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 <theretreatgrambl...@gmail.com> >To: nailtech@googlegroups.com >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 nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to nailtech@googlegroups.com. >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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