Help my teacher dropped me despite my COVID-19 family emergency?

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I wasn’t able to turn in work for 2 weeks because my half of my family was positive of COVID-19 and a few days
 later my dad had to get 4 surgeries in a span of 1 week. (He had a minor heart attack and one major. He got 3 surgeries for it, one was because his valve stint closed.) do as you can imagine my family of 6 with only two working individuals are struggling financially. To add insult to injury, my teacher decided to drop me without a refund. So I have to pay full tuition for a class I barely attended. When she dropped me I lost my financial aid because I was reduced as a part-time student and we don’t qualify. So now I have to pay full tuition.

My parents don’t know. I don’t have the heart to tell them but at the same time it’s so hard for me. I feel like dying.

Anonymous · Answer

Cry! Go on, CRY! So life threw you a curve ball. You'll live. Did crying help?

Anonymous · Answer

I see you indicated in another answer that you are at a fully online school.  I assume it's a for-profit school.  They are notorious for policies and procedures that trip students up, and communication with them is often difficult.

While I understand that you were going through a very difficult time, it was your responsibility to contact the instructor and/or the school to let them know what was going on and/or to the drop the course.  I would try reaching out, with any documentation that you can provide, to see if they will adjust this for you.

rejectedsoul · Answer

so did you bother emailing your teacher at all. I am guessing not. Its an online course you could have found time instead of making excuses.

MS · Answer

I see you indicated in another answer that you are at a fully online school.  I assume it's a for-profit school.  They are notorious for policies and procedures that trip students up, and communication with them is often difficult.

While I understand that you were going through a very difficult time, it was your responsibility to contact the instructor and/or the school to let them know what was going on and/or to the drop the course.  I would try reaching out, with any documentation that you can provide, to see if they will adjust this for you.

Anonymous · Answer

Update for answers:

The school has a grace period for late work of up to 1 week per week and a 1 month extension after the term if you get too overwhelmed since my school is for working students. I was kind of hoping on that but when I got back she cut off everything. I have the COVID test results and my dad’s medical bills.

I was unable to tell her because I was busy taking care of my family. I did try to tell her when I could but she already dropped me and I have no way of contacting her. I tried to talk to my counselor but she says she can’t do anything. I’m in an all online college since it’s the only one I can afford.  Okay thank you! I will try to contact them.

It just makes me really frustrated because my school has a 2 week withdrawal policy free of charge and won’t affect my gpa but she dropped me on the 3rd week so I can’t qualify for it.

? · Answer

Did you tell your teacher about what was going on? I have never heard of a teacher being able to drop a student from a university class. What kind of school are you in? Someone needs to talk to the administration. In a university, I would tell you to talk to financial aid. Many schools now have emergency procedures to help students stay in school when there are problems like this.

Help my teacher dropped me despite my COVID-19 family emergency?

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