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Petition Type: New
ID: 2377
Submitted: June 13, 2016 at 11:50:22 PM
First Name: Connor
Last Name: Pardy
Student Number: 10156201
Email: 14crp2@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BA
Plan: ECON
Level of Study: 2
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Waive the requirement to withdraw for one year
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: June 11th, 2016
Hello Dr. Bénard,
I am writing this letter to appeal to waive my requirement to withdraw for one year, 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. Although I have struggled with some anxiety throughout my academic career, this year I found it extremely difficult to cope with the anxiety of meeting deadlines, and turned to substance abuse in my struggles. To the point where I was missing assignments and tests altogether because I could not handle the stress. The more I feel behind in my studies, the harder it was for me to try to catch up because I would become overwhelmed with the workload I had ahead of me and would have to stop working in order to calm down to often to get any real work completed.
Through counseling, and the time I have spent back home already this summer, I have begun to better understand both my problem, and ways I can cope with it. I have also made great steps in overcoming my substance abuse problem, made easier by stepping away from the academic stress for over a month now. I intend to continue to seek help from the counseling services in September until I get back to a positive mental state, a healthy lifestyle, and to being a successful student. I am requesting a wave of my requirement to withdraw for one year because I sought out help too late to turn my courses around this past year, but I know, come September, I will be a better person by overcoming these obstacles, and do better for myself going forward.
Thank you for your time,
Connor Pardy
Student 10156201
Queen¿¿s University
Hello Dr. Bénard,
I am writing this letter to appeal to waive my requirement to withdraw for one year, 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. Although I have struggled with some anxiety throughout my academic career, this year I found it extremely difficult to cope with the anxiety of meeting deadlines, and turned to substance abuse in my struggles. To the point where I was missing assignments and tests altogether because I could not handle the stress. The more I feel behind in my studies, the harder it was for me to try to catch up because I would become overwhelmed with the workload I had ahead of me and would have to stop working in order to calm down to often to get any real work completed.
Through counseling, and the time I have spent back home already this summer, I have begun to better understand both my problem, and ways I can cope with it. I have also made great steps in overcoming my substance abuse problem, made easier by stepping away from the academic stress for over a month now. I intend to continue to seek help from the counseling services in September until I get back to a positive mental state, a healthy lifestyle, and to being a successful student. I am requesting a wave of my requirement to withdraw for one year because I sought out help too late to turn my courses around this past year, but I know, come September, I will be a better person by overcoming these obstacles, and do better for myself going forward.
Thank you for your time,
Connor Pardy
Student 10156201
Queen¿¿s University
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: June 11th, 2016
Hello Dr. Bénard,
Following my appeal to waive my requirement to withdraw for one year, if granted, I do intend on continuing to pursue a degree in economics. My difficulties this past year have prevented me from doing what I need to do to succeed, but have not changed my interests. I have always found economics most simply put as the study of how the world works, and I see great value in this knowledge no matter where life takes me in the future. I plan on picking myself back up where I left off by completing the core second year economics courses I did not pass in the previous fall (ECON 222, ECON 250), along with the two courses I dropped along with those in the winter (ECON 212, HLTH 237). The core economics courses are easy choices for me, since I still do wish to pursue a degree in economics but I want to also retake HLTH 237 because it really sparked my interest, and I am disappointed my attention faded away from it as my mental health problems became more and more apparent. Following this with my last core second year economics course (ECON 250) in the winter, possibly along with ECON 310 or 320. I do not plan to take more then 4 or 5 courses a semester and I hope to pick up the time I have missed through summer courses, or possibly through another semester of course work sometime during my time at Queen¿¿s.
The difference between my present self¿¿, and my past self that struggled during the past academic year is that I now recognize my problems and am ready to begin finding healthy ways to cope with stress, other then the substance I was abusing. It was never that I thought the work was too difficult, I always knew and still know that if I put a sufficient amount of time into my academics, I could succeed. I just always found it hard putting effort into my schoolwork, when I didn¿¿t see the end result that comes after because I never really had an idea of what I wanted to do after Queen¿¿s. So now, through counseling and self-reflection I realize how important goal setting is for me and I have a much better idea of what I want to do, and what I have to do to accomplish it. Given the opportunity to do so, I intend to continue to seek counseling services in September in order to stay on track right from the first week, and continue to find other healthy alternatives to cope with the stress that comes with meeting deadlines.
Thanks for your time,
Connor Pardy
Queen¿¿s University
Student 10156201
Hello Dr. Bénard,
Following my appeal to waive my requirement to withdraw for one year, if granted, I do intend on continuing to pursue a degree in economics. My difficulties this past year have prevented me from doing what I need to do to succeed, but have not changed my interests. I have always found economics most simply put as the study of how the world works, and I see great value in this knowledge no matter where life takes me in the future. I plan on picking myself back up where I left off by completing the core second year economics courses I did not pass in the previous fall (ECON 222, ECON 250), along with the two courses I dropped along with those in the winter (ECON 212, HLTH 237). The core economics courses are easy choices for me, since I still do wish to pursue a degree in economics but I want to also retake HLTH 237 because it really sparked my interest, and I am disappointed my attention faded away from it as my mental health problems became more and more apparent. Following this with my last core second year economics course (ECON 250) in the winter, possibly along with ECON 310 or 320. I do not plan to take more then 4 or 5 courses a semester and I hope to pick up the time I have missed through summer courses, or possibly through another semester of course work sometime during my time at Queen¿¿s.
The difference between my present self¿¿, and my past self that struggled during the past academic year is that I now recognize my problems and am ready to begin finding healthy ways to cope with stress, other then the substance I was abusing. It was never that I thought the work was too difficult, I always knew and still know that if I put a sufficient amount of time into my academics, I could succeed. I just always found it hard putting effort into my schoolwork, when I didn¿¿t see the end result that comes after because I never really had an idea of what I wanted to do after Queen¿¿s. So now, through counseling and self-reflection I realize how important goal setting is for me and I have a much better idea of what I want to do, and what I have to do to accomplish it. Given the opportunity to do so, I intend to continue to seek counseling services in September in order to stay on track right from the first week, and continue to find other healthy alternatives to cope with the stress that comes with meeting deadlines.
Thanks for your time,
Connor Pardy
Queen¿¿s University
Student 10156201
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: Letter from Counsellor
History
Originally submitted June 13, 2016 at 11:50:22 PM.
| Field | Reference | Old Value | New Value | Note | User | Date/Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| status | N/A | Received | Prepared for Review | Carrie Roosenmaalen | 2016-06-14 9:21:38 AM | |
| status | N/A | Prepared for Review | Incomplete | Spring Forsberg | 2016-06-16 10:51:22 AM | |
| status | N/A | Incomplete | Withdrawn | As per Spring Jun 23/16 | Carrie Roosenmaalen | 2016-06-23 3:08:46 PM |