November in Derry
November in Derry, The Month Nobody Warns You About November is an odd month for students. It isn’t as chaotic as December, but it carries its own kind of pressure, quieter, heavier, and somehow more tiring than the months that come before it. In Derry, November feels like the moment the city exhales. The clocks go back, the air gets sharp, and suddenly it’s dark before most of us have even finished afternoon lectures. It’s the month where student life slows down, but the workload speeds up. The Real Start of Deadline Season Everyone talks about January exams and December hand ins, but nobody warns you that November is where the real work begins. It’s when: Group projects suddenly get real Every module decides to assign something at the same time Canvas notifications multiply like they have a personal vendetta You realise “there’s loads of time” was a delusion It’s not dramatic just a steady, constant pressure that sits in the backgroun...
