If I go to a campus I'll have to carry a cell phone and skip out on classes if my son gets sick. That will be an extra expense for the cell phone
Before there were cell phones what did one do? Get the number of the office and have a message relayed to you. It still works that way.
if I miss something important in class I'm screwed.
No, just like any other college student, you make contact with the instructor and ask what was covered, or contact a fellow student for their notes.
This is not meant to critize you Norm. My wife does the same thing, and so do some of my daughters. Instead of finding out HOW to accomplish the goal, I hear a million reasons why "it won't work". If I offered you a million dollars upon completion of an on-campus college degree, would you be able to find a way to do it?
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