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Petition Letter: Dear Associate Dean,

I am appealing to drop DEVS 100 (Summer, 2014) from my record due to extenuating circumstances.

This past February, my grand-father was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and passed away this past August. During my first year at Queens I chose to take four courses as opposed to five each semester. After discovering the possibility to take online summer courses, I registered for DEVS 100. During the first few weeks of the course, I was completing readings and staying up to date and received a B- on the first assignment. However, following news that my grand-father was getting worse and that my dad was flying home to visit my focus began to slip as I became more and more worried about my grand-fathers health. My family and I then decided to take a trip to Scotland to visit my grand-father, however during these weeks my access to internet was limited as was available time as the purpose of the trip was to spend some time with my grand-father before things got worse. When we returned to Toronto, it was hard to fully return to daily life as we knew we would be going back to Scotland within a couple weeks. My parents decided it would be best to wait until I had completed my exam to return back to Scotland. And the day after my exam was handed in, we flew back to Scotland and were lucky enough to say good-bye. This event was something that was very hard to deal with over the summer and I am still affected by it today. After speaking to my academic adviser, she suggested as part of my future plan to seek grief counseling which is offered on campus. This is something that I intend to take use of to help me overcome my grief this year.

Thank you,
Ruth Young