I just finished my 3rd week in the diplomacy course and I can feel how much I have learned during my time in Florida. My time here is made up of university classes, individual preparation for the conference (e.g. research, or writing speeches), and enjoying South Florida as a tourist. The diplomacy course is split into two parts. The first class of the week is about the conference organization and progressing in knowing our committee's topics well from the position of our delegation in order to prepare for the NMUN conference. In the second and last class of the week, we have a diplomacy simulation in which each student represents one nation in diplomatic talks or fictional crisis situations.

The simulations require focus and flexibility: you have to be able to represent Nicaragua or North Korea (or any other country) confidently without knowing too much about their political history. Overall I feel how much progress has been made and how much confidence these classes have given me in public speaking. The professor has a particular and efficient way of teaching these skills and the students are very talented. I am more excited than nervous about the NMUN conference in two weeks.

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