staying in school forever

[BelleDameSansMerci]

<< Is there any way you can just stay in a school forever? Really,
it's all I'm good at.>>

Funny you should say that. At this point in my academic career, I'm 
pretty much going to be in school forever. When I started university 
four years ago, I was planning on joining a police force, hopefully 
making detective, and eventually being trained as a profiler. 
However, very soon after I had begun studying criminology I realized 
who corrupt and reactionary the system was, and I no longer wanted to 
be part of it. Especially after being a member of a group that drives 
down to a medium security prison and talks to some of the guys 
serving life sentences.  

Instead, I had come up with the idea that I would go to law school 
and become a defence lawyer, with the intent of keeping as many 
people as possible out of jail (an unpopular view, I know). I toyed 
with this for awhile, and then earlier this year I realized how many 
people were entering law school, too many to realistically practice, 
and heard some horror stories from a few people...

I'm graduating in April with a B.Soc. in Criminology (Honours) and a 
concentration in Psychology. I'm going to grad school to get my MA in 
criminology, and then hopefully I'm off to British Columbia to get my 
Ph.D. At this point I'm planning on becoming a University professor, 
and doing research either centering around the criminality of women, 
or sex offenders. So, technically, I will be in school forever (much 
to the chagrin of my parents and their bank balance, haha).

Reminds me of an add campaign that I saw awhile ago:

"When they told you to stay in school, they didn't mean forever"

Cheers,
Amber