I thought SIMUN was a fun but unfamiliar experience. I have never done anything like SIMUN and I wasnt sure what to expect. I didnt know how to prepare myself or what I would be speaking about. Although i was very nervous and scared to speak i ended up speaeking more than i expected and understood the scenarios and how Mexico would be included in them. I also met alot of new people from all grades, they were very supportive and helpful. I also got a little taste of hpw the real United Stations would run their meetings.

I did much better then I thought I would. Going into SIMUN I thought I was going to be to scared to talk and not understand the scenarios but i ended up presenting about 7 or 8 speeches and multiple questions. Also I actually understood what I was talking aboout in my speeches and really got involved about how Mexico would take part in the scenarios. So overall i believe i did pretty well but would still like to improve for next year.

To prepare Mrs. B assigned four questions to each even group that realted to the scenarios that would be presented in SIMUN. The questions allowed me to think of how Mexico would be involved in situations across the world and what they would do about it. I had to think from a Mexican goverment member's perspective. I also researched alot of information about Mexicos history but the major conflict i had to understand about Mexico was the violent drug wars between the unrurely cartels and innocent U.S. and Mexico's citizens and police.

To prepare for next year i am going to research even more about Mexico because during the debates I felt a little lost and needed more background information about Mexico and how the info would effect the scenario. I would also research how the Mexican government works and who their allies are so iIwould be confident in choosing sides for the scenarios.

Overall I thought SIMUN was a great new experience and I am excited to do even better next year,

If the United States accepted Pakistan Mexico would agree with this so we could secure nuclear weapons and keep the world safe. Also the U.S. is an allie and if we were in agreement with us and we supported them they would probably comsider helping us with the rug conflict back in Mexico.

Alot of other countries would decide against this because its a country and they ned to be able to run their own governmant and people without any other countries interferring. But before the United States over runs pakistan they should negotiate with them about securing their nuclear power. If they are not cooperating and they are using their nuclear power as a threat against other countries then world power countries need to tell them to stop immediatly. If they still do not cooperate then we must go to further measures and place sanctions on Pakistan. Powerful countries including China and the United States and pakistans major trading partners must take part in these sanctions in order for the sanctions to be successful.

If Pakistan decides to ignore the other countries demands and sanctions and is violently threatening other countries with their nuclear power that is when the U.S. should go into Pakistan an secure the nuclear material . When situations like this become a huge threat to the world thats when countries need to take charge and stop this before something extreme happens and negatively impacts the whole world.

Soldier X

Soldier X Is a narrative story which tells what it would have been like to be a child soldier for the german side, Hitler youth, in World War 2.


World War 2 was faught very differently from how wars are fought in modern day america. Today we do not allow children in wars you have to be 18 to join the army. Although many times in the past we have used children as soldiers such as in the Civil War. They were also led by a dictatot that made them think this way of life was the best to live by and accept no one elses. This is a major cultural difference becaue we have or had no such dictator leadership. Since history we have lived by a democratic system.

Also around the time of World War 2 there were alot of immigrants settling in Germany, Russian, Irish and more. Germany was very diverse at this time. At some point in history in america we also had alot of immigrants and were a very diverse country. This immigration caused trouble for both countries. For the United states is caused over populating and for germany it caused conflicts between the citizens because of their vast differences.

The houses that the main character lived in and described are small houses, the lower floor is the family's shopand the upper level is the living quarters. Houses in the United states were designed similiar to this in the 18oo's. the kids usually worked in the shops on the lower level in america slaves may have been present in homes but in Germany slaves were noot usually a popular labor, they usaully had butlers our mades or just help from the family.

This book just tells a war story so i could not find many cultural ifferences but these were some examples that are similiar or different to past events in the Unoted states.