Letter of Movation

If I can have the chance to participate in the THI-MUN, it will be a very special experience for me. We have studied some skills from in MUN classes, and we had taken three in-school MUN conferences. So I have always wanted to see what a full inter-school Model United Nation Conference is like, and the difference between the two. I hope I can learn a lot from this conference in Singapore.

..Tina's

Ming Dao’s Global Citizenship Program Model United Nations classes have been preparing and waiting for a chance to participate in MUN conferences such as the THIMUN since we first started in 2008. Although we are a “young” class, we are learning and will gain more experience though participating in inter-school conferences. The most exciting thing to us about doing MUN is that we can understand more about what’s going on around the world, and have in depth understanding about global issues. That is also what the Global Citizenship Program in is preparing us for—to truly be a part of the world. To do that, we must start by understanding things that are happening around this world that we live in, and that’s how a real Global Citizen should be. We believe that we could bring our views as one into THIMUN, and we look forward to having a chance to meet other Global Citizens from various cultural backgrounds and learn theirs. As the principle in Ming Dao High School says, we are “learning to do, learning to think, learning to learn”, and most of all, we’re learning to be Global Citizens.

Motivation

Our school wishes to participate in THIMUN to learn more about MUN and is eager to join the conference. The reason why we want to join the THIMUN conference is because we hope that we could gain some experience participating in MUN. Learning MUN will benefit our knowledge on problems and issues in the world because we would need to be concerned about world issues and learn more about other countries positions. We hope THIMUN gives us a chance to join the conference and learn more from it. We wish we can participate in THIMUN so we could build up the experience on MUN. We look forward to improve our MUN skills, and hope it could improve if we could participate in THIMUN.

Letter of Motivation

Our school would be delighted to receive an opportunity to participate in the 2010 THIMUN conference. In our school, we focus on making students “global”, meaning that we should learn about what’s happening around the world and try to become more competitive in society. As global citizens, we have the responsibility to learn about worldwide situations, problems, and events happening around us. We believe that by joining this conference, we will have the chance to not only improve our MUN knowledge and skills, we would also learn about what’s happening around the world.

Singapore

If I have a chance to attend the conference in Singapore, I will be glad to attend it. I think this MUN conference is absolutely going to be pleasant and memorable and valuable. Singapore is an interesting country with various culture in it, so I really hope I can get the chance to learn a lot from the conference and from Singapore. I have some really intelligent friends there in Singapore, so I am very curious about how Singapore's education system teach them to become such nice and great people. i like Singapore!!! :)

Homework for next week (April 27th)

Ni hao,

OK. Your homework is to prepare for next weeks' mini-conference. Answer the following things about each country...

1.) How does this issue affect my country?
- google your country + climate change for a start


2.) What will my country want to do and why?

- Look at GDP: Composition by Sector for data
- Use a cost/benifit analysis based upon any solutions we might have

3.) What blocs are my country in?
- use CIA World FactBook
- Make sure you know whether or not your country is in

Military
- UN Security Council
- NATO

Regional
- CIS
- AU
- ASEAN
- WEOG

Environmental
- Kyoto Protocol (signed and ratfieid, signed but not ratified, or not signed...include the date!)
- FAO
- AOSIS

Economic
- G-20
- G-77 (+ China)
- LDC
- HIPC
- LDC
- WTO
- OPEC
- IMF

4.) If you want to be really prepared, come up with a strategy.

Next week we will have a General Debate/ Informla Caucus. Afterwards we will discuss everything.


Jia you!

Mr. Gibson

Monday, April 19th Homework Assignment

Ni hao,

OK everyone. Our homework assignment is to take a look at each of our countries and make a list of which blocs they are in. Please have some idea of what the G-20, G-77, WTO, IMF, LDC, HIPC, OPEC, NATO, CIS, AU, ASEAN, UN Security Council, WEOG, AOISIS, FAO, and Kyoto Protocol all are. Then, think about how each bloc would be affected by the issue.

Tomorrow we are going to get schizophrenic! We are going to have multiple personalities. Some of those personalities will like each other. Some won't. Either way. we are going to be very schizophrenic.

Also, I need you to do the homework from over the weekend. it's later for every single person. If you have questions, email me.

Jia you,

Mr. Gibson

P.S. Sabrina, I have switched your OPEC country from Saudi Arabia to Algeria (Algeria was also a French colony).

Application for THIMUN - Singapore

Ni hao

 

Read the following letter. This is from the people who are running THI-MUN from The Hague. In order for our bid to be accepted, we write a "Letter of Motivation" explaining why we want to come to their conference. Each of you needs to attach a "Letter of Response" and post it on the blog. Keep in mind that you are part of "the school." Why do you want to participate in THI-MUN. Do you want to participate in THI-MUN? So, write some sort of Letter of Motivation for homework this weekend. I will read it first, so feel free to say anything you would like.

 

Mr. Gibson

 

 

 

From: THI-MUN

To: Matthew Gibson, Mingdao High School in Taichung, Taiwan

 

Dear Matthew,


I have not received any of your applications for the participation in
our conference. In order to participate you must apply as a school.
Our dates are from the 23rd to the 27th November 2010 in Singapore.
In regards to participating there is a application procedure you will
need to follow as a new school as we have a small waiting list for
THIMUN Singapore.


