The Blue Compass: issue 2 - 2018/19

ISSUE 2 Â SY 2018-2019

WE GUIDE THE WAY

THE BLUE COMPASS

THE THREAT TO AIR TRAVEL

THE MUNOL EXPERIENCE

THE BEAUTY OF COMICS

ISSUE 2 Â SY 2018-2019

PRESENTED BY STUDENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL GRONINGEN

THE THREAT TO AIR TRAVEL

TARA BODONG FOUNDATION

MARVEL AND THE BEAUTY OF COMICS

Content The Future of the Blue Compass.........................................................................

Movie Night, MYP1-5 AND DP1 AND 2..............................................................

Enlightenment with Chihuly................................................................................

Buy a Tulip Help a Girl............................................................................................

The Threat to Air Travel.........................................................................................

CAS Week .....................................................................................................................

Climate Change March in Den Haag.................................................................

You, Your Passions & IB...........................................................................................

Marvel and the Beauty of Comics.......................................................................

"Team Tamper” Takes the Win in Charlotte...................................................

Woman World Championships Football.........................................................

The Community Project.........................................................................................

Getting Ready for the Future: MUNOL 2019...................................................

Edited by Willem Drapers & Joris Jansen

JUNE 2019

The future of: the Blue Compass When looking forward, there is a lot in store for the Blue Compass as a CAS Project. With the former leaders and founders of the Blue Compass leaving, as they have finished with DP, a new group of talented students have taken over the role..

Joris and Emily of DP1 (2018-2019) are looking excited to move this project forward. We have a lot of plans in store. We hope to continue the Blue Compass, with fun, exciting and interesting content. We hope that the new academic year will come with many new additions to the Blue Compass Team, leading to many new perspectives and talents.

Next year, we hope to create more structure within the Blue Compass. We want to do this by creating a compelling group of teams, all with specific tasks to turn the Blue Compass into a well-oiled machine of students working side by side, not only enjoying what they are doing but learning to work as a team.

By Emily Berube-Palsboll & Joris Jansen

In addition, we want to broaden the reach of the Blue Compass, making it not only a book for the ISG community but with hope to spread our content beyond that. We want to make the Blue Compass something anyone can enjoy. Our content will be showing the critical thinking skills of the IB students, exploring topics regarding things like arts and culture, world politics, science and technology and more.

Overall, we hope to continue with the Blue Compass to not only raise the bar for content and creativity but we also hope to create an enjoyable environment for everyone involved. We will be focusing on creating a well functioning and efficient dynamic. Henceforth, we want the Blue Compass to reach a large demographic, and are looking forward to spreading the ideas and knowledge of our team.

We hope you are just as excited as we are!

JUNE 2019

MOVIE NIGHT, MYP1-5 AND DP1 AND 2 I know it’s a long time ago, but do you guys still remember the Movie Night?!

On Friday the 30th of November, a movie night was hosted for MYP 1-5 and DP1 and DP2. This activity was organized by two students from DP1 and two from DP2 as a fun night out in a busy period at school.

You were separated in three classes, with all a different movie. The movies that were shown to you were; Up, Mr. Bean’s holiday and American pie for MYP5 and older. The students were asked to bring 5 euros for which pizza was ordered at Domino’s and New York Pizza. As the attendance was bigger than the organization expected, Domino’s and New York Pizza weren’t prepared for such a big order and stressed out because of it. It took a long time before the pizzas were there, and there wasn’t enough for everyone in the first round.

Besides that little problem, everyone hopefully had a lovely night, enjoyed the drinks and snack provided, liked the movies and had fun with all the other students. If you would like to have another movie night, let us know and we will try to arrange one. Also, if you have ideas for the movies you’d like to see, inform us about it.

By Esmee Matthijs

JUNE 2019

Enlightenment with Chihuly On the 13th of February, all Visual Arts students from DP1 and 2 went on a trip to the Groninger Museum to see the Chihuly Exhibition. We met out in the museum and were split into 2 groups with guides. In these groups we were given notebooks, in them, we could write notes about the exhibit, as well as draw our observations. We walked through the whole exhibition, which included glass pieces as well as sketches and fabrics.

The exhibition itself as previously stated was by Chihuly. Dale Chihuly is an American artist, he started with his signature style when he was at the University of Washington. During a weaving class, Chihuly took it upon himself to incorporate glass shards into his woven tapestry in the ’60s. This was the start of Chihuly’s glass work. The artists’ main inspirations and interest arise from his fascination with light and its interaction with space. Chihuly is now known for his use of light through the glass of his installations.

