Petition Letter
Dear Associate Dean (Academics),
Hello, my name is Charlize Avon. I¿¿m writing this to appeal the decision made by the faculty to have me withdraw from Queen¿¿s for a year. Much like many other students and staff, I have struggled with all the changes of this year which regrettably has benefited to my poor grades. I would like to explain some events that happened to me and how they affected me academically.
I started this school year in a terrible relationship that continuously got more abusive, controlling and suffocating. My partner wanted all of my attention almost every day and I saw no way out of the relationship because of how scared I was of the situation. This caused me to fall behind in many of my classes which I tried to catch up on multiple times but unsuccessfully did not. This relationship took an immense toll on my mental and physical health. Unfortunately, around the beginning of January I was sexually assaulted which caused me to fall into an even worse depressive episode. I stayed in my bed all the time, barely ate or slept and shut out everyone close to me. I couldn¿¿t bring myself to do anything. My motivation to do school at home was already very low considering it wasn¿¿t in person and none of my classes had scheduled meeting times. I attempted to get a counsellor to help me stay more organized but in the end they didn¿¿t help with my lack of structure. Sadly, in March a fellow student at Queen¿¿s and one of my good friends passed away unexpectedly. This took me by a huge surprise and affected me largely. I mentally and physically was exhausted by everything going on in my life.
Hello, my name is Charlize Avon. I¿¿m writing this to appeal the decision made by the faculty to have me withdraw from Queen¿¿s for a year. Much like many other students and staff, I have struggled with all the changes of this year which regrettably has benefited to my poor grades. I would like to explain some events that happened to me and how they affected me academically.
I started this school year in a terrible relationship that continuously got more abusive, controlling and suffocating. My partner wanted all of my attention almost every day and I saw no way out of the relationship because of how scared I was of the situation. This caused me to fall behind in many of my classes which I tried to catch up on multiple times but unsuccessfully did not. This relationship took an immense toll on my mental and physical health. Unfortunately, around the beginning of January I was sexually assaulted which caused me to fall into an even worse depressive episode. I stayed in my bed all the time, barely ate or slept and shut out everyone close to me. I couldn¿¿t bring myself to do anything. My motivation to do school at home was already very low considering it wasn¿¿t in person and none of my classes had scheduled meeting times. I attempted to get a counsellor to help me stay more organized but in the end they didn¿¿t help with my lack of structure. Sadly, in March a fellow student at Queen¿¿s and one of my good friends passed away unexpectedly. This took me by a huge surprise and affected me largely. I mentally and physically was exhausted by everything going on in my life.