Petition Letter
To Whom It My Concern,
The purpose of this document is to ask the Academic Appeal Committee of Queen¿¿s University for their permission to appeal my academic probation, more specifically the obligation to withdraw as a student. Since the start of my academic career at Queens University, I have taken it upon myself to put my fullest effort towards my academics even through my difficult family issues and learning disability.
In February of 2014 I was diagnosed with ADHD and brought proper documentation forward to disability services mid March in hopes to have accommodations for my up coming final examinations. As they were not processed on time I wrote my final examinations without proper accommodations and was then later asked to come into disability services to review my accommodations after my examinations were written. Since then, I visited Disability Services multiple times to attain my academic accommodations but each time I went to see a learning strategist, I asked them if they fully read my documentation and they replied saying no. Each time I visited Disability services it was quite difficult because I felt like I was arguing to attain accommodations that I rightfully deserved and I have still not received accommodation to the fullest extent that my ADHD documentation instructs. Such documentation may be found in copied form at disability services confirming that I have a well-recognized disability, in addition I give the reader(s) full consent to access these documents. I do believe that my GPA was artificially depressed by including my first two years at Queens as I had not been receiving academic accommodations nor taking the proper prescribed medication due to the fact that I was not yet diagnosed.
Further more, I have suffered three concussions through out my academic career at queens that have significantly impacted my GPA. The first concussion suffered was caused by hitting my head on a staircase in 2013. The second incident was in 2014 when I was involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident on the 401, which resulted in my vehicle flipping three times. The third and final concussion resulted from hitting a tree while skiing in Mont Tremblant.
My past academic years at Queens University have proven to be quite a difficult experience, as I had to endure many problems in my life that I could not control. To ensure that these will not be reoccurring problems, if allowed to return, I will be booking an appointment with disability services before the fall semester begins in an attempt to attain full accommodation that my doctor¿¿s documents recommend and outline. Through my years at Queens University, I have endured stress and pressure to perform academically with attention difficulties, and it has proved to me that the services Queen¿¿s offers in terms of psychological counseling and academic accommodations are not only worth using but essential to supporting myself through these difficult times.
Kind Regards,
Kieran Paitich
The purpose of this document is to ask the Academic Appeal Committee of Queen¿¿s University for their permission to appeal my academic probation, more specifically the obligation to withdraw as a student. Since the start of my academic career at Queens University, I have taken it upon myself to put my fullest effort towards my academics even through my difficult family issues and learning disability.
In February of 2014 I was diagnosed with ADHD and brought proper documentation forward to disability services mid March in hopes to have accommodations for my up coming final examinations. As they were not processed on time I wrote my final examinations without proper accommodations and was then later asked to come into disability services to review my accommodations after my examinations were written. Since then, I visited Disability Services multiple times to attain my academic accommodations but each time I went to see a learning strategist, I asked them if they fully read my documentation and they replied saying no. Each time I visited Disability services it was quite difficult because I felt like I was arguing to attain accommodations that I rightfully deserved and I have still not received accommodation to the fullest extent that my ADHD documentation instructs. Such documentation may be found in copied form at disability services confirming that I have a well-recognized disability, in addition I give the reader(s) full consent to access these documents. I do believe that my GPA was artificially depressed by including my first two years at Queens as I had not been receiving academic accommodations nor taking the proper prescribed medication due to the fact that I was not yet diagnosed.
Further more, I have suffered three concussions through out my academic career at queens that have significantly impacted my GPA. The first concussion suffered was caused by hitting my head on a staircase in 2013. The second incident was in 2014 when I was involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident on the 401, which resulted in my vehicle flipping three times. The third and final concussion resulted from hitting a tree while skiing in Mont Tremblant.
My past academic years at Queens University have proven to be quite a difficult experience, as I had to endure many problems in my life that I could not control. To ensure that these will not be reoccurring problems, if allowed to return, I will be booking an appointment with disability services before the fall semester begins in an attempt to attain full accommodation that my doctor¿¿s documents recommend and outline. Through my years at Queens University, I have endured stress and pressure to perform academically with attention difficulties, and it has proved to me that the services Queen¿¿s offers in terms of psychological counseling and academic accommodations are not only worth using but essential to supporting myself through these difficult times.
Kind Regards,
Kieran Paitich