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Hello, my Friends,

    Yesterday was a good day; I continued my job search. I have applied to places such as: the YMCA, USPS, and the Military. The YMCA position I applied for was an Assistant Teacher in Early Childhood Education. The YMCA interested me because I could receive a free membership to their facilities, which includes all of their programs, and I would be getting experience as a teacher. I received an email about an interview, so I accepted. The interview went really well, the supervisor and I got along really well. I was talking about my work history, how I feel I would be a good assistant teacher, and showing off my personal skills. A week later I received an email with a  job offer. I accepted, and went threw the hiring process. I filled out the information, started my STARS account, and did finger printing. Another week later I received an email about how my job offer was being withdrawn, that was the end to my potential career. I was devastated, I wasn't going to work there for myself, I was going to work there to be a mature example for those I taught.

   After thinking things over about the YMCA, I decided I would try for the United State's Military. I had this dream when I was a boy. Although, I'm not the best at running, calisthenics, or swimming; I'm good. I started working out for the PT tests. I was running under seven minute miles, swimming five hundred yards in under ten minutes, and my calisthenics where above the minimum. I even went and took the practice ASVAB test, I passed. I had high hopes for this working out. But I received an email saying they couldn't assist me because I didn't have enough college credits. After doing some research on average run times I'm thinking the military doesn't take the average runners or test takers. An article on LiveStrong.com talked about twenty seven year olds and if you can run a mile in six minutes and thirty seconds, you are in the top one percent. With there being almost three hundred and fifty million people in the United States, they are not even taking the top one percent. You have to be the best.

   A couple weeks later I applied for a few USPS jobs in the Seattle, Washington area. At first I didn't hear anything back, I couldn't get the application process right, and I didn't have the correct forms of I.D. Eventually, I was lucky enough to take the E473 postal exam. I did really well on it, and was eligible for a few jobs. I received emails about an interview date, with information needing to be filled out. I went threw the paperwork, and everything was great. But I started reading some more and I needed to provide a copy of my driving record, which costs fifteen dollars. Although working for the USPS is one of my dreams, I will not be going to the interview.

   Life is tough; I have my ups and downs. I'm good a some things; and not good at others. Although I have great desires to help others, I just don't have the resources right now. It makes me sad because there are people suffering and all I need is a few tools and I will be able to relieve many. I don't think my efforts are in vain, but I do wish for a career helping others.


Thank you very much,
Christopher J. Monson