Grade 2 Class Picture Featuring Alleged Young Alice Guo Elicits Reactions From Online Community
A grade 2 class picture featuring an alleged young Alice Guo went viral online and garnered various reactions from the netizens.
A class picture featuring a young Alice Guo, a Grade 2 student at Grace Christian High School in Quezon City, has recently caught the attention of social media users. The suspended Bamban is recognized by former classmates from her elementary school days.
Two former students from the same Chinese school have come forward, stating that they were classmates with Guo, who was known back then as “Guo Hua Ping.”
One former classmate recalled, “She didn’t speak good English or Tagalog, and I remember having brought an expensive toy to class, and she wanted to buy it from me,”
Another classmate added, “I remembered her being my classmate because she was taller and older than everybody in the class.”
According to the report, Guo did not attend Filipino classes during her elementary years. Instead, she participated in “special classes” held in a different classroom. Guo reportedly took higher-level Chinese classes and graduated from the Chinese curriculum in 2003.
“When she graduated Grade 6 [in Chinese classes], despite not having finished the English classes throughout elementary, she left school,” one of her former classmates said.
Senator Win Gatchalian revealed the details during a Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality hearing on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
“Apparently si Guo Hua Ping or si Alice Guo [ay] hindi lumaki sa farm. Hindi rin siya homeschooled. Nag-aral siya. Nag-aral siya sa parehas kong school, sa Grace Christian High School for Grades 1, 2, and 3. Year 2000 to 2003,” stated Gatchalian.
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Guo has repeatedly claimed that she grew up on a “farm” and was “homeschooled,” with “Teacher Rubilyn” as her only mentor.
The social media users expressed their reactions to the post:
Well if you think about it then, this picture would definitly prove that she’s been living here in the philippines all along… So What if she’s been proven to be Filipino all along?” What then?
This is why trial by publicity falls short in such cases. People get swept up in one narrative, often without considering the possibility that the public’s opinion might be wrong. So, if it turns out she’s Filipino, who takes the fall? The Senate? The media? The NBI? Or the public itself? It’s a twist worth pondering…