Good Morning World!

 I applied for 3 jobs yesterday.  Subbing has been slow due to state assessments.  

I applied to be a tutor with CLUB Z, I sent my resume to a store that sells teacher products (they are looking for a permanent part-time sales person with a teaching background (me!) and retail experience (me! since I have been working at Wal-Mart for almost 9 months), and the last job I applied for was a long term sub for the last three months of this school year.  Keep your fingers crossed for me!  

Oh, I sent in my letter of interest and application to go to Daegu S. Korea to work in the English Immersion Village, too!  They contacted me and the next step is to discuss getting a visa.  So..I am on a roll with putting "irons in the fire"!  

I think working at the teacher store is more hours but less pay than Wal-Mart.  However, it is closer to home and the parking lot is probably much safer!  I would be working until 7:30 pm 3-4 nights a week and about 3 Saturdays a month (9 am – 6 pm).  I think I would enjoy it.  There are no medical benefits, but I am still about 15 months away from getting benefits from Wal-Mart.  Wal-Mart pays more than minimum wage, and I know this teacher store does not.  Decisions…decisions….  

Oh!  I watched the documentary about Wal-Mart:  Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices.  It was scary because I could relate to some of it!  Watch it when you get a chance.  Maybe it is time to bail!  The documentary said the benefits were expensive and you still have to pay at the doctor’s office.  I guess it is a co-payment. I pay over $400/month for a personal medical policy with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, AND I also have co-payments.  

I guess what really bothered me about the Wal-Mart documentary was the dishonesty with the time-cards.  Management alters time-cards so they don’t have to pay over-time.  For example, if you worked 42 hours one week, they would take the two hours overtime and put them on the next week.  I am only part-time, so I don’t have to worry about it, but it is so dishonest.  Also, Wal-Mart had numerous outstanding lawsuits against time.  Wow!  What an eye-opener that documentary was to me!

Well, have a great Thursday!  I am going to be a PE teacher today.  I am dressed in my Curves workout clothes!  I love the casual dress code for PE teachers.  Plus!  The children LOVE PE so there is rarely any discipline issues unless it is for poor sportsmanship.  Today is supposed to be in the 50s outside, too!  Woot! Woot!