One of my favorite places to go to as a child was the library. There was a sort of euphoric feeling that came with walking into a space that was so thoroughly soaked in knowledge and adventure, a zeal that came with being surrounded completely by books. Of course, the meaning of the library completely changes from childhood to college because college is where you learn to associate the library with suffering. Suddenly, it makes complete sense why people are so anal about keeping the library quiet and why it is that college students get that look on their face when they say they’re “going to the library to study.”

Of course, not everyone is actually studying…

1. Except for the row of students actually getting sh*t DONE

You’ll find these students more on quiet floors than anywhere else because they’re actually working on the three assignments that they have due. Everyone becomes this student at least once during the semester, even if it only happens during finals week. You feel like the model student – highlighters, textbooks, laptop and all.

2. Except for when you’re not the model student

Instead, you’re that group of people in the corner that are chatting too loudly to really even be in a library. If the librarian was in the room you’d be shushed like five times already and anyone who isn’t wearing headphones in the room automatically hates you.

3. Sometimes you're zoned out

You came into the library to do work, you really did, but it’s just not your day. You’ve written the heading of your 8-page paper and then you’ve spent about 10 solid minutes thinking about how you hate this class anyway.

4. Or you're distracted

Chances are that if you’re seeing someone on Facebook in the library, they have a lab report due tomorrow that is too overwhelming of a task to consider. Luckily, newsfeeds and Snapchat and Instagram are SUPER easy to consider. When your task seems insurmountable, you’re a lot more likely to be on social media instead.

5. You're sleeping

These are my favorite kinds of people; I love watching people squint and pull their hats and sweaters over their faces in an attempt to go back to sleep on the library’s 6th-floor couches. Between five classes and all the time we spend in the library working for those said classes, there’s really no need to go home to sleep. In fact, I really think some people do sleep here.

My freshman year introduction to this concept occurred when I walked into the library in the morning to find a student dead asleep on a nearby table. I took this image in and took a seat at the table next to hers, only to see another student walk in a half hour later. He looked at her, did a double take, then looked at me. We nodded to each other, and he walked away. Typical library behavior.