You just might be a graduate
student if...
 you
can analyze the significance of appliances you cannot operate.
you
have ever, as a folklore project, attempted to track the progress of your
own joke across the Internet.
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.
everything
reminds you of something in your discipline.
you
have ever discussed academic matters at a sporting event.
there
is a microfilm reader in the library that you consider "yours."
you
actually have a preference between microfilm and microfiche.
you
can tell the time of day by looking at the traffic flow at the library.
you
look forward to summers because you're more productive without the distraction
of classes.
you
regard ibuprofen as a vitamin.
you
consider all papers to be works in progress.
you
find the bibliographies of books more interesting than the actual text.
you
have given 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 an inherent feature of relaxation.
you
reflexively start analyzing those Greek letters before you realize that
it's a sorority sweatshirt, not an equation.
you
find yourself explaining to children that you are in "20th grade".
you
start referring to stories like "Snow White et al."
you
look forward to taking some time off to do laundry
you
have more photocopy cards than credit cards
you
wonder if APA style allows you to cite talking to yourself as "personal
communication"
you
can identify universities by their internet domains
you
have difficulty reading anything that doesn't have footnotes
you
understand jokes about Foucault
the
concept of free time scares you
you
consider caffeine to be a major food group
you've
ever brought books with you on vacation and actually studied
the
professor doesn't show up to class and you discuss the readings anyway
you've
ever travelled across two state lines specifically to go to a library
you
appreciate the fact that you get to choose which twenty hours out of the
day you have to work
you
still feel guilty about giving students low grades (you'll
get over it)
you
can read course books and cook at the same time
you
hope it snows during spring break so you can get more studying in
you've
ever worn out a library card
you
find taking notes in a park relaxing
you
find yourself citing sources in conversation
you've
ever sent a personal letter with footnotes
The above were taken from
multi-forwarded email :cwambeam@nmsu.edu
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