Model UN

The Model UN simulation was very interesting. At first, I was skeptical as to why the length of the session was so long and also what we were actually in for. As the day went on, I feel as if everyone in our group kind of slowly got the idea. From the start, we did not speak from an American perspective. We really talked and thought as if we were from Kuwait. What I enjoyed most about the seminar was how close our group got to know each other. We were all very comfortable with one another from the start, but throughout the day we all seemed to know what our intensions and motives were. Relatively speaking, we all had very good ideas and imput for the debates. For the domestic issues, some of us had different approaches, but we were very democratic in a Kuwaitian way. We listened to one anothers imput and then discussed how to address the issues and make policies accordingly. A few of the domestic issues in the beginning were very obvious to me that they were "busy" issues. I felt like they could have been avoided far before we started talking about them. Our international issues were really fun. I enjoyed going down and meeting students that represented other countries. A few students were really sketchy, especially China. We had a few misunderstandings but overall, it was really enjoyable.
I do not think I was prepared overall, but I do feel as if what we did know was plenty enough. To really be successfull all we really had to do was just know what Kuwait is like politically and economically. Real research and articles I felt, were not neccessary to do well or voice an opinion in the seminar. I do feel as if you knew what your country was about and the mindset of the country, then that's all you needed to know, along side a few maybe historical events that would help determine policies. I did feel as if I was prepapared for many of the domestic issues. Especially that of the economic issues pertaining to minimum wage and foreign workers and immigration issues. On the international level, I felt it was a win win and if we were passionate about it, we would discuss but other than that, the issues were blague.
What I am most proud of it two things. The first thing is that we had a successfull assasination attempt on the Chinese prime minister. That was a lot of fun. We had a dispute between Iraq and Saudi Arabia over an oil drill in the ocean. That was also entertaining. Another thign was one domestic issue pertainign to minimum wage, I had the opportunity to use my economic knowledge to develop a successful plan to raise minimum wage without increasing inflation.
One thign I wish we did was have more issues. We only had a couple and I felt that most of the time it was us just waiting to see what the news said. But we should have been making the news. I felt also that some of the issues could have been more realistic. Nothing is so easily cut and dry. Most politics have very serious issues that take time to fix. Whoever thought of our issues is a good writer.