At the end of the tour, we were surprised with the task of making an art piece of our own in the museum. We were sent to a meeting room, paired up, and were set the task to create a sculpture with materials we were given. With emptied plastic bottle caps, tissue paper, straws and more we could create any sculpture we wanted. The results were interesting and it was a very enjoyable experience.

Overall, as being one of the students who participated in the trip, I found it very enlightening to see how different mediums can be used to create unique pieces of art. The experience allowed me to learn about different ways to create with different mediums, along with drawing inspiration not only from materials but also designs and seeing Chihuly’s process.

Students report that it was a great learning experience and something that they would definitely want to do again in the future.

By Emily Berube-Palsboll

JUNE 2019

Buy a tulip help a girl CAS is a difficult part of the IB. There are no specific rules, so you need to show initiative and think outside of your own world.

This CAS project, called ‘Buy a tulip, help a girl’, was started by the Tara Bodong organisation. This foundation aims to raise awareness to the International Day of the Girl by organizing Tulip Bulb sales all around the world. The gained money will help them to contribute to the foundation of a nunnery/girl’s school in Lumla/Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. This will give young girls who are being neglected, marginalized, discriminated in families and society, enough education, housing and basic needs to go on with their lives and have at least an opportunity to succeed in life.

This organization is very important because many young girls in many different countries are being left behind in all kinds of areas of life, from school to work, and are stopped from fulfilling their true potential because of prejudice. Not only this, they face serious amounts of violence, discrimination and poverty as well. However, with this nunnery/girl’s school, they will hopefully have a chance to feel respected, recognized and feel like a valuable citizen in society. Lumla is a secluded place so they do not have many resources.

Luckily the ‘Buy a tulip help a girl’ organization reached out to the ISG school and some students were able to create a CAS group out of it.

By Silvia Ortega

To raise money, they got sent plenty of tulip bulbs to sell around Groningen. They were able to sell them at different events such as the MYP ceremony, the family nights, and many others. Parents, student and teachers bought bulbs because they were charitable. Another event was the sponsor run, from which they earned a lot of money. It consisted of giving a sheet to every student containing a list of names and amount of money people donated. So, each student got to ask different people for money for charitable purposes, which was nice because they actually did something different and helped. In the end they raised a lot of money, over 200 euros.

Some members of the foundation came to the ISG school and collected the money. Next, they gave the CAS group a certificate of achievement to show that they raised money as a group. They also visited the girls in India and told them about it.

The students group took had meetings to organise fundraisers and charitable events. It is certainly a unique and special experience and knowing that you can help someone so much with a bit of effort makes CAS definitely worth doing.

JUNE 2019

THE THREAT TO AIR TRAVEL On the 10th of March the airplane flying from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya, crashed 6 minutes after take-off. Onboard, at least 35 nationalities were represented.

Many passengers are said to have been associated with the United Nations, with some being on their way to the UN Environment Assembly. The pilot of the aircraft had trouble controlling the plane and quickly lost contact with the control tower.

The crash took place 5 months after a similar Lion Air Crash off the coast of Indonesia. The airplane nose-dived into the sea minutes after take-off. Both Boeing 737 MAX aircraft were recently obtained by the airlines.

Family members of the victims react to news of the tragedy at Addis Ababa airport on Sunday.

Thirty-two Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Americans, eight Italians and eight Chinese nationals were among the passengers.

Seven French and seven UK nationals were also on board

The incidents have triggered a number of questions to be asked, concerning the safety and airworthiness of the planes. Do the incidents pose a possible threat to air travel?

Witnesses to the Ethiopian airplane crash say they heard strange noises coming from the aircraft before it dived into the ground followed by a big explosion. After rushing to the scene, the witnesses only saw a completely destroyed airplane, with no survivors. Similarly, witnesses to the Lion Air crash say the plane ‘literally fell out of the sky’. People nearby had said they heard an explosion coming from the beach.

Families of the victims have been allowed to visit the crash site in Ethiopia. However, officials from the Ethiopia airlines said it would take at least 5 more days until the remains of the victims could be identified. Forensic teams from all of the world have come to assist with the investigation.

By Zuzanna Kardzis

JUNE 2019

Countries were quick to respond to the accidents. China, Ethiopia, Brazil, Mexico, and Indonesia have grounded all their Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam said it would no longer license the use of the aircraft. Australia and Singapore have stated they will temporarily ground the aircrafts but did not say for how long exactly. The EU has stated that the causes for both crashes are likely to be similar and beliefs further investigation into the crashes is needed, in order to ensure the airworthiness of the planes.

They have also closed the European airspace to the aircraft.

