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Petition Type: New
ID: 4273
Submitted: March 6, 2018 at 10:11:57 AM
First Name: Alexandra
Last Name: Elle
Student Number: 5209153
Email: 4amm1@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BAH
Plan: LIBS
Level of Study: 3
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Appeal Category Detail: Resume WRIT240 once recovered
Code: WRIT240
Term: Winter
Year: 2018
Petition Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Instructor's Name: Erin Vearncombe
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Please contact my instructor for a better understanding of the situation.
I need to focus on recovering from Anorexia Nervosa after relapsing last September 2017.
I had been on a waiting list for Toronto General Hospital's Eating Disorder Unit for 4 months.
I am waiting to start a 12 week, full-time, daytime treatment program.
In the mean time it is imperative that I focus on trying to restore my health on my own, without any external pressures/work/life obligations hindering me.
I am not well, physically (underweight), and mentally.
I managed to obtain decent grades in the course so far, but it is at the further expense of my physical and mental health and was only manageable to this degree because I am not working at this time). But what this looks like is, not eating, not being able to keep up with basic things like house chores, and getting through it while anxious and depressed, and utterly exhausted. I am not functioning normally right now, and my priority needs to be taking care of myself on a basic level. I have not been working since January 2017 and have applied for EI sick benefits in order to undergo treatment.
This is a hard decision to make; I have wanted to finish my degree and write you today for the same reason I was unable to finish as an undergrad student 2004-2007.
I had decided to come back finally as I was feeling well and could fund my own studies but then I experienced a total decline in health, followed by extenuating life circumstances/changes/transitions and a traumatic event.
This ended in relapse, and I still tried to resume my goal of finishing my degree after delaying my original plans to return to studies starting with a course in July 2017.
It has been very difficult to think rationally and get help along the way while trying to survive.
I am unable to continue at this time, as it will further distract me from taking care of my mental health and restoring my basic physical health first and foremost.
I need to focus on recovering from Anorexia Nervosa after relapsing last September 2017.
I had been on a waiting list for Toronto General Hospital's Eating Disorder Unit for 4 months.
I am waiting to start a 12 week, full-time, daytime treatment program.
In the mean time it is imperative that I focus on trying to restore my health on my own, without any external pressures/work/life obligations hindering me.
I am not well, physically (underweight), and mentally.
I managed to obtain decent grades in the course so far, but it is at the further expense of my physical and mental health and was only manageable to this degree because I am not working at this time). But what this looks like is, not eating, not being able to keep up with basic things like house chores, and getting through it while anxious and depressed, and utterly exhausted. I am not functioning normally right now, and my priority needs to be taking care of myself on a basic level. I have not been working since January 2017 and have applied for EI sick benefits in order to undergo treatment.
This is a hard decision to make; I have wanted to finish my degree and write you today for the same reason I was unable to finish as an undergrad student 2004-2007.
I had decided to come back finally as I was feeling well and could fund my own studies but then I experienced a total decline in health, followed by extenuating life circumstances/changes/transitions and a traumatic event.
This ended in relapse, and I still tried to resume my goal of finishing my degree after delaying my original plans to return to studies starting with a course in July 2017.
It has been very difficult to think rationally and get help along the way while trying to survive.
I am unable to continue at this time, as it will further distract me from taking care of my mental health and restoring my basic physical health first and foremost.
Academic Plan
Academic Plan: I am not sure which appeal option suits my circumstance best.
I am not sure if what I have completed so far constitutes 60 of the course work at least to qualify for the Aegrogat option and need some guidance choosing the proper option.
I don't want all of my hard work so far (through the circumstance especially), to go to waste. I would hope that it is an option resume the course once well and finish by picking up where I left off.
If not, I thought the Aegrogat option would be most fitting.
I don't want to make a concrete academic plan before completing the 12 week treatment program and being reassessed in June 2018
I am not sure if what I have completed so far constitutes 60 of the course work at least to qualify for the Aegrogat option and need some guidance choosing the proper option.
I don't want all of my hard work so far (through the circumstance especially), to go to waste. I would hope that it is an option resume the course once well and finish by picking up where I left off.
If not, I thought the Aegrogat option would be most fitting.
I don't want to make a concrete academic plan before completing the 12 week treatment program and being reassessed in June 2018
Documentation
Professional Letter Detail: Medical Certificate