MUN - Activity

Firstly, I always wanted to participate in MUN but I was always afraid that I would not be as smart as the rest of the people there or be capable of coming up with the same quality of statements and arguments as they could. However, once I heard that our school GIS was organizing our very first ever MUN, I was interested and figured I may as well try it somewhere where I am comfortable first before going to participate in the large ones. (LO1) I was already really good at debates about worldwide issues and basically about anything not science related but I realized that I only ever had a debate with people in my class or people I know, not strangers or people from other schools so I felt by debating with them I could gain wider knowledge. (LO2) The challenges I encountered were that many students were a lot more prepared than me and the people within my committee had more experience which made me very nervous, the people there were of a lot of help, especially the chairs since I had lost my voice and was unable to talk, they allowed me to write everything I had to say down. (LO3) Even though it was hard without my voice I was still was committed to try to participate through all the activities by writing as fast as I could and typing on my laptop the things that I wanted to say. (LO4) Without the help of the chairs and pagers I wouldn't have been able to participate in the event as the pagers would read out my speeches and statements while also explaining to me what I had to do. Also, the other people in my committee who had experience from going to a lot of MUNs would help me figure out what to say and instruct me on how the whole debate was going to go. (LO5) I engaged with issues of global significance