Ethiopian Airlines shared this image of CEO Tewolde Gebremariam at the crash site

It is important to note, that the Lion Air aircraft had not been fit to fly, according to Indonesia’s National Transport Safety Committee. Pilots had apparently experienced ‘technical difficulties’ during previous flights. Early stages of the investigation have shown that pilots in both planes struggled with keeping the plane up, because of sensor troubles and an automatic feature. The Boeing 737 MAX had undergone several technical updates A family member of a victim involved weeps as she talks on a phone at Addis which not all pilots are familiar with yet.

Ababa international airport.

Other pilots who had experienced troubles with the technical changes, said that when the plane was on autopilot it suddenly began descending. Only after disconnecting from autopilot, the plane began to climb again.

Therefore, should such technical changes be implemented? Perhaps, it is better if the aviation industry conducts more testing into the ‘autopilot’ feature, before risking the lives of passengers. Currently, Boeing is facing backlash as new information concerning the crash is surfacing. Although the Boeing, like many others, is attempting to modernize air travel, one thing is for sure, the crash has damaged the confidence of the world’s aviation industry.

By Zuzanna Kardzis

JUNE 2019

Week S A C Science experiments with young students and a Hortus experience!

While a big group of DP1 students attended MUNOL, the others stayed here in Haren for a week full of CAS activities. This year it consisted of two main activities: the first three days were dedicated to a science fair for the oldest class in the GSV. Thursday and Friday were spent in the Hortus, a botanical garden, where the VA students had to create their own sculpture and the rest spent their time gardening.

For the science fair, we were split up into four different groups. Our goal was to prepare a different scientific experiment. Monday and Tuesday were spent on creating a lesson plan and practising the lesson. The group that I, Esmee, was in decided to make lava The group that I, Silvia, was in chose to create oobleck, a non-newtonian fluid. This is a fun experiment due to its strange properties. We got the chance to explain to the younger students all about liquids and solids. On Wednesday, due to a last minute inconvenience instead of going to the GSV the students came to the Maartens College by foot. At around nine o’clock we started the experiments. They were divided into four groups and kept rotating so that every child could enjoy every activity. The children responded positively and they maintained an excellent attitude during the whole workshop. In the end we tried the initially planned experiment of the coke and mentos all together, as it was expected the students would get really excited and rowdy.

By Esmee Matthijs & Silvia Ortega

lamps with the children. We spent these first two days deciding what we wanted to do exactly, because besides it having to be fun for the students, we also needed to teach them something. In order to do this, we needed to create worksheets for them so that they could answer some questions or do some activities.

Both the students from the GSV and DP1 had lots of fun. We got to experience what it feels to be a teacher for a day, which was interesting and surprisingly better than expected.

JUNE 2019

Week S A C Science experiments with young students and a Hortus experience!

On Thursday and Friday, the DP1 students were expected to come to the Hortus. We got a tour at first, in which the guide told us everything about the Hortus and showed us some beautiful places like the Chinese garden. Then, the class was divided into two separate groups and we had to work on our activities. The gardening group spent the whole day raking the grass that had just been mowed. The sun was shining and a lot of people had a small tan at the end of the day. Raking was not the most fun activity to think of. Therefore, if something like this happens again next year I think the students will appreciate if they could be part of a more exciting activity. According to most of the students, and some teachers as well, the long break was the most fun aspect of the entire day.

On Friday, the designated activity was a bit more fun, even though it sounds more boring, we had to clean the garden of weeds. In one particular garden, we had to take out all of the weed present, which was a lot. But we were sitting in the sun, getting a tan and doing hard work. And again, we had breaks to relax after working hard.

The VA activity was interesting. Our goal was to make a final piece out of used organic and inorganic materials. My group, Dewi, Sihaam and me, Silvia, created this peacock out of mainly waste and old leaves.

By Esmee Matthijs & Silvia Ortega

At the end of the day, both the gardening group and the art people gathered together with all of the teachers and even some parents, at the teahouse. There we had either tea or soft drinks and a piece of cake. This was a nice way to end a week full of activities, in which we had to work together as one big group, give the GSV students a fun and educational time and help the Hortus

JUNE 2019

THE CLIMATE PROTEST

A widely known fact about planet Earth is that the climate is changing. This is commonly known as, previous February, exceeding an estimated ten thousand students in the Netherlands alone, gathered at Malieveld in The Hague to march against climate change. The march was organized to raise awareness of the big issues occurring due to Climate Change, and in that aspect can be counted as a great success.

The expected turnout was exceeded by thousands of students, commuting from all over the country to make a stand, from Rotterdam to Leiden to Groningen, every train headed towards the Hague was filled to the brim. News stations were positioned all over the Malieveld, the start and end point of the march which took place throughout the whole city. The whole country was buzzing with news of the ten to twenty thousand students who partook in the protest.

