Petition Letter
Members of the Board of Studies
I am appealing the Associate Dean¿¿s decision to deny my appeal to waive the Requirement to Withdraw for a Minimum of Three Years
My grandfather passed away in May 2019. I had been living with my grandparents from when I was born until I left home to go to Queens, while my parents were working far from home. Since I was raised by my grandparents, my grandfather had been the one of two closest people of me in the world. Approximately one month after returning to study, I was distracted when my closest friend Kiki told me her Grandfather¿¿s death. For the reason that we had a custom that we have to go to the person¿¿s tomb to mourn and finish the last procedure to send him for his last trip in this world and rebirth in the other world as half a year passed, my grandfather's ceremony was in the next few days. Then I received news that my grandmother¿¿s lumbar spine and nerves were injured and she had to stay in hospital for three months to observe the postoperative recovery and prevent paralysis after the operation. My grandmother¿¿s operation, grandfather¿¿s ceremony and grandfather, they were inextricably entangled in my conscious mind.
In 2019 December there was an outbreak in China, I was worried about my family members. My grandmother was still in hospital and I was worried about her safety that she had to stay at least one more month before she was permitted to rest at home for the remaining month. Particularly I was anxious for my father might be sent to work in frontline and he had a fever for a week at then (Responding to the spread of the pandemic, he had been working under extreme and had no time to sleep since covid-19 was discovered and reported to the government).
From the academic year 2020 to 2021, Queens offered online courses and I was going to take repeated courses considering that I was passionate about learning knowledge and improved my learning ability. However, some courses such as CHEM 112 and PHYS 117, were not provided and some courses such as CISC 102 and MUSC 104, were not able to enrol due to the closed class or the full capacity.
Also I was itchy and goose bumps all over and hypoxia if I was taking exams under remote proctoring by a third-party company due to I feel uncomfortable and exposed. Even a person kept staring at me during the exam was better than remote proctoring. Thus, I dropped CISC 110.
There was one more thing I would like to mention although it might be hard to believe. When I was required to withdraw for one year. I booked an appointment with an Academic Advisor on June 3, 2018. I would like to confirm that there was no misunderstandings regarding the materials for I did not want to receive the requirement of withdraw for three years. I was told that if I took repeated courses theses would not count to the 18 units for the assessment but would affect my GPA if I received higher grades. I apologize for not being able to submitting the screenshots.
Therefore, now I am sincerely hoping the decision of withdraw for three years could be reconsidered. I would be grateful if the appeal is granted.
I really appreciate it
I am appealing the Associate Dean¿¿s decision to deny my appeal to waive the Requirement to Withdraw for a Minimum of Three Years
My grandfather passed away in May 2019. I had been living with my grandparents from when I was born until I left home to go to Queens, while my parents were working far from home. Since I was raised by my grandparents, my grandfather had been the one of two closest people of me in the world. Approximately one month after returning to study, I was distracted when my closest friend Kiki told me her Grandfather¿¿s death. For the reason that we had a custom that we have to go to the person¿¿s tomb to mourn and finish the last procedure to send him for his last trip in this world and rebirth in the other world as half a year passed, my grandfather's ceremony was in the next few days. Then I received news that my grandmother¿¿s lumbar spine and nerves were injured and she had to stay in hospital for three months to observe the postoperative recovery and prevent paralysis after the operation. My grandmother¿¿s operation, grandfather¿¿s ceremony and grandfather, they were inextricably entangled in my conscious mind.
In 2019 December there was an outbreak in China, I was worried about my family members. My grandmother was still in hospital and I was worried about her safety that she had to stay at least one more month before she was permitted to rest at home for the remaining month. Particularly I was anxious for my father might be sent to work in frontline and he had a fever for a week at then (Responding to the spread of the pandemic, he had been working under extreme and had no time to sleep since covid-19 was discovered and reported to the government).
From the academic year 2020 to 2021, Queens offered online courses and I was going to take repeated courses considering that I was passionate about learning knowledge and improved my learning ability. However, some courses such as CHEM 112 and PHYS 117, were not provided and some courses such as CISC 102 and MUSC 104, were not able to enrol due to the closed class or the full capacity.
Also I was itchy and goose bumps all over and hypoxia if I was taking exams under remote proctoring by a third-party company due to I feel uncomfortable and exposed. Even a person kept staring at me during the exam was better than remote proctoring. Thus, I dropped CISC 110.
There was one more thing I would like to mention although it might be hard to believe. When I was required to withdraw for one year. I booked an appointment with an Academic Advisor on June 3, 2018. I would like to confirm that there was no misunderstandings regarding the materials for I did not want to receive the requirement of withdraw for three years. I was told that if I took repeated courses theses would not count to the 18 units for the assessment but would affect my GPA if I received higher grades. I apologize for not being able to submitting the screenshots.
Therefore, now I am sincerely hoping the decision of withdraw for three years could be reconsidered. I would be grateful if the appeal is granted.
I really appreciate it