SIMUN blog ll

When we first had to start our research of SIMUN, I thought that it was going to be the hardest things ever. In the beginning, it was horrible because we had to spend a month researching the topics that we had. First we had to look up information about our country. I had Iran, which I thought would make it even harder because nobody likes Iran and they are all over the news so nobody would go on my side. I really needed to do well because of that reason. I did well on the researching of my country but the next part was the part I hated the most and the part that was really hard.

We were assigned four questions to answer, but it wasn’t a yes or no question. They weren’t even short answer or essay answers. They were full paper answers. I had to research the topic and then somehow expand my short “This should happen” answer into a full answer that was about a paper long. The research never seems like the hard thing, but when I researched these questions, nothing came up. It was so aggravating. I finally found my three sources then came the really hard part, expanding the answer. It was extremely difficult but I finished it and had a good time in the end.

Actually going into the first debate day of SIMUN, I didn’t know what to expect. I just sort of sat there for the first couple of minutes and realized that if I wanted to get a decent grade on this, I would have to wake up and say something. So I went on the speaker’s list. Then I made a mistake when I was done with my speaking, I yielded my time to the chair, not questions. I asked some questions throughout the debate and ended up with, what I thought was a pretty good first day. The second day was almost exactly the same as the first except with a new debate and this time; I yielded my time to questions and handled them pretty well. The third day was definitely the most difficult thought. I couldn’t understand where my position was and what was going on. Then I figured it out, added myself to the speaker’s list and right when I was going to speak. Somebody proposed to move into voting procedure and I didn’t get to speak. If we would’ve gone faster, I could’ve done the debate about Iran, which I would’ve been way move involved with but I didn’t get to do that debate. So I think that I did okay but I could’ve done way better. Next year I will definitely get more involved and overall, I was a good experience and I had a good time.

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As Iran I think that the Taliban should not be able to break into Pakistan for the nuclear weapons. You can’t just invade a country for nuclear weapons. Pakistan has nuclear weapons for a reason and that reason is not to give the Taliban bombs to blow people up. The last thing we need is a terrorist group with more nuclear power. Pakistan should be able to have their nuclear weapons because they made them which would mean that the weapons are theirs. Pakistan had the weapons from the beginning so they should be theirs for use. The Taliban would be much more harmful with the amount of nuclear weapons that Pakistan has.

If the Taliban got those nuclear weapons, the U.S., and the world, would be in danger. There aren’t many things worse than a very dangerous terrorist group with nuclear bombs. There could be many things blown up with nuclear weapons. Pakistan won’t mean any harm with their weapons. They should keep the weapons because all that they will use the weapons for is self-defense and safety of their citizens in case of an emergency. The Taliban would not use for in case of emergency, they would use the weapons because they wanted to. So the Taliban should be stopped by somebody from taking over the Pakistani weapon bases so that the world isn’t in complete danger.

Roll of Thunder...

For my book I am reading “Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry. “ I am really enjoying my book. It is about an African American family that is experiencing very rude and cruel behavior towards them. They are getting beaten and harassed. Many whites are very racist to them.
It shows the many differences of the culture of African-Americans back in the sixties. It also shows how the race isn’t different and they should be treated equally. They aren’t very rich and they are a family with a girl, 3 boys, a mother, a grandmother, and a father that is barely ever home. Their father is constantly working for the family and the mother is a teacher. But they still do not have a lot of money. People will shove them and make fun of them and it makes you think, why would they do that? It’s just a person just like me and you. It is just like harassing somebody of your own race. They look different from the outside but are very similar on the inside. They are the same race: Human. Not one race is better than the other. I know many people that would disagree but according to my family and I, all people, black, white, brown, or blue, are equal. In the book, there is a very racist group of people with the last name of Wallace. They beat up all of the black kids that come by and don’t let blacks enter their store. They are one of those groups that think one race is better than the other. If people learn this, the world would be much more peaceful and a lot of more people will be happy. But from where we stand, racism has decreased and continues to decrease but there will also be that one little group of people.