Petition Letter
To the Associate Dean, Studies,
My Name is Wes Forget and I am a returning student to Queen's. I was enrolled in and completed my BAH in 2014 before becoming a full time employee at Queen's and have steadily taken courses since becoming a staff member, as it came at no cost and was financially affordable.
This year I decided to take a full course load to simulate what it would be like if I was enrolled in a part-time masters program at Queen's before actually committing to a specific program, to see if I could balance working full time and going back to school. I was moderately successful in the first term, having taken three courses and getting what I wanted out of them, to be a better person and more well read. This took the form of a sexual diversity course and art history which was a passion of mine during my undergraduate degree.
This semester I have been unable to complete my course work and I will inevitably be receiving final grades of 'F' due to work related absences and more recent family developments. In January and February, our department was tasked with interviewing more applicants than ever, around 350, for the role of residence don and it took more time and energy than I prepared for. I felt that I could overcome the time I spent away from my studies and I continued to believe that until early March when my mother, who lives alone with Primary Lateral Sclerosis, was called into her office at work and her job was threatened for no obvious reason to me. I live my life to make my mother's easier because of her limited physical abilities and her mental health after being jilted by my father when I was six months old. I feel the need to abandon my studies now to prepare to find other avenues of income to assist/plan to live with my mom.
Thank you for reading my appeal. I will add that I am not a student in the classic sense and do not know what the long-term effects of failing a course would be seeing as I have found gainful employment at the school. At the very least I would appreciate your guidance with how to navigate this situation and find ways to further my education by taking courses in the future at Queen's.
Thank you,
Wesley Emil Forget
My Name is Wes Forget and I am a returning student to Queen's. I was enrolled in and completed my BAH in 2014 before becoming a full time employee at Queen's and have steadily taken courses since becoming a staff member, as it came at no cost and was financially affordable.
This year I decided to take a full course load to simulate what it would be like if I was enrolled in a part-time masters program at Queen's before actually committing to a specific program, to see if I could balance working full time and going back to school. I was moderately successful in the first term, having taken three courses and getting what I wanted out of them, to be a better person and more well read. This took the form of a sexual diversity course and art history which was a passion of mine during my undergraduate degree.
This semester I have been unable to complete my course work and I will inevitably be receiving final grades of 'F' due to work related absences and more recent family developments. In January and February, our department was tasked with interviewing more applicants than ever, around 350, for the role of residence don and it took more time and energy than I prepared for. I felt that I could overcome the time I spent away from my studies and I continued to believe that until early March when my mother, who lives alone with Primary Lateral Sclerosis, was called into her office at work and her job was threatened for no obvious reason to me. I live my life to make my mother's easier because of her limited physical abilities and her mental health after being jilted by my father when I was six months old. I feel the need to abandon my studies now to prepare to find other avenues of income to assist/plan to live with my mom.
Thank you for reading my appeal. I will add that I am not a student in the classic sense and do not know what the long-term effects of failing a course would be seeing as I have found gainful employment at the school. At the very least I would appreciate your guidance with how to navigate this situation and find ways to further my education by taking courses in the future at Queen's.
Thank you,
Wesley Emil Forget