I can't really afford to commute to school either, it's about $3 per bus trip, but I can walk to/from town in an hour or so and if I'm willing to arrive at school before it even opens then I can get a ride there from my wife's parents. But when I was doing that kind of thing I started skipping school a lot and was feeling bad about how it cost money every day. Now I take online classes but THAT means that I only leave the house to walk to the grocery store, so I don't even go into town once a month anymore....