MUN Reflection

Allison
10-28-08

On October 24th at our school we had MUN which means model united nations. We had to model what the actual UN does by recereating it with real issues and real country repersentations. I was given the country Romania which is located in Eastern Europe. I was on the UNEP commite and we talked about CFC emmisions and the green industry.
I thought that MUN was a lot of fun. I really liked being able to be argumentative and come up with solutions to important problems and go against what everyone else did, and not following the crowd. I was Romania and although I was allied with many different countries I felt that no one was listening to what I had to say, so with the help of Peru I we made our own resolution. Peru and my resolution did not get passed however I think that it did not get passed because everyone sided with the "smart people" of our group and wouldn't even listen to what we had to say. I think that if people were more open minded and not so focused on following the people that are thought of as smart then I think a lot more people would have seen our point of view and sided with us.
Although I liked MUN I didnt like how i was not able to debate, because debating is one of my favorite things to do. I think that I can use MUN as a reminder for me to be like I was in MUN and always be active participant.
I think that I particpated a lot more than I anticipated, but I think that I could have gotten a better award if I talked more and was more agressive with what i was saying.