You Might Be A Research Student If...

.... you can identify universities by their internet domains,

.... you are constantly looking for a thesis in a novel,

.... 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,

.... Saturday nights spent studying no longer seem weird to you,

.... the professor doesn’t show up to class and you discuss the readings anyway,

.... you’ve caught a train (or two) to go to a library,

.... you appreciate the fact that you get to choose which 20 hours of the day you have to work,

.... 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 that your friends can come,

.... you’ve ever worn out a library card,

.... you find taking notes in a park relaxing,

.... you find yourself citing sources in a conversation,

.... you’ve ever sent a personal letter with footnotes.