Investing in more education is almost always an intelligent move but wouldn't it be more intelligent to make money off your million that would pay for college? Many ways you can do this.

The reason I say fairy tale is because this using of money to make life easy is what drags you directly into the changing of your life and thus involve a changing of yourself. You would be directly responsible for money that not only can change and improve your life but that of others and when others see that they will come leaching your way. (some for good causes some that are disguised as good causes)

I think what you were trying to say is that you would do your due diligence to not let it effect your way of life. Which I understand fully.

Your intention may not be to let it change you but I must say that it takes a really strong willed person to not let it. And the responsibility behind managing that sort of money isn't going to be coming straight from you.

As far as the saving half or spending half it was more on the premise of, if you'll spend half what's keeping you from not spending the other half? At some point you'll be spending the other half on something, right? Saving it for what is what I would ask. And spending the other half on what and why and how is that not going to change you?

People will look at you different. This will change you. Unless of course, you are able to keep it a secret and go to a College far from home where no one knows your history and the net value you are worth.

I find it hard to believe that having a million dollars wouldn't change you as a person. Again, the pressures to keep it in good hands mixed with others interest in your newly inherited money will undoubtedly change you. You'll learn many life lessons and see who real friends are and you may even see a change in your family which could effect you in many ways. What I'm saying is that it's almost impossible for someone who isn't used to this amount of money to not be changed by it when it just set there in your lap. If you built up to in with many years of hard work, etc, this is different because you are expecting to reach that goal. When you are given something out of the blue and haven't adjusted to that sort of living or possible living it does effect you in many ways. I must digress or i'll write a novel.

Anyways, we have two very different points of view. Disagree with me all you will but this is just my two cents from personal viewings.