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Petition Letter: Hello Dr. Bénard,

I am writing this letter to appeal for a drop of 4 courses past this winter¿¿s academic deadline, due to personal mental health problems that have strongly affected my ability to consistently focus on assigned work and deadlines. Near the end of January of this year, I sought out counseling because I had no motivation to succeed academically, as well as socially. While these past two semesters have been the hardest, I have been dealing with these motivation problems for years. Its been only this academic year that my mental health problems have caused me to miss assignments and tests all together, because I struggle to cope with the stress of meeting deadlines without ignoring the deadline itself.

I was able to stay on top of only one of my courses this semester, because the workload was lighter considering it was online, and I pushed myself enough to never fall behind in it. In the four courses I am appealing to drop, I fell behind in coursework early in the semester, which made meeting the deadlines more stressful and harder to cope with.

Though counseling I have begun to better understand both my problem, and ways I can cope with it. I intend to continue to seek help until I get back to a positive mental state and to being a successful student. I am requesting a late academic drop because I sought out help too late to turn my courses around this semester, but I know I will do better going forward.

Thank you for your time,
Connor Pardy
Student 10156201
Queen¿¿s University