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I am currently in the middle of my first week of holidays. Hooray! I return January 30 for my last 3 months of college ever...what a super fast journey this has been.

This last trimester I have been completed advanced facials (the subject I originally deferred in trimester 2), spa therapies and technically student clinic (I'll be returning a few days in order to make up missed classes). Next year I return for make-up and advanced beauty (this class is essentially learning acne skin facials and using electrical machinery on the body).

This last trimester has been quite simple in terms of practical and theory exam study, and there was one assignment (the only actual self-research assignment of the whole course) for spa therapy class that was a bit tough and quite a few of the other girls struggled with. We were tasked with researching a couple of existing salons or spas and writing a detailed report on them, and then also creating our own salon and describing how we would operate it. There was also a workbook to complete about sustainable environmental practices in the workplace which very nearly everyone struggled with - it was a very government worded book which can be a tough code to crack, even for the smartest of us!

In spa therapies class you learn hydrotherapy using the colleges big fancy hydrotub (it's a lovely treatment) and how to do a nourishing full body wrap (exfoliation, mask, moisturise and scalp massage). Then in advanced facials you learn how to do a facial on mature/ageing skins with electrical machines and how to do a facial on sensitive skins.

Everything is still mostly good in general, I still have some of the same complaints I've had all year like being treated like a child and doing lots of slave labour that saves the college money and brings them profit...but hey that's what big companies do eh? I have been pretty lucky to have some down to earth, knowledgable and passionate teachers throughout the year and I'm glad for that.

Last week all of the girls I've studied with (and some I've come to be pals with) graduated the course forever and some are even already in jobs! Going to miss some of them when I go back next year *sob*

One of my friends that was graduating, who I must say is one of the smartest in the college and has never failed a thing, was failed for her very last exam of the course and was required to pay $200 to resit it...felt a little bit like the college wanted to milk a bit of money before they let their graduates go...I was very angry for her and am now worried about it happening to me because there's no way I could pull $200 out of nowhere (I don't even have 5 cents in my saving account haha). Just like my friend, I've applied myself very well in this course and most often scored 100% the first time around and have never had to resit an exam. Fingers crossed I can graduate clean without paying an extra cent!

So, let's catch up next year when I graduate ;)