Making a speech at Beimun on Environmental issues
This year I am one of the Model UN sponsor teachers again. The club has been going really well this year, and we went to four conferences. I went to one in the fall, simply down the street at the American International School, and one in Beijing. The BEIMUN conference is one of the largest in Asia, and we brought 13 students to contribute to the group of over 1000.
The whole group dressed so lovely
The trip to Beijing went from a Wednesday morning to a Sunday afternoon. That is a long time to be working! However, the trip went great (despite a few tears, some very late nights and one very determined smoker). The students did very well in their debates, made some new friends, and enjoyed touring around Beijing. It is a great chance for the teachers to connect with other international teachers, have fun with the kids, and get out of the traditional classroom for a few days!
Voting on how best to change the world
We also had our own annual MUN conference at the start of May. This year we added another school, and had 100 students from 3 different schools participating! It was a lot to organize, but we had a great team of students and teachers that worked super hard. The day went perfectly, and the kids had an awesome time showing off the school.
Debating back and forth (my students are Morocco)
MUN is almost done for another year (which is a relief and also sad to see some of our great students moving on). Some of our MUN grads are going to NYU, Berkley, U of T and even UBC. I am already looking forward to next year, and a new group of students! I will be directing the club next year, and we are already planning a big trip to Korea!
At Maple Leaf MUN deciding on how to fix relations with North Korea
Although this is not my most exciting blog post...teaching kids is actually what I do with most of my time here. Contrary to popular belief I am not on vacation ALL the time... I just wish I was.
Hard at work at Maple Leaf MUN
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