Petition Letter
I am appealing the grade of a 40 final paper in the course ENGL 431, taught by Professor Christopher Fanning in the fall term. At this time there was a death in my family which has caused lasting greif, as well as many trips to the United States visiting the sick relative up until his death and then proceeding to help with the funeral, which has severly impacted my work. Despite this death I have been proceeding through the term trying my best. I do think that this paper deserved a much higher grade then was given. The grade I recieved was a 30, however there were few comments and I beileve that this paper would have been given a higher grade if read over by someone else, keeping in mind the difficult time of the papers due date. His passing occured on October 1st, while the paper was due on December 7th.Though I am still effected by the event I now have therapy appointments multiple times a month, in order to help attendence and anxiety around teachers for my late realtive was a professor as well.