Great post and reading it brought back memories. I can relate from my first year at the University of Georgia after my service in the military. While I had only been away from the school scene for 3 years (one of the last recruiting periods of a 2 year comm. and then Desert Storm) I can completely relate to how your son feels.

While I did have the opportunity to take several freshman classes at the University of Maryland while I was in the service, it was still quite an interesting experience returning to school full time with plenty of distractions to say the least.

For me, oral presentations in front of a class of people much younger then me was certainly daunting. I always just had to remember from the Real Life Education and Experiences of the Military to remember that school was really easy compared to some of the things I had already done.

Perhaps I’m a little biased, but I feel that the younger generation that I meet that have had some kind of military experience before college have a far better grasp of the big picture of what’s really going on in the world.

And yes, Mom and Dad are much smarter then we ever imagined. Even today, I look back at their advice and the way they did things and realize just how right they were. (Pay off the mortgage, save money and invest wisely, etc, etc..)

Keep up the great work on your blog!