Animas High School Model United Nations
Model United Nations is an idea that many different colleges and high school clubs are based on. MUN is based on the real United Nations. The United Nations or UN is a global organization created after WWII that is working towards world peace. It consists of 193 member states each with an ambassador from their country. The United Nations uses something called parliamentary procedure, parliamentary procedure is a way of talking to get things done in a shorter amount of time and in a democratic way. The UN works with counties to maintain peace and safety, to protect human rights, deliver humanitarian aid, promote sustainable development, and uphold international law. The United Nations has many different sub-organizations that focus on one specific issue. Such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. MUN is a replica of sorts for the UN, there are competitions all around the world of high school and college-age students competing to show who is the most proficient in parliamentary procedure. Model United Nations helps young people understand what is really going on in the UN and the United States government. I think that MUN is a great way to learn about parliamentary procedure.
If I were to do this project again I would make sure that I was better at parliamentary procedure and that I had a better list of all the possibilities and a step by step list of what to do, I knew how to do it and what most of the things were but I was not proficient as I could have been. The reason I felt like a fish out of water is that I was not prepared for every possibility, I thought something was going to go one way and it went another. The part of the parliamentary procedure that I was most confused on and had the most difficulty with was the voting block section. I was counting on my partner who was proficient in this section to cover me and help me out, but unfortunately, they could not make it so I was unsure of how to perform the voting block with proficiency. If I had the possibility to do this again I would spend more time perfecting parliamentary procedure so I was more comfortable with its ins and outs. I would have also spent much more time understanding all of the professional words that go along with parliamentary procedure.
This project opened to my eyes that one of the main reasons governments can get things done is because of this system they have implemented into their meetings and conferences. I learned so much about The United Kingdom and how climate change has the possibility to flood over a million people and negatively affect the ocean and sea with cold water. I have noticed that having a precise set of rules can make things very democratic and can help people represent their ideas so everyone can hear all the sides of a story. I also have learned what countries think and believe about climate change and the refugee crisis. I learned that countries that produce a lot of greenhouse gases tend to be the ones against enforcing rules against greenhouse gases which makes sense. I gained a lot of knowledge about carbon taxes, solar panels, wind turbines, and all sorts of ways to prevent and slow down climate change. I think that looking at a specific countries views can help you to understand how crazy your counties views sometimes are.
The biggest and most impactful thing I took away from this project is my understanding of what actually happens in the United Nations and other similar government meetings. I had a rough idea of what I thought was going on but I learned much more in-depth what actually is happening to decide our laws and regulations. I learned that there is a more refined way of arguing that when perfected can yield incredible results with minimal disappointment and an understanding from all parties involved. I first realized how different our parliamentary procedure was then governments parliamentary procedure when I was watching videos of Model United Nations competition, I saw how effectively the got stuff done. I then watched some United Nations meetings and I was amazed by how quickly they got through the parliamentary procedure. I think that our unrefined version of parliamentary procedure was so ineffective because it took so much time to get anything passed and to even hear what people were thinking.
If I were to do this project again I would make sure that I was better at parliamentary procedure and that I had a better list of all the possibilities and a step by step list of what to do, I knew how to do it and what most of the things were but I was not proficient as I could have been. The reason I felt like a fish out of water is that I was not prepared for every possibility, I thought something was going to go one way and it went another. The part of the parliamentary procedure that I was most confused on and had the most difficulty with was the voting block section. I was counting on my partner who was proficient in this section to cover me and help me out, but unfortunately, they could not make it so I was unsure of how to perform the voting block with proficiency. If I had the possibility to do this again I would spend more time perfecting parliamentary procedure so I was more comfortable with its ins and outs. I would have also spent much more time understanding all of the professional words that go along with parliamentary procedure.
This project opened to my eyes that one of the main reasons governments can get things done is because of this system they have implemented into their meetings and conferences. I learned so much about The United Kingdom and how climate change has the possibility to flood over a million people and negatively affect the ocean and sea with cold water. I have noticed that having a precise set of rules can make things very democratic and can help people represent their ideas so everyone can hear all the sides of a story. I also have learned what countries think and believe about climate change and the refugee crisis. I learned that countries that produce a lot of greenhouse gases tend to be the ones against enforcing rules against greenhouse gases which makes sense. I gained a lot of knowledge about carbon taxes, solar panels, wind turbines, and all sorts of ways to prevent and slow down climate change. I think that looking at a specific countries views can help you to understand how crazy your counties views sometimes are.
The biggest and most impactful thing I took away from this project is my understanding of what actually happens in the United Nations and other similar government meetings. I had a rough idea of what I thought was going on but I learned much more in-depth what actually is happening to decide our laws and regulations. I learned that there is a more refined way of arguing that when perfected can yield incredible results with minimal disappointment and an understanding from all parties involved. I first realized how different our parliamentary procedure was then governments parliamentary procedure when I was watching videos of Model United Nations competition, I saw how effectively the got stuff done. I then watched some United Nations meetings and I was amazed by how quickly they got through the parliamentary procedure. I think that our unrefined version of parliamentary procedure was so ineffective because it took so much time to get anything passed and to even hear what people were thinking.