You can't call the State because you're a student??? That's crap! In Tennessee, I called and asked questions beside the fact that you pay them And the testing place to take the written & practical here. Here, I had to bring a live model to work on...couldn't be in cosmetology in any way....I had only been living here 2 years and didn't know anyone but fellow students so I brought my husband!!!!! (Such a good sport...lol!!) I called the state and asked if I could use him as my model and they said yes. I was never deterred from contacting them....have you tried to call them???
I too was an only student, basically teaching myself but I passed with flying colors because I worked my butt off on my own. Some of these schools are all about profit and they suck. Your experience is all too common. I am determined to open a Nails only school in the future when I'm tired of working in a salon!! I think it's so badly needed....just to have it all be nails and real nail techs as instructors!! Good luck and keep us posted....oh and by the way-the trainer hand was the best investment I ever made in my education...even if you cant use it for your test...please keep it and never stop learning....😄 Christine On Jun 26, 2013, at 4:52 PM, CloserToMyDreams <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Katherine! I did a mock practical with my instructor and passed so > I definitely thought it would be easy breezy at the boards. I've had so many > disputes with the school that I just enter with my guard up all of the time > if I need to discuss anything. Thank you for the feedback. > DeVaria > > On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:52:05 PM UTC-5, Katherine Fahrig wrote: >> >> State boards are morons. >> >> Unfortunately, they hold the power over your license so you must do as they >> say. Your school did not prepare you properly. When I apprenticed my >> employee I taught her the way to do clients nails correctly. When it came >> time for her to take her state boards I got her kit ready for her and went >> through it step by step with the instructions that the state board had given >> me in my apprenticeship package and then gave her a "mock" board exam. I >> made sure that she knew exactly what the state board practical exam would >> require. >> >> Your school is at fault for not properly preparing their student (you). DO >> write to your state board complaining about your school, DO send/take a >> written letter with your complaint to the school and make sure that they >> know that you will be filing a complaint with the BBB and the State board of >> Cosmetology if they do not supply you with the correct training to pass the >> state board. THAT IS THEIR JOB! To provide you with the hours and training >> to pass the state board exam! That is what you paid them for! I would demand >> that THEY pay for you to retake the test. It was their fault that you >> failed. >> >> Now, just to clarify the whole tip on a sculptured nail thing, the old >> fingers/hands that were used for testing need to have a plastic tip glued >> over the entire nail bed of the practice hand, shortened down to the end of >> the finger, to simulate a nail plate. I do not remember why, just that it >> had to be done. Stupid, I know, but the state board holds the power over >> your license, just do it the way they say, get your license and give them >> the finger after you have that piece of paper in your hand. >> >> Katherine >> St. Louis, MO >> >> From: Maggie in Visalia <[email protected]>; >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; >> Subject: Re: NailTech:: Took my State Boards--not what I expected >> Sent: Wed, Jun 26, 2013 7:13:57 PM >> >> Yeesh. >> >> What state are you in? >> >> I know you've posted before about being frustrated with your school, but >> honestly, you'd probably be frustrated with any school because there are SO >> few of them that offer the type of training and eduction most of us expect >> when we enroll. >> >> As for the trainer hand, it actually sounds like this is a case where your >> SCHOOL is WAY AHEAD OF your STATE BOARD! >> >> Unfortunately, the St. Board holds all the cards on this one, so it doesn't >> matter that THEY are the ones who are IGNORANT-- you're gonna have to do it >> again and do it they're way. And your school should have a better grasp on >> what the Board expects so they can prepare students for that experience. It >> doesn't really matter, in the long run, that the trainer is a better device. >> >> BUT!! FIGHT IT!! Send pictures of your hand to the St. Board! Send a LONG, >> carefully written letter to the St. Board! TELL THEM exactly what you >> experienced and WHY you were told you failed the exam and let them know that >> their examiners are the ones who are wrong on this one! That the nail >> trainer meets their criteria for the exam and that you performed the service >> correctly but that the EXAMINER was the weak link. And that the St. Board >> NEEDS to address this before they continue to erroneously fail students just >> for being more competent than the examiners. >> >> Seriously-- ANYONE who knows *@&!^@!! about sculpting nails would be able to >> wrap their brain around your sculptured nail without a tip. DUH! They should >> be able to SEE and COMPREHEND the structure of the nail trainer and SEE and >> COMPREHEND the structure of your sculpted nail and "grade" you on your work >> based on that comprehension. It sounds like the examiner you spoke with >> understood why tips are usually used for that service and understood that a >> true sculptured nail shouldn't use a tip-- so if they can clearly see that >> your practice hand didn't NEED a tip for that service, why would you get >> marked down for doing it properly? >> >> OK. Now I'm all worked up. >> >> But DO contact your St. Board, write/call/email as many people in the >> organization as you can get contact info for, make sure they get their story >> straight so this doesn't happen to others! >> >> OH! And as for your "unprofessional texts" PHOOEY! Stand up to your school! >> Put your foot down, look them in the eye, and let them know in no uncertain >> terms that THEY work for YOU! Don't let them intimidate or bully you. >> >> As for the texting? It's not YOUR issue that their student was interrupted >> during class by your texts. It's HER phone, it's up to HER to silence it and >> it's HER choice if she reads/answers texts or calls during class. Frankly, >> it sounds like using cell phones was never an issue during class before or >> for anyone else, so they don't get to start nitpicking this time. But if >> they're going to be mad at anyone, it should be the student in the class who >> didn't turn off her phone, NOT the person who texted her. >> >> Not that I'm trying to pin it on your friend-- sounds like it's a GOOD thing >> she got that text so SHE can deliver the news to the class since the school >> and the state board don't seem to be on the same page. >> >> Now go contact your state board and send them all those pictures of the nail >> trainer! >> >> Maggie Franklin: >> Owner & Artist, The Art of Nailz, Visalia CA >> "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." >> Maggie