Petition Letter
Dear Associate Dean
I am appealing the fact that I have been required withdraw from Queen's for one year.
It is undeniable that this school year of mine is a huge failure. I can find many excuse for this but the key factor is that I didn't spend enough time on my study. However there are some extenuating circumstances that just simply beyond my control.
There are two main reasons result to this. First is my ex-girlfriend broke up with me on September 23rd 2018. I remember that pretty clear because that is the day before Mid-autumn festival(a traditional Chinese holiday). By that time I was really hope I got hit by a truck, because I felt that life has lost its meaning, there was nothing left worthy living for. It was a bolt from the blue to me. It happened so sudden that I didn¿¿t see it coming. After that I acted like nothing had happened because my pride don't allow me to show my decadence, but the pain that deep in my heart is indescribable. It was like I was all alone, on a foreign soil, while the only one I thought cares about me left me because I just came to Canada and almost had no friend at that time. It is pretty hard for me to describe my feelings, it's many type of terrible feeling mixed together. Sometimes I can feel the pain in my heart like if it was stab by a knife. I tried to forget it, to move on but I couldn't, all I can do is to find distractions, such as playing video games and watching TV series on Netflix, to let me forget about what happened to me for a monument. This has seriously affected my daily life. During that time, I was lack of motivation or mood to pay enough attention on basically anything including my study. By the time I moved on, it was mid or late November, and changed my daily schedule greatly. I didn't go to psychologist because I think that is embarrassed. I don't really have any official document to prove it. However I talked to a friend a lot about this because she was the only friend I got in Kingston at that time. She is a student of Queen's University as well and her name is Lyu Xinwei her student number is 20099123. She can testify what I claimed.
Another reason is that my parents divorced on March 7th 2019. I received this message on March 24th when my mother called me. Maybe she need time to think how to bring is news to me. I was shocked by this because I didn't see any sign of it, last time I went home during Christmas everything looks fine. She didn't really tell me anything other than the fact it happened. I also deeply concern about this not only about my parents but also for myself. It rise many question such as where is my home or is there a home left This made me very anxiety and there isn't anything I can do about it other than just worry, it made me feel so helpless. I can't talk to anybody about it because my parents didn't want to talk about it and I can't tell my friends about it because it's very embarrassing, I'm also only child have no siblings as well. As the result, I was heavily distracted by this emergency and can't pay enough attention on my studies, especially when the final is approaching. I will include their divorce settlement and divorce certificate which is issue by the Bureau of Civil Affairs as PDF in the document.
Those are my extenuating circumstances. I am acutely aware of the mistake I have made and I really hope you can give me a chance to prove myself. It means everything to me.
Your sincerely
Yize Ge
I am appealing the fact that I have been required withdraw from Queen's for one year.
It is undeniable that this school year of mine is a huge failure. I can find many excuse for this but the key factor is that I didn't spend enough time on my study. However there are some extenuating circumstances that just simply beyond my control.
There are two main reasons result to this. First is my ex-girlfriend broke up with me on September 23rd 2018. I remember that pretty clear because that is the day before Mid-autumn festival(a traditional Chinese holiday). By that time I was really hope I got hit by a truck, because I felt that life has lost its meaning, there was nothing left worthy living for. It was a bolt from the blue to me. It happened so sudden that I didn¿¿t see it coming. After that I acted like nothing had happened because my pride don't allow me to show my decadence, but the pain that deep in my heart is indescribable. It was like I was all alone, on a foreign soil, while the only one I thought cares about me left me because I just came to Canada and almost had no friend at that time. It is pretty hard for me to describe my feelings, it's many type of terrible feeling mixed together. Sometimes I can feel the pain in my heart like if it was stab by a knife. I tried to forget it, to move on but I couldn't, all I can do is to find distractions, such as playing video games and watching TV series on Netflix, to let me forget about what happened to me for a monument. This has seriously affected my daily life. During that time, I was lack of motivation or mood to pay enough attention on basically anything including my study. By the time I moved on, it was mid or late November, and changed my daily schedule greatly. I didn't go to psychologist because I think that is embarrassed. I don't really have any official document to prove it. However I talked to a friend a lot about this because she was the only friend I got in Kingston at that time. She is a student of Queen's University as well and her name is Lyu Xinwei her student number is 20099123. She can testify what I claimed.
Another reason is that my parents divorced on March 7th 2019. I received this message on March 24th when my mother called me. Maybe she need time to think how to bring is news to me. I was shocked by this because I didn't see any sign of it, last time I went home during Christmas everything looks fine. She didn't really tell me anything other than the fact it happened. I also deeply concern about this not only about my parents but also for myself. It rise many question such as where is my home or is there a home left This made me very anxiety and there isn't anything I can do about it other than just worry, it made me feel so helpless. I can't talk to anybody about it because my parents didn't want to talk about it and I can't tell my friends about it because it's very embarrassing, I'm also only child have no siblings as well. As the result, I was heavily distracted by this emergency and can't pay enough attention on my studies, especially when the final is approaching. I will include their divorce settlement and divorce certificate which is issue by the Bureau of Civil Affairs as PDF in the document.
Those are my extenuating circumstances. I am acutely aware of the mistake I have made and I really hope you can give me a chance to prove myself. It means everything to me.
Your sincerely
Yize Ge