SIMUN

My first SIMUN experience was better than I thought it was going to be. The atmosphere of everyone in their dress up clothes got me in the mood. I would take 100 days of SIMUN over one day of school anytime. It taught me how to use a parliamentary procedure and how to almost politely insult someone. During the second day of SIMUN we were discussing the topic of having America not sell arms to Zimbabwe due to the riots (in our scenario Zimbabwe was having riots). After I spoke I yelled my time to questions and America ask me, “If the riots continue for … let’s say six months. Do you think we should be able to sell them because it would hurt our economy if we didn’t?” I quickly responded “I believe hundreds of human lives are more important than a small dent in your economy.” This was by far my best moment during SIMUN.

During the weeks coming up to SIMUN I read about 13 articles ranging from the topics of Mexico’s drug war to the Zimbabwe election. I wrote 4 papers, all on different topics, and wrote a quick summary of Germanys history- Germany was my country. Over all I felt like I was well prepared and did a good job. I spoke about 7 or 8 times and asked many questions. I liked getting involved with the people who were writing the resolutions. I never wrote my own but I put in good ideas to make a resolution better. There was one time were I spoke regarding the refugees fleeing China, after I was done I yelled my time to questions. As soon as my mouth shut at least 5 hands flew up, one being Chinas and the others Chinas allies. It felt like I was standing up for hours. Question after question they pounded me. I definitely learned from the mistake of not thinking before you say something.

I am already looking forward to next year. I plan on reading just as many if not more articles on each topic and not focus on my countries background as much. One thing I will do next year is find out who my country agrees with, their allies, and who they don’t see eye to eye with. During the time of caucus I wish I would of known who I could ask to back me up and who to king of stay away from. Over all I had a great time and it convinced me to do SIMUN next year.

Pakistan and the US

What if America invaded Pakistan to secure nuclear weapons?

My initial perception would be against the movement. The idea of a bigger nation using their power and strength would irritate me. But as I would process the situation in my head I would come to the conclusion that it was for the better of all countries.

Pakistan is an unstable country and at any moment the government could be taken over by any strong terrorist group. If the situation were to happen where the government was over thrown the last thing we or any bordering country would want is a situation where a nuclear weapons is in the hands of Al Queda. One thing I would keep in eye on though is to monitor how long the United States is in Pakistan. If United States occupies Pakistan for a long period of time I would get mad and stop supporting what they are doing. If the United States goes into Pakistan it should only be to secure nuclear weapon! If they aren't careful they would find themselves in the same situation they are in in Iraq, "to find weapons of mass destruction" which aren't their.

If United States were to take over and control Pakistan they would potentiality divide the nation and weeken the bond we have with our allies.

Black Boy

Black Boy is an autobiography written by an African American boy during the early 1900's. Though the plot takes place in geto cities of America, he moves around from city to city, it is hard to relate to such a vast culture difference. The opening scene in the book is him when he was about five playing with matches. Being a 5 year old his curiosity gets to him when he holds the match up to the curtain. At the age of five his first thought is not to going yelling to his mom but to run away cause he knows he was going to get beaten. I was amazing to see how different him and my five year old sister are. If she lit are house on fire she would not run away but in stead she run right into the arms of my mom. Once the fire has burnt the house down everyone in the family is safe but the son, who caused the fire, is missing. At this moment my mom would be a wreck in fear she just lost her youngest child. In stead the mom storms around until she finds him and beats him literally half to death! The next week he had to spend in the hospital. Even if Kate, my five year old sister, would have started the fire my mom would have been so grateful to see her the last thing on her mind would be to sculled her.

Because he moves from town to town he finds himself meeting new people very often. When he comes to spent time with his uncle in Detroit he finds himself in unfamiliar territory. He first step he takes into school he feels the tension, but he has felt this many times before. He has been held back many times so he is one of the biggest kids in his grade. In order to establish himself into the new school he decides to start a fight. If I were a new kid in a school the last thing the would cross my mind would be getting into a fight. He easily wins the fight and oddly enough his tatic works and he becomes excepted into the new school.