In Season 1, I had the opportunity to be a part of the Model United Nations activity. During the course of this activity, I learned many things which I found really helpful.
I was a part of this activity for the last year and as a result of that, I had managed to gain a lot of experience. Since an activity of this caliber requires a lot of knowledge pertaining to the proceedings, I realized that I had to be very detail orientated in the speeches and all the points that I had made. Hence, all the experience that I had gathered in Grade 10 helped me consolidate my skills this year. I believe that I am good at making my points clear as they are clear and concise. I also believe that I am a good self-manager as I am able to take responsibility for my learning throughout the activity. I would like to improve in working together with people when we have to make resolutions as I believe that I have to be the one who single-handedly should control everything that goes on.
Being a part of this activity, I learned a lot about the way I collaborate with the fellow members of the activity. It was important for me to collaborate with the people in the activity as well as the people who were in the same committee as me during the conference. It was important to collaborate in order to get our respective ideas forth for the smooth running of the debate. The fact that there were so many points that had to be debated about involved a lot of collaboration in order to come up with points in order to improve and fruitfully contribute towards the smooth running of the debate. Some challenges that we faced on the way was that of the different points of views that each one of us had and coming to a conclusion on the what we want to be presented in front of the topic. To overcome these challenges, we analyzed the pros and cons of each point that was controversial and we had discussions as to why these points should be included. This was a good test of our collaborative skills as we had to collaborate in an effective manner in order to decide what points we should go ahead with. Some challenges could not be overcome because there were too many people who were against certain points that were made. In the future, I should focus more on listening more actively to the points that were put forth as that will not only help the course of the debate as well as my knowledge.
Through all the skills that I acquired during the course the Model United activity, it led me to actively participating in the conference and as a result, I was an honorable mention. Hence, I had a very fruitful session where I was able to develop many new skills as well as consolidate my acquired skills from the past. Throughout the course of this activity, I have also become aware of my strengths and weaknesses in terms of collaboration and communication since those are the two main skills that are required in being successful in this particular activity.
I love how passionate you are about MUN – what do you think the biggest thing that you have become aware of since participating in MUN?