Frank the Tank lives!! Shoot, if he wants to pay for it, good for him. He's not harming anyone w/ his decision, and if he likes it, so be it. I know when I graduated from OSU in 4 years, I was definitely not ready-mindset wise- for any kind of a real job, and didn't really want one. Two and half years of grad school cured that problem, and I wanted to get a real job-teaching- in a big way by the time I was done w/ grad school.
I took a couple of correspondence courses from Drake University last year, and it was kind of cool getting an A in them, and reading the instructors feedback, it brought back memories.