Petition Letter
Mar 29, 2018
Dear Associate Dean of Studies,
Queens University
My name is Yael, student ID 10209220.
This is an appeal for having a grade F removed from my university record. That grade stands for a course I did not complete back in 2015, during a time I suspected I was growing ill with cancer. At that time, I took my concerns to the doctors, who dismissed it as ¿being nothing¿¿. However, I was feeling unwell and affected by what I knew was not looking good. I withdrew from my activities and traveled to my home country to rest and visit family. Shortly after my return to Canada I saw my doctor again who finally agreed to send me to a specialist. Within a few months I had a biopsy done and was diagnosed with skin cancer. The reason that it took me all this time to address the grade issue was that at the time I was preoccupied with the implications of my situation and it was not until after the following year in which I endured repeated surgeries, procedures, and hospital follow- ups that I returned to Queens and resumed my studies, with renewed interest and motivation. I am enjoying my studies and am doing well, hoping to start on campus as of next year and advance in academic courses.
Please consider my request and thank you in advance,
Sincerely,
Yael Schechter
Dear Associate Dean of Studies,
Queens University
My name is Yael, student ID 10209220.
This is an appeal for having a grade F removed from my university record. That grade stands for a course I did not complete back in 2015, during a time I suspected I was growing ill with cancer. At that time, I took my concerns to the doctors, who dismissed it as ¿being nothing¿¿. However, I was feeling unwell and affected by what I knew was not looking good. I withdrew from my activities and traveled to my home country to rest and visit family. Shortly after my return to Canada I saw my doctor again who finally agreed to send me to a specialist. Within a few months I had a biopsy done and was diagnosed with skin cancer. The reason that it took me all this time to address the grade issue was that at the time I was preoccupied with the implications of my situation and it was not until after the following year in which I endured repeated surgeries, procedures, and hospital follow- ups that I returned to Queens and resumed my studies, with renewed interest and motivation. I am enjoying my studies and am doing well, hoping to start on campus as of next year and advance in academic courses.
Please consider my request and thank you in advance,
Sincerely,
Yael Schechter