Rants [and Raves]@Nails Magazine >> Facebook >> >> >> From: CloserToMyDreams <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 10:04 AM >> Subject: NailTech:: Took my State Boards--not what I expected >> >> Hello everyone! >> Yesterday, I traveled 4 hours for my state boards. I was a bit nervous >> because it was finally time to do this!! I arrived early, and was speaking >> with a staff member and he told me there were three tests--a state, a >> national and a practical. I was shocked because the entire time at school I >> was only informed of a state exam. So naturally I became anxious. I texted >> my classmate and told her that I was told about a national exam and she was >> like, "what?" I reviewed the practice 10 questions online and began to think >> that I probably should have focused a bit more on natural sciences. Oh >> well, I was there, I read my chapters so I would just go with it. I get >> inside and we are to take our practical first. I see the other candidates >> pull out the individual fingers. The examiner walks by each and then when >> he gets to me and sees my "nail trainer" he jumps back and says, "whoa, what >> is that?" I told him it is the hand we use at school and I was told I could >> bring it. He then says, "sometimes schools don't know what the hell they >> are talking about." He then asks me where are my clear tips? I tell him that >> I have them to place on the hand. So now, I'm even more NERVOUS!!! We begin >> the practical which is 45 minutes to do a tip with overlay, a sculptured >> nail and a repair. I perform all of those with time to spare. As the >> examiners come to me again, I get puzzled looks from the both of them. We >> begin our written exams and while taking it, another examiner comes up and >> asks to borrow my hand. He takes it behind the podium and they gather >> around and begin speaking. This is awful for testing, anxiety and >> nervousness and it's difficult for me to focus because I am now trying to >> figure out what is going on. So I finish the written exams--both state and >> national. I'm feeling good about the two and during my checkout, I ask the >> examiner what is their concern about the nail trainer. He says, "well, next >> time, you want to put clear tips on all of the fingers...I'm not supposed to >> be talking to you about that but next time" I can't even remember what he >> said after that because all I heard was "NEXT TIME." I pointed that out to >> him and said, "sir, you said "next time" so that means I failed." He nodded >> yes. I leave out and just sit in my car. I'm going through the steps in my >> head, I refer to my book and yes I followed all steps. He comes outside and >> I stop him. "Sir, I hate to disturb you but could you tell me what was wrong >> with the hand." He says that I should have put the tip to the cuticle area >> on all three fingers. He said he couldn't see the tip on my sculpted nail. >> I told him that a sculpted nail doesn't include a tip, it's free formed. He >> said yes, but when candidates bring in the fingers or even the rubber hand, >> they have to attach the tip to it, then cut it down then sculpt over it so >> that I can see where the sculpting started. I told him that there is no need >> for that on the nail trainer because of the anatomical set up of the nail >> plate. He told me that that is what I will need to do on my next test. I >> went back to my car and cried. I thought all of this would be over on that >> day. I was hoping my experience with the ill-equipped school was over. I >> just didn't have anything else in me. I cried for a long time. I told my >> classmate to just buy the fingers for her test, forget the hand, I didn't >> want them to experience this. She told the instructor who then told the >> school owner who then called boards and they told her that I had a painted >> hand and that is why I failed. My classmate then told the instructor how I >> felt that we were not prepared for the boards and how I felt frustrated that >> the hand they told me was appropriate was not familiar to the examiners. I >> took a pic of the nail trainer to prove that I did not have a "painted >> hand." My classmate showed it to them. Today, I called the school and spoke >> with the owner because I was tired of third party back and forth. I >> explained my situation and she was more interested in defending the school. >> She said that I shouldn't have texted my classmate and stressed them out >> while they were at school. My classmate texted me how I was doing and asked >> for updates. When we talked, she excused herself from the building. For >> those who are unfamiliar with my backstory, I go to a school where we read >> the chapter and then ask the instructor for an answer sheet and take the >> test. We do not have real theory courses, it is mostly independent study. >> I did not have an instructor who guided me daily and a lot of the things I >> learned were from watching education ambassadors on you tube, through forums >> and by reading my text. So it is not as if my texts interrupted class or if >> my classmate excused herself from class. We sit in a room, usually talking >> to each other and that didn't happen for me until I only had 2 months left >> because before then I was the only nail tech student. >> Well, the owner then tells me how I was unprofessional to text my classmate >> and I told her that I was giving my friend the heads up so that she would >> not experience it. I then informed her that I believed it was >> unprofessional for my school not to contact me after they heard about my >> board fiasco. She told me she didn't appreciate me saying that to her. She >> proceeded to raise her voice and over talk me. She ended with that there was >> nothing she could do until she received my results and we would proceed from >> there. I agreed. I sent a pic to my classmate of the hand and she showed >> the instructor who became frustrated because she didn't understand why they >> would fail me because I didn't apply a tip for a sculptured nail. I'm >> feeling pretty down, a day later. I'm not as upset but to know that I will >> have to drive 4 hours again, pay again and continue to deal with this school >> is upsetting. I will purchase the fingers for next time and hopefully, >> whenever I receive the results (I have to call the school every Friday to >> see if they received my results), I hope the test date is soon. I sent off >> for boards in May and received a test date for June 25. Since I probably >> won't be able to send off until July, I probably won't get a date until >> August and I had expected to have moved back to Florida by then and do >> reciprocity. This is so unfortunate :'-( I've attached a photo of my nail >> trainer and the work for state boards. I'm just coming out of school so it >> won't be as spectacular as what you guys are doing. But the middle finger is >> tip with overlay, the ring finger is the repair and the pinky is the sculpt. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NailTech" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. 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