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Jamie Oliver, yet another very successful human being who was believed to flop in life after practically failing all his high school courses (which he shared on Skavlan). Jamie is one of the most world known celebrity chefs and has had various successful television shows/documentaries. He has met some of my favorite idols such as Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Adele and even appeared on the same talk show as the Swedish Princess and her husband. He was also offered a role in The Lord of the Rings in exchange for some cooking. So all the people who looked down on him after his high school results, shove your ignorance where the sun doesn't shine. Facts about Jamie Oliver: Age: 40 Artist Name: Jamie Oliver Shows: Jamie's School Dinners, Jamie's Dream School, etc. Quote: "I left school with basically nothing, I was a special needs kid. I did feel as though my school had let me down." -Jamie Oliver

Quote: “My inspirations would be anyone that follows their dream really, I don’t have a particular role model or musical inspiration, i’m inspired by lots of different people through life and music.” -Nina Nesbitt

So I have been contemplating my last posts and am now thinking of putting together a series called "inspirational people." The reason for this is that one day this blog may fade out because, well, all of us who have been participating are graduating this year and have to transfer into adulthood. However, I don't want to leave you guys without and inspiration to continue fighting on so I will be posting about some of my so-called "idols" in hope that you'll find someone you can follow on social media in order to cheer your stressful days up. I'll put a description about them and the social media platforms you can follow them on. Hopefully you'll find someone relatable. Signing off, Ida 👮🏻

So now is the time us DP2s are not only giving our all to get the studying done for exams, but we are also slowly packing up our things and planning for the life after IB. I'm not going to lie, every time one of my friends talks about what they'll do next year it's a bit like stabbing me in the heart. Like, "friend please stay. I will miss you if you go." But it's only to realize that there's nothing to do about it. We are 19, or turning 19, this year and can't get stuck here. Though we will miss our friends and may not feel 100% ready to take on the life of adulthood you'll see that it will all work out. You don't have to have everything planned out ahead of time; be willing to take risks and fall. My friend told me today, "if we hadn't worked so dang hard for the diploma then I wouldn't mind not getting it. It would be good to learn to fail and pick myself up. You know, to not always be 'safe.'" I couldn't agree more. We have to be willing to fail; no matter how hard we work we cannot always succeed and we need to learn that that is ok. As long as we have given it our best shot that is what matters. So take that into adulthood as well. Don't be scared to live your life how you want. And now that we say goodbye to our friends, don't cancel them out from your future. A good friend will always stay in your heart and support you through your ups and downs. ❤️ Signing off, Ida