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Petition Type: New
ID: 12368
Submitted: September 30, 2024 at 6:43:49 PM
First Name: Ben
Last Name: Dreger
Pronoun: He/Him
Student Number: 20222480
Email: 19bad3@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BASc
Plan: MECH
Level of Study: 4
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Code: PHIL 246
Term: Fall
Year: 2024
Petition Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor's Name: Kerah Gordon-Solmon
Section/Class Number: 5738
Component: Participation Mark
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Hi,
I am petitioning to have the participation marks from the first two classes dropped on the grounds that I was not enrolled in the course until after the second class. As I was impossible for me to participate in a class I am not enrolled in I believe that those grades should be dropped and redistributed between all the rest of the class participation marks or evenly through all of the grades in the course. I was told that because it is written in the syllabus to contact the professor by the end of the week for any makeup marks that my argument is no longer valid, however, I had not been able to find the syllabus before that point. When I enrolled in the course I looked for it and found a tab labeled SYLLABUS on onQ, however, there was absolutely nothing contained in it. As such, I saw no issue with talking to the professor in my first class, which I did.
I am petitioning to have the participation marks from the first two classes dropped on the grounds that I was not enrolled in the course until after the second class. As I was impossible for me to participate in a class I am not enrolled in I believe that those grades should be dropped and redistributed between all the rest of the class participation marks or evenly through all of the grades in the course. I was told that because it is written in the syllabus to contact the professor by the end of the week for any makeup marks that my argument is no longer valid, however, I had not been able to find the syllabus before that point. When I enrolled in the course I looked for it and found a tab labeled SYLLABUS on onQ, however, there was absolutely nothing contained in it. As such, I saw no issue with talking to the professor in my first class, which I did.
Documentation
Document: IMG_0559.PNG
Documentation Detail: Screenshot of SYLLABUS section on onQ