M.U.N. REFLECTION

Although I feel that my second year brought me much more experience to use during debate, I still feel limited by the obscurity of the countries we are assigned. I would have loved to have been able to strike deals with major countries, and to an extent I did this year much more than last year. I would have like to make more deals, but Macedonia's position on Darfur was very very limited. I was forced to remain neutral on certain key points that I personally felt strongly either for or against. 

     The largest thing that this year's M.U.N. has opened my eyes to is how politics actually works, granted though that I am running under the assumption that American politics works roughly in the same way as the U.N. minus foreign presences. All of the speeches given were largely ignored and mostly a waste of time. All real decision making was made during unmoderated caucuses. Also, much as I'm sure real politics works, no one had any idea what they were talking about. 5 minutes of research could have yielded more information than what certain delegates seemed to know. Certain delegates seemed to have a hard time separating personal beliefs and that which is best for one's own country. That seems to be a theme amongst people involved in politics.