Every year, after the club fair I wander around and look at all the clubs. I get excited, and decide I want to join each and every single one of the clubs. I end up joining none. This year I was determined, I knew that I would join at least three clubs, and luckily, I did. The first club I joined was MUN. It started off as a challenge. Standing up and reading was honestly the easy part, the hard part was actually debating for what the country I'm representing believes in, even if I don't myself. Last week was when it actually began hitting me. We had to talk about same sex marriage rights, and I, being the delegation of Iran had to debate from a very strong point of view. It was very hard for me to not be able to express my own opinions since I am not use to it, but also, I felt like this was where the energy of MUN came from. When I stood up and began speaking, I have to admit, I did terrible. I spoke confidently, but not like a true debater. Honestly, I feel like this is a new learning experience. I am completely open to begin learning and improving. I am looking at this through a new lens, and this is no longer a challenge, but more like an opportunity to seek growth in a totally different way. Although I want to study fashion, which does not have a lot to do with debating itself, I found some loops to it. Sometimes I'll have to talk about garments that I want to sell in stores that I don't believe are the best picks, but the ones we need. But most of all, the skill that I am going to learn here, which I don't have the opportunity to learn a lot in my daily life is the skill of standing up and talking, strongly, about what I believe in and what I want. This is a life skill and one that can help me forever. |
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