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>>13028210
You can also learn Calculus and advanced mathematics for free, or for a pretty cheap price.
Every Anon who thinks they can't afford an education, either elective or for career, check this.

1. First (perhaps optionally) get a tome like this, as a comprehensive reference:
https://www.amazon.com/Princeton-Companion-Mathematics-Timothy-Gowers/dp/0691118809/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Princeton+companion+to+mathematics&link_code=qs&qid=1556600149&s=gateway&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-1
2. Get a graphing claculator, physically or otherwise.
https://www.meta-calculator.com
3. Go on youtube, search for lessons, as a stand in for a lecture.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=learn+calculus&page=&utm_source=opensearch
4. Then, find a website with a comprehensive lesson plan.
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/calculus-1
https://www.edx.org/learn/calculus
5. Start browsing relevant communities, like /sci/.

It took me less than five minutes to figure out a plan to learn calculus. Precalc, if you want to start easier is also available for free, I think.

This same methodology applies to:
(In career)
Programming (sites like codeacademy exist)
IT (check this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLe7uz-7CM full course on CompTIA A+ cert, and with youtube, you can watch on 1.5 - 2 x speed, get the cert, and be eligible for an entry IT job).
(In Gen Ed)
Introductory Physics (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=physics+intro+course))
Or any Introductory Science, really.
Shit, you can probably replicate more than introductory.

It's easy. Do things like 1. Research what textbooks a given class might use, 2. seeing the general course sequence a degree or specialization might have on a uni's website, to get a sense of how the material builds, and 3. search for either free or cheap collegiate resources. A lot of Uni's give out course material for free or for cheap.

What you can't get from this is mentorship and criticism, and guided growth in skills like reading comprehension and writing. You can't learn how to be a good communicator. I think it makes more sense for traditional institutional education to focus around the humanities, for this reason.