Very true! Just curious though why don't more hairdressers train privately with Toni and guy in an intensive course (money issues aside), juniors are frequently abused as cheap labour, NOT always, but just wondered, cos by the time you had got a career development loan trained and then you could be on the floor earning quicker, than faffing round making tea.
The reason is that it costs a fortune, plus, it's often just a six month course. Answer truthfully, would you want a 16 year old with six months training cutting your hair for full price? No? Neither would I.
Contrary to what nail techs and therapists believe, hair takes a bit of practicing. It's not a question of 'learning' a cut, it needs to be practiced around ten times, then UNDERSTOOD. The idea with an apprentiship is that it gives people the time and space to do this.
Salon owners rarely take on people with a two year college course alone under their belt, let alone a six month one. We like people who are apprentice trained.
To the OP, if this lady is doing hair, then watch, ask questions, learn. You are in the invironment, make the most of it. She isn't there to train you, in the way a college teacher is, she is there to do her clients and make her living. YOU are responsible for learning as much as you can from her. It's a difficult concept to get your head around, but that's how it works.
You could always give it up, and swap your 80 quid after bus fares for the dole. You wouldn't be that much worse off.
