I started school last week on Monday. I was so proud of myself. There was a big problem though. I needed my books. I went to the finacial aid office last Wednesday (1/9/08) to see if my finacial aid went through. I was taking four classes. Because I'm an out of state student, my tuition is $3000 higher than others. I recieved money from a pell grant, financial aid, and a student loan. Still I didn't have enough money to cover my tuition. In fact, it was a good thing I went to the office when I did, because I would have gotten kicked out Monday (1/14/08)because I had a balance of $400 and something dollars. The end result was that I had to drop two classes. That was the only way I'd be able to stay in school, and have money left over for my books. Well, Thursday (1/10/08)came and my car broke down on me. We've had at least 4 different mechanics look at it and no one knows what's wrong with it. My school is a $12 cab ride away (each way), and I have a class everyday Mon-Fri. Let's do the math, that's $120 a week. Plus Bert's $18 a day to and from work fee. We can't afford that. Sometimes I feel like when I try to do something positive with my life it always seems to somehow fall through. It really sucks! There's no telling when and if that car is going to get fixed, and if so, how much it will cost. So do I A: Drop out of school until I have reliable transportation? or B: Pay the money to get to and from school and stay backed up in bills and rent? This is by no means intented to be a sob story, I'm just trying to make a point about life!!!!!!!!