bit of help with this, mitigating circumstances

[petercook7]

need to put this in the form.


During the week previous to the Quantitative Techniques exam I was suffering from a slight pain along my jaw line, by the weekend it had turned into an abscess, I was taken to Charing Cross hospital. I was given 2 types of pain killers and antibiotics, however this affected my revision and my exam performance, it prevented me from sleeping, made it more difficult for me to study and I incurred foggy brain syndrome.

I already suffer for OCD and depression which itself is debilitating, and didn’t help. During the exam I was unable to think, I even walked out with some of the answers to the questions without knowing. I only realised I had the exam paper while I was on the bus home, however it was too late to hand them in.
The pain killers that i was taking specially tramadol which I switched too are known to cause memory loss and foggy brain syndrome.


Over the past year I’ve been having problems with the finance department over payment issues over a pervious course, and on the very day I had to sit the Quantitative Techniques exam I received a letter, telling me that my course had been suspended and I was unable to use any facilities or sit any examinations, until the matter was resolved.

This also cause pressure and complete frustration as the finance department either didn’t cash in the cheque or lost the cheque, and would not take responsibility, suggesting that i never handed in the cheque.

I did tell them many times to speak to various tutors and administrators in the department, i even sent them emails from Joe Kwok saying than the there was no balance to pay.

It took time, long than I suspected as the cheque was written by someone else and that person didn’t live in the UK, I had to wait till I received a copy of the statement and this time Barclays sent the wrong statement, so that statement had to be sent back and a new letter had to be sent to Barclays requesting the statements for the period in question, which aim still waitng for.

Not only this, the suspension of my account meant that I couldn’t borrow or use any facilities reducing my productivity in my statistics project work and my ASE exam as I felt I was severely restricted.

[TheAnimus]

Ok, just remember it could be worse, be thankful your neck doesn't click. (sorry this is an old Meme 'ere)

What level of education are you studying?

If uni, see you personal tutor, if you trust them enough tell them everything. I even got some dating advice from one of my old course directors (it was completely wide of the mark, but he was a maths phd...)

If sixform, see your course director or your personal tutor, or whoever the most senior person is, they will be able to do much less for you, but might be able to write a cover letter to your uni.

if its GCSE, don't worry, all you need are Cs, it just means you have to do some A-Levels and a good degree to hide them (I have 5 GCSEs, all Cs and one B, within two years of graduating I was into the six figure bracket, GCSEs no one cares about if your willing to work hard, they won't hold you back much at all.). That said, its still worth talking to your head of year, but there won't be much they can do.

[finlay666]

If it's university get a doctors note explaining what happened, support from hospital evidence etc and submit a claim for Personal Extenuating Circumstances (PEC), you may need a tutor to approve it first

I had to do that when I missed a month due to having an operation.

[petercook7]

If it's university get a doctors note explaining what happened, support from hospital evidence etc and submit a claim for Personal Extenuating Circumstances (PEC), you may need a tutor to approve it first

I had to do that when I missed a month due to having an operation.

but it just gets worse, just need someone to look at the grammer for me. i just feel that day couldnt get any worse lol.

[kalniel]

i just feel that day couldnt get any worse lol.

See, positive thinking already! You're on your way up