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Petition Letter: Appeal To remove FILM260 and WRIT120 from transcript

Hello, my name is Hunter Appelbe and over the course of this appeal I will explain the events that led to me failing my two summer courses. However, to start I would like to tell you a bit about me. At the age of six a psychologist diagnosed me with ADHD which means I have a very difficult time completing tasks that others would find very easy. To battle with this, I have been prescribed a 40mg Vyvanse which has helped me throughout my entire school carrier. However, this played an immense impact on my body as I lose 15-20 pounds every semester, to cope with this I need to go off the meds which have acted as my school support system throughout my life to put back on weight and rebuild my mental health. Furthermore, last spring classes were all online because of this I was forced to work at home which took the environment that was full of academic support away from me notably the writing centre and in person TA office hours which furthered my depression and boosted my anxiety. While I struggled through and passed these courses, I should have expected the same thing with my summer courses as they were online, and I was placed in the same situation that destroyed me the semester before. In simple terms last spring I had a serious case of burnout which through my parents support I pushed through and completed my semester with. However, the same thing happened in the summer, so even with my parents support the courses were very unsuccessful; and much like the summer before this were I only had to take 1 course, I was now forced to take two courses. Truthfully, while I wanted to do well, working a fulltime job which gave me heavy time constraints, and not having the ability to take my meds I physically couldn??t focus; summer courses weren??t my savior but a trap that forced me into a deeper hole. The GPA I have worked to get fell right back into the trench. While I hate making excuses and realise the only one responsible for failing these classes is me, you need to understand that I physically couldn??t complete these courses. Between depression and anxiety brought on through online classes, a full-time job preventing me from putting in time to work on these assignments, and not being able to take my meds as I need to put on weight so I can start my fall semester physically healthy, summer courses just were not something in which I could partake. You need to understand I??m not lazy and am a hard-working individual, I just struggle, and things that some individuals find easy, I have built a roadblock in my head against. I hope you can understand the place I was in and why I didn??t complete these summer courses and would love the opportunity to remove them from my transcript as truthfully its disheartening to see the impact that two electives are having on my GPA.

Also note that to ensure success going forward into the future i have since reached out to Student Academic Support Services, Academic Councellers, and Social Workers.