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Petition Type: New
ID: 2794
Submitted: November 8, 2016 at 6:50:29 PM
First Name: Katie
Last Name: Garland
Student Number: 10176681
Email: 14kg20@queensu.ca
Degree Program: Kinesiology
Plan: Kinesiology
Level of Study: 2
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Code: KNPE 251
Term: Fall
Year: 2016
Petition Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Dr. Johanne Bénard, Associate Dean of Studies
My name is Katie Garland and I am a student in Kinesiology. I am also a member of the Queen¿¿s Varsity Women¿¿s Rugby Team.
I am appealing to drop KNPE251 (Fall 2016) after the academic drop deadline.
I would like to drop this course due to a concussion I incurred while competing for Queen¿¿s in mid-October, 2016. Due to my concussion, I have not been able to properly study and learn the content for my courses. I am at the point where I am catching up after taking some time off and I won¿¿t be able to catch up enough in KNPE251 to succeed in this course.
The symptoms I am currently experiencing are not being able to focus, headaches, not being able to sleep, memory impairment and emotional problems associated with depression. Working on a computer screen for long periods of time aggravates these symptoms. After a day of classes and some reading, my head is exhausted which does not allow for normal studying time in the evening.
I understand that the drop date was on Friday November 4th. However, early last week I was feeling better, and thought I could stay in my courses. My concussion took a turn for the worse later in the week and into the weekend which has led me to decision to drop this course.
The more work I try to do to catch up in this course unfortunately makes my symptoms worse. Focussing on this course while experiencing concussion symptoms takes up a majority of my time, which does not allot enough time for me to catch up in my other courses. When I experience my concussion symptoms, I have to take a break where I cannot do any work or focus on anything which causes me to dedicate more time to this course then to others. Therefore, I am hoping by dropping this course, I can maintain a smaller course load and be academically successful in my remaining courses.
Having fewer courses will allow me to take the breaks I need while studying, which helps me manage my concussion symptoms. My GPA is very important to me and I believe by taking this step to drop this course, I will be able to maintain a good GPA in my other courses and overall.
With this appeal, I am submitting two medical notes from Dr. O¿¿Connor, the sport medicine doctor in athletics. The first is from October 18th when I initially received the concussion and the second is from November 1st which outlines my continued symptoms.
Thank you for your consideration with this appeal.
Katie Garland
My name is Katie Garland and I am a student in Kinesiology. I am also a member of the Queen¿¿s Varsity Women¿¿s Rugby Team.
I am appealing to drop KNPE251 (Fall 2016) after the academic drop deadline.
I would like to drop this course due to a concussion I incurred while competing for Queen¿¿s in mid-October, 2016. Due to my concussion, I have not been able to properly study and learn the content for my courses. I am at the point where I am catching up after taking some time off and I won¿¿t be able to catch up enough in KNPE251 to succeed in this course.
The symptoms I am currently experiencing are not being able to focus, headaches, not being able to sleep, memory impairment and emotional problems associated with depression. Working on a computer screen for long periods of time aggravates these symptoms. After a day of classes and some reading, my head is exhausted which does not allow for normal studying time in the evening.
I understand that the drop date was on Friday November 4th. However, early last week I was feeling better, and thought I could stay in my courses. My concussion took a turn for the worse later in the week and into the weekend which has led me to decision to drop this course.
The more work I try to do to catch up in this course unfortunately makes my symptoms worse. Focussing on this course while experiencing concussion symptoms takes up a majority of my time, which does not allot enough time for me to catch up in my other courses. When I experience my concussion symptoms, I have to take a break where I cannot do any work or focus on anything which causes me to dedicate more time to this course then to others. Therefore, I am hoping by dropping this course, I can maintain a smaller course load and be academically successful in my remaining courses.
Having fewer courses will allow me to take the breaks I need while studying, which helps me manage my concussion symptoms. My GPA is very important to me and I believe by taking this step to drop this course, I will be able to maintain a good GPA in my other courses and overall.
With this appeal, I am submitting two medical notes from Dr. O¿¿Connor, the sport medicine doctor in athletics. The first is from October 18th when I initially received the concussion and the second is from November 1st which outlines my continued symptoms.
Thank you for your consideration with this appeal.
Katie Garland
Document: November Doctors Note.pdf
Documentation Detail: Doctor's Note