Lesbian blogger resists 'internet zombie horde' over Singapore niece's essay grade

The lesbian blogger who claimed in a blog post that her Singapore niece got an 'F' grade and detention over an essay on her said on Friday that she would not disclose details of the school or teacher involved.

In an entry titled “The Internet Zombie Horde Is Here”, Jane, who says she is a Singaporean-Dutch lesbian, wrote that it was "completely unfair of the school but I am not going to throw a young child out in front of a selfie needing crowd..."

Her niece "will only end up in the center of two sides where they for all the wrong reasons focus on her, what she wrote and then afterward anally dissect if she wrote anything right or wrong out from an (sic) somehow adult perspective that got no interest in her wellbeing or person,” she explained.

Jane had earlier written that a niece in Amsterdam received a gold star and an 'A' for her essay on why Jane is the best aunt, while the niece in Singapore received an 'F' for her work on the topic of “describe a family member who inspire (sic) you”.

The Singapore niece's essay allegedly had a comment written by her teacher, “Gays cannot be an inspiration in Singapore society.”

Also, according to her, the management of the school sided with the teacher and her Singapore niece received detention.

In her latest post, Jane said that she was asked to “post my IC, my full name, home address, employers name, my age, document the names of my niece and brother for verification, as well as give up the name of the school and teacher for documentation".

However, Jane emphasised that demanding her personal information shows that the point of her first entry was missed.

Her intention was to highlight the differences between the educational systems and to give everyone something to think about the Singapore educational system, she said.

She ended her post by saying, "Now Internet. Just relax. Tomorrow there will be a new topic for you to throw yourself at."