Childbirth and Georgia State

My name is Shanel Fannin. I am writing this letter in regards to my Fanicial aid suspension. Being that my academic progress is in review I would like to fully explain the events that transpired within my life that led to my acedemic downfall. I intially enrolled as a fulltime student at Georgia State university Fall of 2012.While attending school I also worked part time at a fast food resteraunt called Sonic pulling in forty hours a week.During Fall semester I was able to maintain my grades in school while working a very demanding job.I came into this college experience with high hopes and determinaton of being successful.I am futhermore appealing my ineligibility for financial aid because of the unfortunate circumstances that occurred during my Spring semester of 2013.

I unfortunately live in a low income household of five with everday struggles of looking after my siblings, paying bills, and maintaing the household. Neither one of my parents work so therewere a lot of responsibilities that I had to uphold to. I am the first person between both my parents that has taken the oppurtunity to attend college.

Their were two events that occured this past semester that caused a magnitude of emotional stress which consequently effected my academic progress at Georgia State. The first event occured January 5th, 2013. I had a termination for my pregnancy. I was previously aware of my pregnancy Decemeber 2012 during the end of my Fall semester. Taking in consideration that I live in low income household having a child during that point of my life was not a wise choice to make if I wanted to continue attending school and working part time. After my operation I developed symptoms of post partum depression that substantially impaired my emotional well being. Before my actions of this event I did not not consider how much this would affect my life and emotional development. It was very hard for me to cope with the choice I made of having an abortion. It began to be very