Blind student scores straight A’s

BEING blind did not stop 18-year-old Jasmin Thien from achieving straight A’s in her AS-level examinations in May this year.

Thien, a Year 12 student at Jerudong International School (JIS), scored four A’s in English Literature, History, Psychology and English Language following the release of the Cambridge IGCSE Examination results on August 14.

Thien was born with weak vision in both eyes, but things took a turn for the worst when she was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that affects children.