For those who care, and those who don't:

After 5 weeks of School, I was attending The Austin School of Spa Technology located in Albany NY, I withdrew. What should have been an easy experience turned into a huge mess. Why I withdrew:(not in order of importance) #1 I am not trying to say that I am better than anyone, because I don't believe that one person is worth more than another, however, there are social classes in which each individual person falls. Every morning, I made the 3 minute walk from the parking lot to the school, during which time I was harassed by the various men standing outside. It was extremely uncomfortable, and no I was not the only one with this problem, EVERY woman that passed had this problem. #2 There was absolutely NO education happening. In the first 5 weeks our class had learned nothing, not one of us could perform a simple mini facial, backcial, or any sort of wax. Our teacher did not have the capacity to teach us effectively, which resulted in jumping from subject to subject every class period, without proper teaching of the methods, testing, or example. She signed us off on things we could not perform, gave us the answers to every test, including our midterm and final, and had so little knowledge of the curriculum that she relied on other students for answers. #3 On Fridays we would attend a sanitation course combined with barber and cosmetology students. Every woman was harassed by the barber students throughout the entire 4 hours, without staff doing anything about it. In fact, a barbering teacher also inserted himself in many extremely inappropriate conversations with the students, including but not limited to: child support, court rulings, incarceration, sexual relationships, STDs, and more. He spoke in a very "inner city" demeanor and referred to himself as a professional. #4 The Aesthetics program at The Austin School of Spa Technology was an afterthought. The students had non-working equipment, some of us still did not have our uniforms or books--after 5 weeks. Hardly any of the steamers, electrical outlets, or magnifying lamps worked, and there was ONE towel warmer for the whole class to use. The beds were old and dirty, we never had enough sheets or towels, and half the time the products were low or completely out. The Director of Aesthetics also placed a cosmetology teacher in our class room who was supposed to teach us about aesthetics... this, for obvious reason did not work, and like I said earlier, she had no knowledge of the subject which resulted in a horrible education for the students.

What I did about it:
#1, On friday the 21st I properly, VOLUNTARILY withdrew myself from the school, my letter included the following, word for word "I Erica Bowman do not feel as though I will receive and adequate education at this school." Signed and dated. I then left. I tried calling financial aid probably 30 times after that to figure out what, if anything I owed the school for my time there. 2 weeks later I received a call that I owed 1086.00. During that 2 weeks, I wrote the Attorney Generals Fraud Dept. The NY State Board of Education, and FAFSA. They all returned my calls, and formal letters in a timely manner. The NY State board of education assigned an investigator to my case right away.
As of 3 days ago, I found out that I owe nothing to the school, and that there have been a variety of similar complaints to mine, and that they have a LOT of work to do at The Austin School of Spa Technology.

What The Austin School of Spa Technology did:
Ms. Angela Vitti, the department chair came into my former classroom, and explained to my former classmates that I was involuntarily removed from the school, that I wouldn't stop mouthing off, so she asked me to leave.
Mrs. Karen Sheppard, my former teacher began telling students that I was unruly, and that I was removed from the school by Ms. Vitti.
They both later conspired to tell the students that I was not able to get into any other Aesthetics programs, and was therefore begging to come back to the program at Austin's. (This is the most ridiculous rumor because I haven't even applied to another school yet)
These are only some of the immature, and untrue things that are being said about me. I forwarded all this information (which I received from a former classmate who also complained) to the investigator on my case.

I think it is absurd to be in a leadership position and yet be allowed to act like a child. None of the accusations were true in any amount, and not only that, why am I being the topic of any conversation? Are we really going to allow people like this to teach in school systems? Is FAFSA really going to endorse a school who has no sense of education? These are the questions I am currently working on, when I get answers, I'll update.