Letters to the Editor
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there are options other than the army...
Although I will have to say that when I was teaching freshman comp, I LOVED my GI Bill students: invariably, they showed up to class on time (even at 8 in the morning!), read their homework, turned in papers on time, came to office hours if they didn't understand what I wanted, went to seek help at the writing center if needed, etc. This can't be said for a lot of the other products of New Orleans public schools.
BUT, if you don't want to join the military, there's Americorps. I did this six years ago (I was teaching preschool in Kentucky)--my spending money was only $125 a month, but my housing/health insurance/food/transportation to and from work was taken care of, and I got about $4500 to pay for higher education. I could have done this a second year and got another $4500.