Cosmetology Class Essay

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It all began my freshman year of high school when I was told about elective classes that would help me decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. I always had a passion for doing hair, make-up, and nails so that was easy for me to choose an elective. My freshman and sophomore year I decided I would take cosmetology classes. I would spend two hours each day of school in the cosmetology lab, which was always cold and smelled like hairspray, burnt hair from the straighteners or a strong acetone smell that someone gets a whiff of at a nail salon. We learned so much material and I had a good time practicing my skills on manikins and other classmates. One thing I didn’t enjoy was the gossip and drama, but of course one would expect that from a class …show more content…

I was super excited but also nervous because I had no idea what I was getting myself into. My first thoughts were, “wow these are all freshman, why does this classroom smell like lavender and what is that annoying squeaky smell?” The lavender smell was a burning candle and that annoying squeaky sound was a super old heater in the back of the classroom. I sat next to a new girl named Jennifer, she just so happened to be in the same grade as me so I wasn’t alone. Jennifer always smelled like different perfumes from bath and body works. As weeks, months, and a year went by it was my senior year and I had grown so close to Jennifer and my teacher, Mrs. Huff. I realized how much I loved that class and how happy I was that God had led me down that path! I was filled with so much joy entering Mrs. Huff’s class my first day of my senior year because I was beginning my clinicals. Once I started visiting the hospital, Tennova, participating in and watching procedures I realized nursing is exactly what I wanted to do! The best surgery I got to witness was a baby being born; it wasn’t a pleasant sight, looked very painful and the smell of blood was so strong I felt like I could taste it, yuck! But, it was an amazing experience and I considered labor and delivery as my future

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