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Petition Type: New
ID: 2818
Submitted: November 20, 2016 at 12:59:17 PM
First Name: John
Last Name: Carney
Student Number: 10197429
Email: 15jrc@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BAH
Plan: FREN, BIOL
Level of Study: 2
Appeal Category Detail: Requesting a 25 percent assignment or test in a course which was missed due to extenuating circumstances
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Dear Dr. Johanne Bénard,
I am writing to you to appeal a grade that I received on a test in FREN 241, Histoire culturelle et littéraire de l'Ancien Régime, taught by François Rouget. I was unable to attend the test at 8:30am, November 3rd, 2016, due to physical illness. The test was worth 25 and concerned the play ¿¿Le Cid¿ written by Corneille. I wish to have the opportunity to make up for this lost 25 by perhaps writing a different test on the same play or by completing a different assignment that can make up for the 25 that I currently have a zero in.
I was unable to make it for the test because I woke up that morning at approximately 7:50am and proceeded to throw up intermittently until around 9am. My stomach was in knots and I did not feel physically capable to leave my house at all, let alone make it to Kingston Hall to write the test. More importantly, even if I had made it to the lecture hall to write the test, I feel as though my academic performance would have been severely impacted by my illness. I emailed my professor, Mr. Rouget, at 8:39am to let him know that I would be unable to write the test that day. I eventually managed to fall back asleep shortly after 9am and awoke at 2 in the afternoon. I still felt queasy and slightly nauseous, however I was no longer vomiting and managed to make it out of bed to attend my 8:00pm lab that evening. Because I felt more or less fine after waking up in the afternoon, I decided that it would be unnecessary to make a trip to the doctor's office since it seemed to be merely a bout of food poisoning. I believed at the time that now that it was out of my system, I had nothing to worry about. Whether or not that was the case, I may never know.
As I stated previously, I emailed my professor at 8:39am (after the test had started) stating that I was ill (I did not specify the nature of the illness), and asked if I could write the test the following day. Mr. Rouget responded saying that I could not do so and listed the reasons why, which I found fair. I then emailed to ask if I could make my next test worth 50 instead of 25 (as the course is made up of four 25 tests). Again, he explained to me that he must treat all of his students fairly and could not grant me my request. He was unable to offer any other solutions. At that point, I contacted the Academic Grievance Centre and started talking to them about my situation. They told me about my options, being that in the case that Mr. Rouget and I could not come to a compromise, that I should submit a formal appeal. Therefore, I talked to Mr. Rouget a final time in person after the next class I had with him (the Tuesday following the test, November 7), and again he said he would love to help me but his hands were tied.
Thank you for your time and consideration regarding this matter. I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
John Carney
I am writing to you to appeal a grade that I received on a test in FREN 241, Histoire culturelle et littéraire de l'Ancien Régime, taught by François Rouget. I was unable to attend the test at 8:30am, November 3rd, 2016, due to physical illness. The test was worth 25 and concerned the play ¿¿Le Cid¿ written by Corneille. I wish to have the opportunity to make up for this lost 25 by perhaps writing a different test on the same play or by completing a different assignment that can make up for the 25 that I currently have a zero in.
I was unable to make it for the test because I woke up that morning at approximately 7:50am and proceeded to throw up intermittently until around 9am. My stomach was in knots and I did not feel physically capable to leave my house at all, let alone make it to Kingston Hall to write the test. More importantly, even if I had made it to the lecture hall to write the test, I feel as though my academic performance would have been severely impacted by my illness. I emailed my professor, Mr. Rouget, at 8:39am to let him know that I would be unable to write the test that day. I eventually managed to fall back asleep shortly after 9am and awoke at 2 in the afternoon. I still felt queasy and slightly nauseous, however I was no longer vomiting and managed to make it out of bed to attend my 8:00pm lab that evening. Because I felt more or less fine after waking up in the afternoon, I decided that it would be unnecessary to make a trip to the doctor's office since it seemed to be merely a bout of food poisoning. I believed at the time that now that it was out of my system, I had nothing to worry about. Whether or not that was the case, I may never know.
As I stated previously, I emailed my professor at 8:39am (after the test had started) stating that I was ill (I did not specify the nature of the illness), and asked if I could write the test the following day. Mr. Rouget responded saying that I could not do so and listed the reasons why, which I found fair. I then emailed to ask if I could make my next test worth 50 instead of 25 (as the course is made up of four 25 tests). Again, he explained to me that he must treat all of his students fairly and could not grant me my request. He was unable to offer any other solutions. At that point, I contacted the Academic Grievance Centre and started talking to them about my situation. They told me about my options, being that in the case that Mr. Rouget and I could not come to a compromise, that I should submit a formal appeal. Therefore, I talked to Mr. Rouget a final time in person after the next class I had with him (the Tuesday following the test, November 7), and again he said he would love to help me but his hands were tied.
Thank you for your time and consideration regarding this matter. I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
John Carney
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: Should my appeal be granted, rest assured that I will not waste the opportunity given to me to make up the grade. I truly wish to succeed academically and I hope I will be given the chance to do so. It was a very unfortunate extenuating circumstance that occurred that morning and I hold nothing against Mr. Rouget as he was doing what he needed to do, and I respect that.
Documentation
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