SIMUN

I thought SIMUN was going to be a lot more intense then it was so I was relieved that I was in a good and pretty active group. But I don’t really like SIMUN that much because it's just not my thing to speak in front of people because that’s not one of my better skills but I did learn a lot about my country Tanzania that I didn’t know before. I thought I did fairly well, I asked some questions, spoke a little, and discussed solutions to the scenarios with my allies. I definitely need to speak more next year because although I did this year I know I could have said more. Preparation wise it was A LOT of research and writing. I had to find out my country's history which didn’t go back to far because it wasn’t to long ago that they became an independent country. I also had to look for countries that I'm allies with so I would know who to back up and who would back me up. Then I had to do even more research on questions about a certain situation in which I would give my view on. That took more time because I wanted to know the whole situation before taking a position on it so that way I could back up my position with facts.

Next year I would like to spend more time on the questions because some of them I rushed through so therefore I didn’t know as much about it when writing my response. Also as for my own countries research next year I need to find more key points that are important to know about the country. I can only hope that next year I will improve when doing SIMUN and come out of it feeling like I did my best.

Three Cups of Tea

In Pakistan and Afghanistan tea is the way to be further accepted within the culture ; the first cup your a stranger, second your a friend, and third your family. They live in mud and stone huts for shelter and eat food such as ibex. The area that their in is where the Taliban was created. The book Three Cups of Tea is the story of Greg Mortenson who promoted peace within these areas through education. Education is important especially for girls because most dont have any. His inspiration for all of this was from his sister who had died.

At first I wasnt sure how exciting this book would be because some auto biographies can get a little boring but this keeps me intrested. In this book there is a lot of emotion and detail that helps put the imagery in your head. I'm not sure exactly why but Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin use short paragraphs and long sentences.

I'm looking forward to continue reading this book and see what else is happening and I recommend this book to other people. Who knows it could inspire you to do something.