I started attending Regency Beauty Institute In July. I attended the Southgate, Michigan campus. This is one of the worst mistakes of MY LIFE, and no this is not an exaggeration. The educator's are down right rude and harassing and wouldn't mind making you quit, because they have a 2 month waiting list to flip another 17,500 dollars. This school is also not for pregnant women - they will not tolerate pregnancy. I would do your research. Educators here are horrible - uneducated - hardly know what they're doing and trust me you'll see them go out just as fast as they come in. They're's a very high turn over rate in educator's here and they make un-professional remarks. Even going as far as calling one girl a 'dumb blonde' infront of the whole class. Not only that you are told to throw out all of your products at home and buy redkin and told to try to sell redkin at every oppurtunity you get. I was asked by an educator 'why i was allowed to sign up pregnant?', and 'if they knew i was pregnant when they let me sign up...' considering i was 5 monthes and told them i told her yes and she replied with something like 'they must not know what they're doing up there' when i was 8 monthes pregnant i asked them if i could sit while working the reception area - i only asked for a 15 minute break and they said no. So I was alright with that I figured of course they need a doctor's note - Its a technicality, so I asked if I could sit today and get a doctor's note for them tommorow - No was the answer. She said she didn't think they could accept a doctor's note and that I would probably have to take my leave early - BASICALLY FORCING ME OUT IF I DID GET A DOCTOR'S NOTE. I couldn't believe it - and i wasn't even on the floor. I was working the reception desk. I asked if I could go get it and come back because by this point my feet we're swelling - No was the next answer. I called my O.B. To get it faxed and the fax was broken [which surprisingly happens when they don't want to accept our doctors notes], and then I had to have my doctor's office call and basically tell them they better let me sit, and then finally the fax machine was up my fax wen threw, but I barley ever sat, because they would tell me to stand 'or go home'... So I had to go get a support belt to support my stomach, and back because they forced me to stand. Even after my c-section my doctor's not was still on file and I was still told to stant, and I didn't even have release paperwork. They do not discuss things with you one on one they'll discuss confidential matters in front of the whole class, and talk about you with other students - they act as if they're still in high school. They specifically told me and another girl that we had to wear make-up, so I went out and got new make up - even though I tried to explain I was a full time student [32-38 hours a week] and 34 weeks pregnant and that sometimes I just didn't feel good enough in the morning to put it on, although I did always brush and pull my hair back and always looked clean and was well groomed [but then I was told ponytails were not allowed], but face make up and mascara weren't enough. They brought us all out on the floor, told us WE HAVE TO WEAR MAKE UP and told us not to question it. It was in our contract, and that if we didn't wear it we would be sent home. And I was constantly harassed and ridiculed about my clothing - even though it was with-in dresscode, because they didn't like my maternity clothes. I was forced to state infront of everyone that, because I was in school and taking an income loss that I didn't have money to constantly buy new clothes and that I was getting bigger so I didn't know what would fit me from week to week, which embarassed me when they could have taken me aside. I should not have to state that infront of about 30 girls and some clients and all of them by this time listening. I'am not the only girl that they do this too - ask around. Another girl also asked if she could sit - obtained a doctor's note and was told to stand and rushed herself to the hospital - due to complications. I had to withdraw, because they harassed me so bad infront other students. I was so embarassed! Plus implied they didn't want pregnant women going to school there. I never went back. I filed a Civil rights complaint - The treatment is horrible... I wouldn't want anyone else to have to withstand this treatment. I can't believe they get away with it. The crazy part is your a student. You pay them to come here, and employer's would treat you better then this. You have to ask to go to the bathroom or even get a drink. Do not give this school 17,500 dollars, they will treat you horribly, insult and harass you infront of clients and fellow students. Trust me i wouldn't ever want to leave a school i had 350 hours or 17,500 dollars invested - not to mention above a 90% gpa... I love cosmetology - well i did, but now i'm not even sure i want to do this they put a really bad taste in my mouth - they're was also supposedly a 'pregnancy first' petition passed around my campus but i wasn't they're when this happened so this may not be true, and i feel soo sooo sorry for my girls that are still they're - especially those pregnant, but even those that aren't. Is this professionally acceptable? Expectant mothers especially beware, do the research and just because its beautiful on the inside, make sure the people are gonna treat you like your human.
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