Eight of us Middle school
students went to this year’s OFSMUN which was held in Singapore and it’s been
an experience worth sharing.
We started our journey to
Singapore from Delhi on Thursday evening and there was a feeling of excitement
and eagerness around us as if we couldn’t wait for the trip to start so that we
could have a blast and I’m pretty sure that even though this was the first time
we were flying international without our parents we were still really
thrilled. When we landed there in
Singapore we all were very animated and couldn’t wait to go explore the whole
place so the whole day on the 21st of February, we were going to places for
shopping and sightseeing and it was a fun filled day. The next morning we all
woke up fresh and filled with joy as that day was our first day of the
conference.
When we reached the venue we were sent off to our own committees
and mine was a special committee where we debated and discussed for solutions
which could solve the problem of water shortage and its bad quality in some
places. In these 2 days we had huge debates but in the end we finally passed 4
out 5 solutions which gave clear solutions about solving water issues. In these
2 days we leant a lot, we learnt different styles and ways of debating in a
MUN, we got to meet
with other children
from different schools and share their opinion on the MUN and the topic
as per the committees. I even made some really good friends from the schools
that came for the MUN. These two days passed away so quickly and none of us
realized that it was already time for us to come back. All of us were pretty
sad to leave that place but at the same time we were carrying such good
memories back with us that it made it up for everything. Finally it was time to
bid goodbye to Singapore and return home. The whole trip was a lot of fun and a
completely new experience and I wish the school will continue to give us such
wonderful experiences which provides for great learning along with a huge
amount of fun too.
Ramsha Khan Gr 8A
A team of 8-10 students from our
school had gone to Singapore to attend an MUN conference at the Overseas Family
School. It was a great pleasure being a part of the OFS MUN. All of us young
folks got a lot of learning by attending this MUN.
Addressing agendas like “Securing
Primary Education for all children and Right of Palestinian Refugees to return”
are big challenges in itself. The MUN conference taught me a lot of things. It
gave me confidence to speak and address a committee. We got to know about the
internal and the external affairs of our country. Speaking in front of 50
delegates can be very challenging but the experience has made us so much more
confident. Whenever points of information were raised against me I thought how
I will tackle the questions of the other delegates. But then this experience
taught me a lot and I have developed a whole new skill set of debating,
discussing and coming to a agreement on issues.
Uday Kapoor Grade 7
