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Petition Type: New
ID: 4640
Submitted: May 28, 2018 at 2:00:25 PM
First Name: Sydney
Last Name: Munroe
Student Number: 20012879
Email: sydney.munroe@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BSH
Plan: KNPE
Level of Study: 2
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Code: KNPE 227
Term: Winter
Year: 2018
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Dr. Kyra Pyke
Code: KNPE 255
Term: Winter
Year: 2018
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Dr. Robert Ross
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Dunning Hall, First Floor
94 University Ave
Kingston, ON
K7L 3N9
Dear Associate Dean (Studies):
My name is Sydney Munroe and I am a second-year Kinesiology student writing to you today to appeal KNPE 227 and KNPE 255 and request a credit standing in these courses.
I was always told that second year of University would be the toughest year of my undergraduate career. But my struggle didn¿¿t come from the coursework and load, it came from my battle with anxiety which I continue to struggle with today. In the summer of 2017 I endured my first panic attack and it was one of the most frightening occurrence I have experienced to date. I tried counselling but had trouble opening up to a stranger and was hesitant to trust them. When I returned to school in the fall I was not receiving help for my anxiety and did not even feel that I wanted or needed help. I adamant that I could fight this on my own but I soon found out how easy it was for my panic attacks to be induced. On many occasions my anxiety has impacted the productivity of my day, causing me to miss important classes and has altered my ability to reach out for help from professors or fellow classmates. This ultimately inhibits my capability to stay on top of course material that I was absent for as a result of anxiety. My absence has resulted in missing important dates, including test reviews, which further prevented success on future evaluations and learning. In second semester, I dropped one of my core courses, KNPE 254, as it was causing me a great deal of stress. I expected school to be more manageable by reducing my course load, however this was not the case as my anxiety became more out of my control. Though I believe a reduced course load will help me succeed in the future, I did not have appropriate coping strategies set in place to succeed this past academic year.
Going forward, I plan on receiving psychiatric help in Ottawa and when I return to Kingston in the fall I hope to continue my contact with this psycho-therapist. I believe the consistency will benefit my ability to deal with new stresses that affect my anxiety and school alike. I intend to give priority to stress management activities and self-care in my future endeavours as a student at Queen¿¿s. I know that by prioritizing time to focus on my mental health, I will be able to enhance success in an academic setting. I have also discussed this matter with my academic advisor, Melody Monte, and decided to lessen my course load and extend my time at Queen¿¿s by another semester. This was not an easy decision to make but my mental health needs to come before school and I know I will succeed if I take the time necessary to focus on my mental well-being. By reducing my course load, I am certain that my stress and anxiety will be reduced allowing me to succeed academically.
I sincerely hope that you take my appeal into consideration. I have already taken action into this plan and am confident that by doing so, I will flourish in an academic setting and my anxiety will no longer hold me back from future academic success.
Sincerely,
Sydney Munroe
94 University Ave
Kingston, ON
K7L 3N9
Dear Associate Dean (Studies):
My name is Sydney Munroe and I am a second-year Kinesiology student writing to you today to appeal KNPE 227 and KNPE 255 and request a credit standing in these courses.
I was always told that second year of University would be the toughest year of my undergraduate career. But my struggle didn¿¿t come from the coursework and load, it came from my battle with anxiety which I continue to struggle with today. In the summer of 2017 I endured my first panic attack and it was one of the most frightening occurrence I have experienced to date. I tried counselling but had trouble opening up to a stranger and was hesitant to trust them. When I returned to school in the fall I was not receiving help for my anxiety and did not even feel that I wanted or needed help. I adamant that I could fight this on my own but I soon found out how easy it was for my panic attacks to be induced. On many occasions my anxiety has impacted the productivity of my day, causing me to miss important classes and has altered my ability to reach out for help from professors or fellow classmates. This ultimately inhibits my capability to stay on top of course material that I was absent for as a result of anxiety. My absence has resulted in missing important dates, including test reviews, which further prevented success on future evaluations and learning. In second semester, I dropped one of my core courses, KNPE 254, as it was causing me a great deal of stress. I expected school to be more manageable by reducing my course load, however this was not the case as my anxiety became more out of my control. Though I believe a reduced course load will help me succeed in the future, I did not have appropriate coping strategies set in place to succeed this past academic year.
Going forward, I plan on receiving psychiatric help in Ottawa and when I return to Kingston in the fall I hope to continue my contact with this psycho-therapist. I believe the consistency will benefit my ability to deal with new stresses that affect my anxiety and school alike. I intend to give priority to stress management activities and self-care in my future endeavours as a student at Queen¿¿s. I know that by prioritizing time to focus on my mental health, I will be able to enhance success in an academic setting. I have also discussed this matter with my academic advisor, Melody Monte, and decided to lessen my course load and extend my time at Queen¿¿s by another semester. This was not an easy decision to make but my mental health needs to come before school and I know I will succeed if I take the time necessary to focus on my mental well-being. By reducing my course load, I am certain that my stress and anxiety will be reduced allowing me to succeed academically.
I sincerely hope that you take my appeal into consideration. I have already taken action into this plan and am confident that by doing so, I will flourish in an academic setting and my anxiety will no longer hold me back from future academic success.
Sincerely,
Sydney Munroe
Documentation
Professional Letter: Letter for Associate Dean S-0.pdf