Fall break. That shiny pause in the calendar that we celebrate like we’ve just been granted a royal pardon. Reality check: it isn’t a vacation, it’s a brief gasp of air before the exam machine tightens its grip. And let’s not sugarcoat it: midterms don’t just loom, they stalk us. For some of us, the very thought of them sparks
Tag: academic grind
Fall does not arrive with leaves. It arrives with latency, pop-up reminders, and professors who post the syllabus three days late and still expect you to be early. There is no chill in the air. Only dread. The kind that smells like old textbooks and tastes like stale coffee. I return to battle. Again. Another graduate program. This time in