…everything reminds you of something in your discipline.
…you have ever discussed academic matters at a sporting event.
…you can tell the time of day by looking at the traffic flow at the library.
…you look forward to summers because you can study more productively without the
distraction of classes.
…you consider all papers to be works in progress.
…professors don't really care when you turn in work anymore.
…you find the bibliographies of books more interesting than the actual text.
…you have give up trying to keep your books organized and are now just trying to keep
them all in the same general area.
…you have accepted guilt as inherent feature of relaxation.
…you are startled to meet people who neither need nor want to read.
…you have ever brought a scholarly article to a bar.
…you rate coffee shops by the availability of outlets for your laptop.
...you are constantly looking for a thesis in novels.
...you have difficulty reading anything that doesn't have footnotes.
...you consider caffeine to be a major food group.
...you've ever brought books with you on vacation and actually studied.
...Saturday nights spent studying no longer seem weird.
...the professor doesn't show up to class and you discuss the readings anyway.
...you still feel guilty about giving students low grades.
...you can read course books and cook at the same time.
...you schedule events for academic vacations so your friends can come.
...you find taking notes in a park relaxing.
...you find yourself citing sources in conversation.
...you've ever sent a personal letter with footnotes.
...your glasses prescription is 3x stronger than it was a year ago and you have carpel
tunnel syndrome because 90% of your time is in front of the computer or reading.
...8% of your time is spent in class.
...2% of your time is divided among eating, sleeping, shopping, TV, laundry, and socializing.
...you use words that only the people in your classes can understand.
...some of those continuing education classes sound interesting.
...an exciting trip is when you run errands with your roommate.
...you utter the words, "School comes before sex."
...free time is taken up by studying.
...studying keeps you awake.
...your bill for xeroxing exceeds your phone bill.
...a full night of sleep is 4 hours and a 2 hour nap mid afternoon.
...when you tell people your thesis topic, they blink repeatedly and purse their lips while
attempting not to burst out laughing.
...you consider cooking and cleaning your apartment leisurely breaks from real work.
...5:00 p.m. Friday means you are now scheduled to work for the next 48 hours.
...you have every minute of the next four months planned out but have no idea what you
are going to do for the rest of your life.
...your friends and family become concerned because although you can now recite, word
for word, the most popular theories in your field, you have lost all semblance of
common sense.
(by David McKay at the University of Iowa
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