Best Experience

It's a shame that the Model UN is already over. Unfortunately, it passed by fast. I mean the class is a semester long, but it felt shorter than that. Either way, I am grateful for the experience because I have never done anything like the Model UN. At the conference, I had the opportunity to work with delegates from the U.S. and countries all over the world. I had a chance to learn about what happens in the United Nations and Robert's Rules of Order.

The things that helped me be prepared for the conference, unlike other delegates, were that I had more than enough research and participating in the simulations that we did in class. My 3 inch binder was a pain to carry around most of the time but it was worth it because I used it plenty of times in my committee. I actually had other delegates compliment me on my binder and the amount of research I had in it. Aside from having more than enough amount of research, participating in the simulations that we did in class helped immensely because they were very close, almost exact, to the simulations that happen at the conference. This is all thanks to Dr. Jones who made sure that we were well prepared for the conference in order to make the experience pleasant and easy. So..... thank you Dr. Jones for everything that you did in class and in Chicago.

Before I post this blog, I would like to leave two pieces of advice for future students of the Model UN. My first piece of advice is to pay attention to EVERYTHING that Dr. Jones says in class and at the conference. My second piece of advice is to stay in character at all times. In other words, you should always be the country that you are representing and not an American student at a conference. Be the role, play the role, and enjoy the role.

Good luck future Model UN delegates!