Petition Letter
Juliet Yuxiao Li
77 Elm St.
Kingston, ON, K7K 3E5
October 14, 2016
Dr. Johanne Bernard
Associate Dean (Studies)
Queen¿¿s University
Kingston ON
(613)533-2470
Dear Dr Johanne Bernard,
I am appealing the Faculty¿¿s decision to waive one term deadline for writing a credit standing appeal for my four first year courses and four of my second year courses. They are MATH121, ECON 110, ENGL110, CLST103 in first year courses and POLS 262, ECON 250, ECON 212 and MUSC 171 in second year courses.
There are two major reasons that prevented me from appealing these courses when they finished. The first is due to personal misunderstanding of the degree to which my academics were impacted by my mental illness. The second is the time lag between realizing mental illness to seeking a mental health counselor due to my embarrassment and misconception of mental illness.
My lack of knowledge of abnormal psychological behaviors and insufficient information for mental illness prevented myself from identifying the symptoms I was experiencing as consequences of poor mental health.
However, my stigma towards mental illness as personal weakness along with self-denial on severity of my mental challenges deterred me from visiting a mental health counselor. I reached out to a variety of academic assistances, such as academic advisor, bounce back program, learning center and etc. Nevertheless, they recognized that I did not have difficulty with course content but I was rather emotional unstable. They did not refer me to a mental health counselor.
In addition to my lack of awareness of mental illness, I was embarrassed, uncomfortable and nor was I prepared to expose my psychological challenges or distorted thoughts to any other people by the time of fall 2015. This personal stigma prevented me from seeking mental health assistance in the past. Also, I misunderstood that Student Wellness Center only targeted for sleep deprivation improvement during my first visit back in early 2015. It was not until this fall 2016 that I began to recognize the degree to which my mental health negatively impacted my previous academic studies.
Furthermore, suggestions from Deb Keogh, who specializes in post-traumatic stress disorder treatment and abnormal behaviors, helped me recognized psychological influences on my academic performance. Since then, I emphatically confirmed that my psychological challenges during first and second year at Queen¿¿s negatively affected my grades.
Thank you for your consideration. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Juliet Yuxiao Li
Student number: 10126209
Art & Science Year 3
77 Elm St.
Kingston, ON, K7K 3E5
October 14, 2016
Dr. Johanne Bernard
Associate Dean (Studies)
Queen¿¿s University
Kingston ON
(613)533-2470
Dear Dr Johanne Bernard,
I am appealing the Faculty¿¿s decision to waive one term deadline for writing a credit standing appeal for my four first year courses and four of my second year courses. They are MATH121, ECON 110, ENGL110, CLST103 in first year courses and POLS 262, ECON 250, ECON 212 and MUSC 171 in second year courses.
There are two major reasons that prevented me from appealing these courses when they finished. The first is due to personal misunderstanding of the degree to which my academics were impacted by my mental illness. The second is the time lag between realizing mental illness to seeking a mental health counselor due to my embarrassment and misconception of mental illness.
My lack of knowledge of abnormal psychological behaviors and insufficient information for mental illness prevented myself from identifying the symptoms I was experiencing as consequences of poor mental health.
However, my stigma towards mental illness as personal weakness along with self-denial on severity of my mental challenges deterred me from visiting a mental health counselor. I reached out to a variety of academic assistances, such as academic advisor, bounce back program, learning center and etc. Nevertheless, they recognized that I did not have difficulty with course content but I was rather emotional unstable. They did not refer me to a mental health counselor.
In addition to my lack of awareness of mental illness, I was embarrassed, uncomfortable and nor was I prepared to expose my psychological challenges or distorted thoughts to any other people by the time of fall 2015. This personal stigma prevented me from seeking mental health assistance in the past. Also, I misunderstood that Student Wellness Center only targeted for sleep deprivation improvement during my first visit back in early 2015. It was not until this fall 2016 that I began to recognize the degree to which my mental health negatively impacted my previous academic studies.
Furthermore, suggestions from Deb Keogh, who specializes in post-traumatic stress disorder treatment and abnormal behaviors, helped me recognized psychological influences on my academic performance. Since then, I emphatically confirmed that my psychological challenges during first and second year at Queen¿¿s negatively affected my grades.
Thank you for your consideration. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Juliet Yuxiao Li
Student number: 10126209
Art & Science Year 3