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In ASL, signs for occupations are often created by taking a verb and adding the agent suffix to name the person who does that action. For the action of studying, adding the agent suffix yields the sign for the person who studies: student. So the profession described by using “Student + agent” is the student sign, since it comes from the verb study plus the agent marker. This mirrors how a teacher is formed from teach plus the agent suffix, while the other options would be based on different base actions (like teach, build, grow), not on studying.