I've Graduated!

  

It's been a while - again, I know. After finishing my exams, the lead-up to a very important event had been consuming all my time and attention - my graduation! 

I've been a student all throughout the journey this blog has taken me on during the past two and a half years, so I felt like it was only right to share this big milestone with you guys as well.

Where Have I Been: Meltdowns, Graduation and New Beginnings

It's been really long, I know. I thought about my blog a lot during the past few months, and I really missed having a spare hour or two to sit down and write a post. I was so incredibly busy ever since the beginning of the year that I managed to publish exactly a handful of posts, and it made me feel awful.

There is, however, a reason why I haven't been able to find time for my small space on the internet since January - the past five months have been leading up to my Abitur, which could be described as the German equivalent of British A-Levels, and ultimately, my graduation.
The closer I got to my first exam, which was on May 3rd, the more I felt like all I did was revising. My butt was pretty much glued to my desk for hours on end - I didn't go out, I didn't get to spend quality time with my family or even read. I literally have a pile of 12 books that I've accumulated since Christmas and haven't touched since.

Exams were one hell of a ride. I think everyone who has graduated will be able to recall the stress and both the physical and psychological exhaution they bring with them. I was glad when I had the chance to creep into bed at night, so there was no way I was going to produce enjoyable content for you guys - and if I myself don't feel like my heart is in my writing, then I really do not want to share it with you.

Finding the Right Prom Dress

I don't know if anyone who reads my blog is aware of this, but I'm going to graduate in three months! I know right, three months - ever since the beginning of my last year at school I've felt like final exams and graduation were light years away, but now they're just around the corner!

Besides wondering how the hell I'm going to revise the past two years' content in time (save me), I, like pretty much every other girl in my year, have been on the hunt for the perfect dress to wear to our prom/graduation party. 

While I myself have already found a dress for the big day, I thought I could offer some prom dress inspiration to all the girl out there who are still searching for the one to take their breath away.

So I teamed up with alessmode, an amazing online shop that offers a broad variety of formal dresses - including wedding dresses, homecoming dresses, and - you name it! - prom dresses.*

When it comes to prom dresses, most of us will have at least a vague idea of what we're looking for - if that's the case for you, you can sort the dresses by style, color, or price. While going through the pages and pages of gorgeous dresses, I found four that I adored - here they come!

(picture credits to alessmode)

Education And Its Side Effects | Lifestyle

Hi everybody!

I know, I know. I promised you guys that my next blog post wouldn't be about a heated topic, but, as I'm quite the feisty person, I get into arguments every now and then - just because if I think something's wrong, I won't shut up about it.

As you know, I'm currently in high school - a sophomore, to be more precise.

And to be honest, I love learning. Learning new things, like a new language, for example, is incredibly interesting.

But I hate the idea of studying. And that's what school is about these days, if you take a look at it.

Let's be real, you don't get home from school, sit down at your desk and think - "I'm going to learn my notes by heart just because I think the topic we discussed in class is pretty damn neat."

No, you do it because you have to if you want to pass a quiz, a test, an exam, a final.

Passing. It's all about passing.

And as if to prove my point, my entire class is having a mental breakdown over the Physics exam we're taking tomorrow as I'm typing these words.

And we're not talking "Damn, this is annoying" kind of reactions.

We're talking me studying for 5 hours without a single break.

We're talking my friend calling me, on the edge of crying.

We're talking some not even showing up for multiple days of classes so they have more time to study for one exam.

When did we reach the point where students would rather miss possibly important classes so they could try - and often fail - to pass some stupid exam?

I don't know about you, but I think somewhere between the idea of educating young people and this, something went very wrong.

Honorable mentions in what is wrong with our school system go to the fact that not only most of the people you will come across in your school career, but also a lot of teachers will take any given chances to pick on you, humiliate you.

I've met one too many of those teachers - my Physics teacher.

To be quite honest with you, even though I don't like judging people only by the things they chose to let me know about them, but I don't know how a woman who tells her students that they should leave her classroom and never set foot in it again because they obviously are too dumb to even take on a job at McDonald's would be able to raise two kids to be responsible adults, let alone teach a good hundred students a day.

I'm just rambling - yet again - but I needed to get this off my chest.

Because, being sophomores, most of the people in my year have reached the point where they either run on a lot of pain killers because they can't miss school even if they're having a migrane or they don't show up for school for weeks because it makes them feel that bad, heck, even depressed.

So when I say that I hate school it dosen't mean that I hate education or knowledge - it means that I hate the stress and the high expectations, it means I hate being treated liked shit, it means I hate the people who make me feel like a failure daily.

What are your thoughts on this? Have you nodded or rolled your eyes while reading my view on this topic?

Also, if you're feeling nice, please comment with which (beauty related) blog posts you would like to see me do in the future! :)

Thanks for reading, and I'll see y'all very soon!

Franzi x