Petition Letter
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Junho Choi
10189108
14jc134@queensu.ca
May 24, 2017
Barbara Crow
Dear Dean,
Hello, my name is Junho Choi. I am a second year geological science student and I am writing this letter to appeal the Faculty¿¿s decision that I must withdraw from Queen¿¿s for a year.
This year has been a very difficult and painful for me because of two issues.
Throughout the two years at Queen¿¿s, I had suffered from a health problem. My nose was clogged every day. I was not able to breathe without using my mouth. During lectures my nose was constantly running and I couldn¿¿t stay at a desk because of constant sneezing as well. Regardless of multiple visits to the clinic, doctors could not diagnose me nor gave me a solution. I presumed as allergies but it did not make sense to have nose blocked for all year long. Due to these symptoms I had constant headaches even from short period of studying and I could not focus in classes.
Therefore I booked an appointment with a doctor in my country, Korea, and I have found out it was nasal septum deviation. I had a surgery on May 10th and it took a month to recover so I am submitting this letter now. At this point all of the symptoms I had are completely gone. My nose had impacted my studies greatly and I feel that next year will be significantly different since there is no health barrier in my way.
Second issue was misguided major choice. Up to this point my reason for taking economics was following my parents suggestion. Our family had decided for me before entering Queen¿¿s. However, over the course of time I had found out it is not entertaining material for me and my grades reflected accordingly. Thus I have changed my major during the program change few weeks ago to Geological Science. The reason is geology has been my strongest course in high school and at Queen¿¿s too. In grade 12, I earned the highest grade in school in geology and got a trophy, so I have faith in me that I will perform a lot better. I really hope that I can pursue something I actually have talent in and enjoy next year. I worry less of failures, I am more afraid about not getting a chance.
Please consider my appeal letter and attached medical documentation and I hope to hear a positive reply from you soon.
Sincerely yours,
Junho Choi
Junho Choi
10189108
14jc134@queensu.ca
May 24, 2017
Barbara Crow
Dear Dean,
Hello, my name is Junho Choi. I am a second year geological science student and I am writing this letter to appeal the Faculty¿¿s decision that I must withdraw from Queen¿¿s for a year.
This year has been a very difficult and painful for me because of two issues.
Throughout the two years at Queen¿¿s, I had suffered from a health problem. My nose was clogged every day. I was not able to breathe without using my mouth. During lectures my nose was constantly running and I couldn¿¿t stay at a desk because of constant sneezing as well. Regardless of multiple visits to the clinic, doctors could not diagnose me nor gave me a solution. I presumed as allergies but it did not make sense to have nose blocked for all year long. Due to these symptoms I had constant headaches even from short period of studying and I could not focus in classes.
Therefore I booked an appointment with a doctor in my country, Korea, and I have found out it was nasal septum deviation. I had a surgery on May 10th and it took a month to recover so I am submitting this letter now. At this point all of the symptoms I had are completely gone. My nose had impacted my studies greatly and I feel that next year will be significantly different since there is no health barrier in my way.
Second issue was misguided major choice. Up to this point my reason for taking economics was following my parents suggestion. Our family had decided for me before entering Queen¿¿s. However, over the course of time I had found out it is not entertaining material for me and my grades reflected accordingly. Thus I have changed my major during the program change few weeks ago to Geological Science. The reason is geology has been my strongest course in high school and at Queen¿¿s too. In grade 12, I earned the highest grade in school in geology and got a trophy, so I have faith in me that I will perform a lot better. I really hope that I can pursue something I actually have talent in and enjoy next year. I worry less of failures, I am more afraid about not getting a chance.
Please consider my appeal letter and attached medical documentation and I hope to hear a positive reply from you soon.
Sincerely yours,
Junho Choi