November 4 – 7, I attended a high school Model United Nations (MUN) conference in Seoul, South Korea, with Jessie. She has been inspired to join MUN by her brother, Michael. Among the many skills that MUN encourages in students, I find that the most beneficial are; public speaking, research and writing, debate, following protocol, and team work. This being Jessie’s first experience with speech and debate, I find that I’m very proud of her performance! From the first day of the conference, she was not afraid to raise her placard and speak up on various issues.

Lobbying on Day 1

And her reward at the end of the second day of debate — the resolution she had worked on and was the main submitter for, passed in her Committee!

Snapshot at the end of a long day of debating.