In 2010, I was overwhelmed with unforeseen family obligations. My eldest brother had been diagnosed with cancer of the throat, lung, and liver. My youngest child was failing in school and being deviant. Later to find out after being tested, he had a reading disorder.
I am a single mother with a full-time job and at that time a full-time school schedule.
After receiving an incomplete for not completing the course; I thought from the prior curriculum if the grade of I has been received, the outstanding work must be completed before the end of the fifth week of the succeeding term of the regular academic year.
There are financial reasons I cannot repeat the course. I am not receiving any grant or loan monies. I am supporting my daughter who is also a student at a U of M–Flint. Also, I am trying to graduate in May 2013.
I have