1. You are always thinking about coffee.
2. You find yourself correcting not just people’s grammar, but also pointing out when they make AP style errors.
3. You’re used to school officials shutting you down for interviews.
4. There are always people out there — whether it’s administrators, students, athletes, etc. — who hate you for something you’ve written.
5. You eavesdrop on every conversation, hoping to score some news.
6. It takes you five times longer than the average human to solve simple math equations.
7. A scandal happening at school excites you more than puppies or Disneyland.
8. Nothing makes you crazier than “off the record” or “I decline to comment.”
9. When people don’t make their deadlines, you start to hate them on a personal level.
10. When people say that journalism is dying you suddenly feel oddly violent.