leona turner's love life is up in flames (tigers_andbears) wrote in invol_rpg, @ 2012-12-23 22:59:00 |
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Dear Dean of Students, We thank you for all the care that yourself and the rest of the International Vol Institute have taken of our daughter, Leona Turner, and for the extra pains you have gone to in order to allow students to return home for the holidays. Christmas is obviously a very important time for our family, and Leona’s brothers especially appreciate their big sister being at home. However, as her parents, we have previously been accustomed to having a great deal of input in regards to where and how all our children receive their education. This is reflected in our decision to send both Leona and her eldest brother to a private boarding school of excellent reputation, which not only meant that two of our children were no longer living at home, but that a good deal of our family finances were put towards tuition, boarding, uniform costs and other fees. You can therefore perhaps understand the concern we feel in having our autonomy over our daughter’s education greatly lessened through her move to Australia. As a Year 13 student at Saint Paul’s Collegiate, as well as having the additional responsibilities of being a boarding house prefect, Leona was a diligent and well-organised student. She took her subjects very seriously and received a “Merit” average on all external examinations to date. Throughout November and December, she completed her NCEA Level 3 examinations externally, which are crucial to university applications here in New Zealand, and which mark the end of her period as a high schooler. While we are grateful that Leona was permitted to take her NCEAs while in Australia, we must however express our trepidations towards a curriculum which seems, if not limited, perhaps not best suited towards our daughter’s academic needs. From what Leona has told us, the core classes which she is required to take seem to hold little challenge for her, and were perhaps intended for students in more remedial situations. Leona feels that she has covered a lot of this work before previously in her academic career. That while the majority of her friends will be spending their first year at university and working towards a degree, Leona will only be permitted to take one independent study option, likewise concerns us. We also feel that an undue emphasis has been placed upon our daughter’s physical conditioning. Leona is not a soldier, and while at school stated an interest in an accounting major. Leona likewise tells us that after training, she is often too tired to focus fully on her studies. And finally, while this is a perception which we can only surmise through the scant details Leona reveals in regards to her “powers training,” we feel that not enough emphasis is being placed upon the control of her powers, and being able to limit them and stop herself from transforming enough to have a normal life (which being able to work towards a tertiary qualification would greatly assist!). Like any other illness, we believe that Leona’s powers should be managed rather than exacerbated. Once Leona receives her examination results in January, we should have a better indication of what sort of options may be available to her in the future. We have spoken to several universities which would be open to the option of distant learning; we just need confirmation that the International Vol Institute would be on board with this. As a fellow academic, you can surely see where taking classes of a level which would challenge her and enable her to earn her way towards an internationally recognised qualification would be in the best interests of our daughter. Thank you for taking the time to read this email. We wish you an enjoyable festive period. Best Regards, Wallace and Sibella Turner |