advice?

thats common sense. (at least for most of us).
If your friends are shooting smack in an alley before they decide to hold up the kwiki-mart for squishies, then chances are, you're too far gone. If not: role a large joint and thoroughly smoke it; once high: proceed to succeed.

oh yeah, stay in school, not only because Will Smith said so, but also because no one wants to live with their parents, or work at a gas station when they're 30.