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Petition Letter: My name is Joshua Eason, I am a first-year student studying Life Science and Biochemistry. I am writing this appeal with the intention of making my case to add a FREN 107 to my schedule after missing the add deadline. In all honesty, there was not much other than a temporary illness and negligence getting in the way of my missing of the deadline. I contracted a flu like virus before the bulk of my exams, this affected my ability to study and write exams for Maths 121 and Chem 112. As a result, I was forced to take a deferral on both exams to be written in the returning week of classes. Unfortunately for me, my illness spanned through most of the break, significantly affecting my ability to study even on my time off. I do believe in leniency, but this is also no excuse for poor academic performance. Rather, I am now in a position where I must bolster my standing to finish the year off in the way I had originally intended. I seem to have been blundered by the hectic adjustment to university and have been rather overwhelmed by the number of activities and events happening all at once. But through the unclarity I have been able to determine that I need to make a change to my academics (which will be further discussed in the academic plan section). My parents have always told me that university is a period of discovery. Therefore, I??ve concluded that working under conditions where I no longer enjoy my topic of study makes it much harder to perform to my fullest extent. I feel that taking French and redirecting my studies will benefit me going forward. I have an extensive background in French, including kindergarten to grade 8 full French education, continued French studies in grade 9-10, IB bilingual French grade 11-12 and a DELF B1 certificate for French studies. I believe this combination of experience and passion makes me an ideal candidate to revisit my French education.