Can a 2 striker felon who is exceeding in school with a 4.0 and deans list notification get a doctorate in psychology someday?

Answer 1

Absolutely! Just please stay away from that third strike! Evidently you have academic intelligence and skills, however you need to straighten out your value system which is affecting your ethics. Based on your question, many individuals would consider you a loser (maybe even yourself). Just remember, no one is ever a failure. Failure is an event, it is never a person. Failure is something that happens because of something you do, or do not do, but still, it is never a person.

The first thing you must do is to acquire a vision. A vision is a clearly articulated picture of the future you intend to create for yourself. In other words, it's a dream. However, if the dream does not have direction, it will never become a reality. That vision should create a passion within you, a love for what you do and the benefit it brings others as well as yourself. Make sure the vision is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and tangible. Once you have that vision, you will need a mentor to help you develop a road map embedded with short term objectives leading to the overall goal. Maybe that might to a counselor, or teacher etc. It will take some research, but you most likely have some ideas already. Follow them through, look at the nature of the field, the everyday routine, the required education, the salary, the occupational demand and the related fields. When a career sparks an interest, try to shadow an individual who is actually doing what you think you would like to do. You can pick up valuable information this way. Thus :

Acquire the will to change circumstances

Acquire the vision (dream)

Develop a road-map leading to the overall goal and objective (a written plan)

Just do it and don't let go until it becomes a reality.