I agree...you have EVERY RIGHT to contact your State Board. You are seeking a professional license...as a professional they HAVE to honor you with a professional response. Follow Maggie’s link, keep writing and following up. Some person will eventually be the person that can help you sort this out. You followed their rules as stated. They are responsible for the actions of those they contract with to administer their testing. Water dripping on stone....water dripping on stone.....
Karen From: Maggie in Visalia Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 2:50 PM To: nailtech@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NailTech:: Took my State Boards--not what I expected YOU SURE AS HE!! CAN CONTACT YOUR STATE BOARD!!!!!!!! As a licensee, you will be entering a relationship with the state of Lousiana. As a student preparing to become a licensee, you have already begun that courtship. If your school has lead you to believe that you are not "allowed" to contact the board directly, your school is........ well, I think we've already established what we think of your school, haven't we? And the state board NEEDS to know how poorly that school is operating, as that school has entered into a relationship with the state as well, most likely requiring special permits/licenses to operate the program. The state needs to know that the school is failing to operate in compliance. Your state board contact info: http://www.lsbc.louisiana.gov/contact_address.aspx Your board looks to have a decent site. I know I prefer to do my correspondence with CA state board via email. That way I have their information IN WRITING complete with the contact info of the person who answered my questions. You may get frustrated dealing directly with the board. If it's anything like CA, you're going to have to make a lot of calls, take a lot of names, make more calls, get disconnected while on hold and have to call back. But keep telling your story and keep asking for the names and contact info for the people you need to be speaking with. You'll get it. And once you get it, don't lose it. Don't give up! 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 1:50 PM Subject: Re: NailTech:: Took my State Boards--not what I expected In Louisiana, we (students) are not allowed to call the State Boards only the school can and I didn't think I needed to have them call again since the school told me I could use the nail trainer. If I have to retake, I'm using the individual fingers since it appears that is what the antiquated boards wants. Thank you for the feedback. DeVaria On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:12:54 PM UTC-5, Melissa wrote: I'm so sorry to hear about your experience. :( I called my state board to see if I could use the nail trainer and they couldn't tell me. They said they were only able to give me technical advice. As far as I knew, that was pretty technical. After that, I just decided to use the plastic hand that came with my kit and glued on full coverage nails. I was in a similar situation as well with school. I pretty much watched YouTube all day, read my book on my own and did some tests they gave me. I was the only student with a couple others in and out. If you have to pay for the test again, I'd be seeing about having the school pay for it, if you can. Melissa On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:04 AM, CloserToMyDreams <theretrea...@gmail.com > wrote: 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+u...@ googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nail...@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. 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. 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