The Worst Esthetics' Instructor

      As many of you have probably already read at some point, I attended three different esthetician schools (dropped out of one 1st week because I couldn't swallow the hefty price tag). I know you probably can't imagine attending more than one, but my life circumstances changed and it made it necessary. Long story. Anyway, I was blessed to have one exceptional teacher and then I was unfortunate enough to have Ms. Charlotte (name changed for privacy).
       Ms. Charlotte, she was a very nice lady, but she didn't teach much of anything. I don't know if she even had the passion or drive to teach us anything, she seemed to take the let them teach themselves attitude. She would pop in some DVD's for us, occasionally she would do a small practical lesson, and then the rest of the time she would have us read and answer our own questions. She never offered any real world experiences from her past; she never gave us projects to enhance our learning; and there was never a planned out lesson. It was kind of a free for all. Do what you want and hope you pass the state boards. It was a licensing course at best, it wasn't a place of higher learning, it wasn't a school that molded high quality and ethical estheticians. They wanted to turnover students quickly like a fast food joint, and they produced those types of estheticians.
     At the end of the program, I found out Ms. Charlotte never worked a day in her life as an esthetician. Instead, she worked as a secretary at the beauty school and attended esthetician school at night. Lucky for her, a job opened up after she graduated and she went from secretary to esthetics' instructor. She couldn't convey to the students what it was like to work as an esthetician, or give them real world experiences because she never had any.
      Fortunately for me, the other school that I went to was of  a much higher quality. The difference to me was the instructor; the instructor loved shaping and molding high quality estheticians. She was not going to let students out the door on her good reputation without training them to the highest standards! Ms. Charlotte, well I don't think she ever thought beyond her classroom doors and what types of estheticians she turned over.
      The lesson for this story is never be afraid to switch esthetician schools if you don't jive with the instructor, or you don't feel like you are getting your money's worth. Your esthetician program can make or break your career so make sure it is the right school for you!