In order to apply to participate in our conference we require the following:
1. Letter of Motivation as to why your school wishes to participate in THIMUN
2. A CV of past MUN experiences or similar
3. Any information in regards to the school
4. Person in charge of the MUN (MUN-Director)
5. Address and email address where we can reach you should be including.


This information can be sent to us by fax or by regular post before
the endo fo April to our office here in The Netherlands. Our address is:
THIMUN Foundation
2e van Blankenburgstraat 119
2517 HC The Hague
The Netherlands


If you have any further questions please let me know.


Kind regards


Esmeralda van der Hout
THIMUN Foundation

 

Here is our response so far…

1. Letter of Motivation
   

   
    

2. CV Letter
   

   If accepted to THI-MUN, it would be our students' first experience participating in a full inter-school Model United Nations. However, they have held three in-school conferences, and twelve of them have taken MUN as an elective class for either one year, or, by the time of the conference, three months. In our UN Class the students are taught how to research, analyse sources, write, debate, and craft arguments while they prepare for a conference.
   

   
    

3. School Overview
   

   
    

   "Mingdao high school, established in 1969, contains junior high school (grade 7-9), senior high school (grade 10-12), and comprehensive high school (grade 10-12). As a highly regarded private school in Taiwan, we have built a beautiful campus and developed solid curriculum to provide holistic
   education. There are about 7,600 students and 560 teachers/staff at Mingdao.
    
   

   Ming-Dao encompasses the forming of school culture on the campus, respecting individual uniqueness, and applying the multiple intelligence theory to the schools education. With this, Ming-Dao helps the students cultivate the long-term knowledge, academic skills, teamwork and relearning that is necessary for future.
   
   In Ming-Dao, "Discover Yourself" has become a faith among all the school members, which is also our vision to grant our students a promising future. They are here learning how to win in any possible competitions; they also discover themselves here and learn how to choose their own paths in life.
   
   Students at Ming-Dao High school are at the age range of 12-18 --- The golden age in personal development. Ming-Dao accepts the principle challenge of providing its students with a rich learning environment, which both encourages participation but provides opportunities for student choice. Ming-Dao's collective experiences have led us to believe that the essential role of the school is to guide students to their choices, but to allow them the freedom to make personal decisions about interests. An innovative human management philosophy, a holistic education, a school develops with the needs of our society and students that learn happily make up the educational philosophy of Ming-Dao Educational System. Participation in all of these ensures that all students at Ming-Dao will have access to a promising future!
   

   
    

   Other than outstanding academic performance, my students also participate in many volunteer work, community services and international events. For example, my students won the platinum award in ³Doors to Diplomacy²,sponsored by US department of state. (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/may/85123.htm)  We also have won two silver and eight bronze prizes in World Invention Expo in Germany over the past 5 years. Every year, there are more than 500 students from Mingdao participate in international events to China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,
   Australia, New Zealand, United States, and UK. Over years, we have established friendship with schools in these countries and still seeking new opportunities with fine schools."
   

   
    

   (http://cai.mingdao.edu.tw/english/modules/tinyd2/)
   

   
    

Global Citizenship Program (GCP)

The students who will be attending the conference will be from a special program within the school called the GCP Program. GCP students study their core subjects in English and are all planning on going to a university in an English country in the future.

 

"Global Citizenship in Ming-Dao is based on the following principles; communication is fundamental to global interaction; a holistic approach to Global Citizenship - that it should be an ethos  permeating all areas of school life; the importance of reaffirming or developing a sense of identity and self-esteem; acknowledging the importance of relevant values, attitudes, personal and social education; willingness to learn from the experiences of others around the world; relevance to young people's interests and needs; supporting and increasing young peoples' motivation to effect change; valuing all pupils and addressing inequality within and outside school.

 

Global Citizenship is a way of thinking and behaving. It is an outlook on life, a belief that we can and will make a difference.  Education needs to focus on linguistics, cultures, and global perspectives in order for students to meet the challenges of the future. 

 

We see a Global Citizen as someone who is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen; is able to
communicate effectively with people from various geographical and cultural backgrounds; respects and values diversity; has an
understanding of how the world works economically, politically, socially, culturally, technologically and environmentally; participates in and contributes to the community at a range of levels from local to global; is willing to act to make the world a more sustainable place; taking responsibility for their actions.
(Oxfam 1997)

 

To create a world of Global Citizens, education must be a priority. Global Citizenship is not an additional subject - it is an ethos.  It will be promoted in class through teaching the existing curriculum in a way that highlights aspects such as the appreciation of diversity, social justice, and the importance of sustainable development.
(Oxfam 1997)"

 

( http://cai.mingdao.edu.tw/english/modules/tinyd0/index.php?id=5)

 

1. Person in charge of the MUN (MUN-Director)
   
   

   Matthew Gibson is our person in charge of the MUN.
   

   
    

2. Address and email where he can be reached
   

   
    

   He can be reached at mtgibby1985@hotmail.com, by Skype at mtgibby1985, or by phone at (+866) 0983-774-388.
   

   
    

More helpful links for your research

Important Links for Your Research

• Breathingearth.net
  
  • An interactive map that gives you lots of information about population increases and C02 emissions.
    
  • http://www.breathingearth.net/
    

    
    

• World Mapper
  
  • Has very interesting maps as well.
    
    • http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=29
  • • http://www.worldmapper.org/countrycartograms/#