So the worst is over, I hope, of hair school, and now it's my time to share what hairstyling school has been like.
I'll be honest, with less than three months left of school, I'm just waiting for it to be over. In the case of my school, (and with a lot of hair schools) by this time, I'm expected to be able to take pretty much any client that comes my way, not to toot my on horn, but I'd say I'm up to take on about 90% of the clients that come in to my school.
The first two months of school were easy, Basic Cuts class, followed by Salon Cuts class, but really, by the time I left those classes, I still had no idea how to do a haircut. Pretty much all I learned in those classes was the technique behind cutting hair, how to hold your shears, how to hold the hair, etc. but that's not even half of cutting hair.
The next two made a basket case of us all, let alone that these two months my class was joined by some choice characters. Perms and basic sets. Perm class is as boring as it sound, practice wrapping and unwrapping a perm, and the chemistry behind perms and relaxers. I will say though, that with the hard work and dedication to practising that I put in to that class, I can wrap a perm with the best of them now. Basic Sets seemed to be the class with the most foreign of concepts to myself and the rest of the students, but honestly, when was the last time you or one of your friends hit up a salon to get a roller set or a head of skip waves? That's probably the class that my teachers lost me the most on, I could barely get myself out of bed in the morning if I knew that a roller set was what I would be facing that day.
January was my blessed month. Barbering. For anyone that's ever asked me about school, I probably would have told you how I walked into the school wanting to be a colour technician, and seven months later, I'm looking into barber shops. Despite how much I hate the school, my teachers, my classmates, I would stomach it all if I could spend all day with clippers in my hand. Clippers are totally, totally different from cutting hair with shears, and is a whole technique on its own, a technique that I picked up quickly and loved. Basically, I'm saying that guys who wants a nice fade, line up.
We've just been downhill from there, two months of colour class in a row. Applying colour really is not something we need to practice as much as we do, but I guess any practice is good practice? I think I checked out after the first day, this is the class where I can confidently say, I've learned the least. Not that there isn't a lot to learn in colour class, but that I just had a great co-op placement before starting school where I learned all I needed to learn. The most valuable thing I've learned all month is how to put in foil highlights, which is surprisingly way easier to do than I thought.
Throughout the length of my program, I've managed to keep a 90% average on my theory tests, and better than decent attendance. That's not to say that these are easy things to do judging by my classmates, but it's been one of the things I'd urge everyone to not forget if they plan on attending a hairstyling school, keep your theory sharp and attendance up, especially if you're in an hours based program, and double especially if your school charges for over time hours.
Overall, hair school has definitely had more downs than ups, between the issues I've had with my school director, teachers, and classmates, I'm just waiting for it to be over. I hate the place, I hope it gets shut down as soon as I get my diploma. My way of explaining it is that I love what I'm learning, and I love hairstyling, but I hate the school with every fibre of my being.
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