I have a serious problem... I want to go back to school to study a TEFL course (to become certified to teach English as a foreign language) and I got accepted by one of the best proframs... I thought that saving my money topay my tuition would be no problem. (There are no loans or scholarships available)... I have a full-time job and began searching for a part-time job.

I've been applying for part-timejobs left and right, but with no luck.
I wondered what I was doing wrong and so I went for job counseling at employment security and they said, "It's nothing you've done wrong, it's just the economy..." but I look at groovejob.com or snagajob.com and there are 700 openings in the area, and I see signs all over the place advertising job openings, so someone is getting hired... but I've literally applied to 50 places and had no luck. I managed to get a job at a college bookstore but it was temporary and now I have to start looking all over again. I have my full-time job at school but I have to find a second job soon or I can't afford my trip, if I ask the people @ the school to change my dates it is going to make a horrible impression.

I would just like advice, why am I having a hard time finding a part-timejob?
I always follow the directions on applications, try to look nice, act courteous, I've read loads of articiles about how to write a good cover letter, resume, and ace an interview, and I have had no luck for the past several months...
I have retail experience, restaurant experience, I speak Spanish, English and other languages.
Just advice please! I am so frustrated. Sometimes I feel like I'm not meant to go back to school :( I'm so scared that I'm not going to get to, and I've cried myself crazy over this a million times because I want it so much, and I've given it my all.
I'm in a job now that doesn't pay enough for me to live and I'm 29 and live with my mother, and it's humiliating. I just want to be independent, profesionally employed and I want my life to get started, I want to be able to have the money to enjoy my life and go to school.
If I could just get my training, and my certificate, then I could have all those things. I just feel like throwing up my hands sometimes because it's so overwhelming to think that my life might pass me by, and no matter how hard I try to achieve my goals, nothing seems to work.
I have to have a part-time job in order to save enough money to go back to school, but no one wants to hire me.
Is it just bad luck? What's wrong with me?

Thanks

You might see signs and maybe you are over qualified. some of the employers out there do not want to pay more money than they have to. The economy is in the toilet right now. I would say stay positive and keep looking. Perseverance will pay off.