Now there's an idea. He doesn't have to have ALL his schooling at the academy. He could do some classes while your wife is teaching, and when they get home, they can do all the other stuff they want to do.
Corin Jr, could go to a State college couldn't he? Aren't there some good ones in VA. It would be SO much cheaper. Our oldest is at UMass Amherst, and though he did get a full scholarship, if he hadn't it would have been relatively inexpensive. (About 1/3 of private college)
BTW, please forgive my pushiness!
Our dream is that he go to our alma mater, a private Christian liberal arts school. And he's been told that is the only out of state school for which Dad will pay.
His dream is to play football for Virginia Tech. He may still do it. But he's got a lot of work in front of him. And, although we keep telling him, he's not motivated to work on it yet. Currently, his grades wouldn't get him into Tech. It's not like when I graduated from high school and everyone chose Virginia Tech as their backup school (cause just about all in-state students got in back then).
I'm really happy with any school in Virginia. And, I'm not opposed to him having to work his way through. It will be good for him. I'm also not violently opposed to him going through on the G.I. Bill. I get a little antsy about that right now with the thought of war. Let's face it, we could still be in the midst of this stuff in 4 1/2 years.
It's hard to think through right now though until I know if my job will be continuing. That could change everything. I should know in the next three weeks. But I'd get a pretty healthy severance if it disappears.