names of all the girls inside the class one by one, then her dilema would have been resolved. Then the school can match the full name printed out inside the Year book, against her full name from her original IC, or birth cert (if necessary). If full name can match - Yes, then my friend can prove that that was really she, inside that class photo. must match full name, not just match partial name (example: partial name Alice Tan - so many Alice Tan in this world. Must match full name, eg: Alice Tan Qing Ling)

So, when you mentioned \"year book\", it was purely your conjecture?

[jedamum]

qms:

phtthp:

however the problem was - though the class photo was very clear & well taken, problem was it had NO name at all, for all the girls inside that photograph. No name was printed inside the class photo, in that particular Year book... don't know why that Year book only take photographs class by class, but leave out printing of actual names of pupils (most important). Hence, my friend could not prove to the Principal that that was she. The school replied, \"anyone can come to me, point out the same thing to me and claim that was me! but you need to prove to me that that's really you.\" Had the 1977 Year book printed out all the names of all the girls inside the class one by one, then her dilema would have been resolved. Then the school can match the full name printed out inside the Year book, against her full name from her original IC, or birth cert (if necessary). If full name can match - Yes, then my friend can prove that that was really she, inside that class photo. must match full name, not just match partial name (example: partial name Alice Tan - so many Alice Tan in this world. Must match full name, eg: Alice Tan Qing Ling)

So, when you mentioned \"year book\", it was purely your conjecture?

with photoshop technology/skills, how to rely on photos?
luckily she managed to get PV into her school of choice...a consolation and she should have leave it just that instead of trying to bargain for discount. so 'Fortunately' the principal said no; it will not be right to make an exception.
but hey, thanks for highlighting the importance of keeping our kids' report book under lock and key.

[phtthp]

her class photo wasn't a single standalone photo on its own. Yes - agree with you that had it been a standalone photo, with modern technology nowadays, anyone can do funny editing trick to it.


wish to clarify .... not a conjecture, but sharing with you a real life incident that happen to my friend. it is a real physical Yearbook - a thick book that you can feel, smell, touch, kiss, hug, carry around, flip through the pages, one by one. A great wonderful book that bring back nostalgic fond memories of the oldie primary school days once upon a time, as an old woman like me sit down in a rocking chair, close my eyes & begin to feel the pulsation excitement as i walk down memory lane, and the picture flipped through my fingers one by one inside the Year book, come alive animated before me.

her black & white class photo was inside this Yearbook, inside one of those pages. Yearbook look like any huge, thick books found available in the school library. no one can possibly do any hanky panky alteration trick to it. Only pity is no name was printed for students inside each class.

i don't have her P1 class photo.
but can show you how a sample P3 class photo in black and white look like in those days. let us visit ancient history 35 years ago :-

sample photo - with form teacher & pupils
http://postimage.org/image/34893um10/

http://postimage.org/image/3497u4wec/

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4408&start=2180

[gigima]

hi, i would like to ask if i fail to enroll my child in phase 2B can i try the same school in phase 2C? thanks.

[qms]

gigima:

hi, i would like to ask if i fail to enroll my child in phase 2B can i try the same school in phase 2C? thanks.

Yes.

[BigDevil]

Yes, you can certainly try again. But keep in mind that since phase 2C is open to the general public, you will be facing even more competition than phase 2B.

[starz]

hi,

if we are gg for phase 2A2, do we have to present any proof or documents that we are ex-student as we couldnt find our report books n related documents .
Does MOE/school keeptrack of past records?
Thanks.

[BigDevil]

Hi starz,


Please read http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?p=630783#p630783.

Good luck!

[bellearena]

Hi everyone, thank you for all your replies, especially Phtthp.


In those days the class photos did not come with names. Getting my old classmates to verify that I went there was also not "encouraged" as I could have paid anyone to say that I went there.

In the end, I went to MOE. They solved my problem in 5mins. Looking back, I should have gone there first. They asked me to go to the National Archives of Singapore. They even have a SPECIFIC form for people looking for old school records. I was very lucky and within 15mins found 2years worth of attendance records with my name and IC in the microfilm. The staff at NAS were very helpful. I paid something like $3 and they wrote a letter that I did indeed attend CHIJ Katong.

Problem solved. Phew!