Petition Letter
Throughout my second term of university, my mental health began to decline which greatly affected my marks. This is something that I have dealt with throughout the majority of my life although I have not received formal treatment until recently. I did reach out to both counselling services in the La Salle building, academic advisors, and dropped my hardest course that I was failing (Psych 101) in order to lighten my course load and avoid my GPA being dragged down. In spite of these efforts, I continued to suffer in a way that made it extremely difficult for me to cope with how I was feeling on top of the stress of schoolwork. I was able to maintain passing marks in all courses as I neared the end of the term, except for Sociology 101. I got in contact with my TA, the TA coordinator, as well as Professor Beamish to make them aware of my situation and my intentions to do my best given my situation. They helped me out immensely and were very understanding and patient, providing me with assignment deadline extensions. However, I did not pass Sociology 101 due to the extenuating circumstances.