The students showed up with posters and signs, with a whole range of catchy slogans and clever lines to grab attention of any passers-by. Chants could be heard from all over the city, as the next generation of leaders took matters into their own hands to share their opinions and their wishes for the future. Students from the ISG were also present at the protest, representing the school whilst standing up for a cause they believe in.

Similar events have occurred around the globe, being followed up by more protests at later dates to drive the point home. This makes the situation truly worldwide, as countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States participate in this attempt to create a brighter future for the coming generations. The protests made it into news around the world and students are planning to come together again in the coming months.

By Sanne van den Biggerlaar

JUNE 2019

You, Your Passions & IB

Did the thought ever cross your mind to pursue your passion for music and learn to master an instrument? Perhaps you are obsessed with reading and want to write a book? Maybe you want to design and build a skyscraper in the middle of Groningen or go to Mars? The Personal Project is your way of showing skills you have acquired through your journey in MYP and creating a product to reflect it.

Your product should be a result of your own initiative which should ignite creativity and bring your organisational skills up a notch.

There are three components to this project- the written report which will be handed in on 6th February 2020, the product and the process journal which should be updated throughout the 11-month project. In addition, all three should address the all-important Global Contexts, ATL Skills and IB Learner Profile.

This is no easy task and retaining motivation is key. However, the outcome is rewarding because you will have come out of this project learning something you did not know before. Whether you travel to Mars or build an architectural masterpiece, good luck!

By Ishika Joshi

JUNE 2019

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With the passing of Marvel icon Stan Lee and the release of Avengers: Endgame, the climax of a story arc introduced in 2010 when James Brolin’s Thanos first appeared on the big screen in The Avengers, I would like to take the opportunity to take you back to the original success of this incredible company: superhero comics.

After a decline in the popularity of comic books in the 90’s, Marvel had to file for bankruptcy in 1996. To save the company from going under, they had to auction off the movie rights to their most profitable characters. The Xmen, Fantastic Four, Spiderman, the Hulk and Daredevil were all forced to leave the franchise. With only secondary and tertiary characters left, Marvel started the most ambitious movie project of recent times: a movie universe where all stories are intertwined, and play off each other.

Thirteen years later, and all of these characters that weren’t a big success during the 90’s are part of some of the highest grossing movies of the last few years. The Marvel cinematic universe is a tribute to the comic book origin of many of these characters, and although groundbreaking in Hollywood, an intertwined universe is nothing new in comic books. If you enjoy Marvel movies, you should definitely explore the comic books where your favorite fighters of crime first put their costumes on.

Whether you’re an art enthusiast, enjoy a good story, love superheroes, or just want to look at some crazy action frames, there is always something to enjoy in comics. When reading comics, I can fully emerge myself in a world with the perfect balance of provide imagery and my own imagination.

By Joris Jansen

JUNE 2019

I’m a huge fan of continuity and world building, and there is no bigger universe than the comic book universe created by Marvel. There are numerous galaxies with fully fleshed out planets and life forms, alternate timelines, mythological gods and I’m barely scratching the surface. There is a seemingly infinite amount of content in the fictional Marvel universe. Ever wondered what would happen if the Hulk and Wolverine had a face-off? Read the comics. Or if Bruce Banner finally lost control over the Hulk? Read the comics.

Or even more extreme, what if the villains took the roles of the Avengers? Well you guessed it: read the comics.

Infinite amounts of content!

So, if you’re interested, where do you start in a seemingly infinite library of content? That’s the best part, you can start almost anywhere! If you’re a fan of the crossover events like me, you can start at any of the numerous ‘resets’, where a continuity arc is essentially closed, and the comics start building towards a new climax. If you’re a fan of a specific hero, you can read their stories from their origin (or reimagined origin stories). There is so much content that everyone can find something they like! I would personally recommend the online service Marvel Unlimited.

Provided by Marvel themselves, you can read the majority of their stories for a monthly fee. If you’re not a fan of Marvel but do want to try your hands at superhero comics, you can also look into DC universe, their equivalent to Marvel unlimited. DC has an equally large library to explore with their own iconic characters such as Batman, Superman and the Flash.

By Joris Jansen

JUNE 2019

"Team Tamper” Takes On February 15, the NBA All-Star weekend was commenced in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hometown of Stephen Curry, who was most certainly not forgotten in his old high school. The team captains of the 2019 all-star match were unsurprisingly LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, who both received a recordbreaking 4 million votes. The 2019 All-Star game is already the second game where the captains can choose their starters freely without worrying about what conference they play in.

LeBron’s first pick was Kevin Durant, which he finally, after a yearlong debate, admitted was his first pick last year as well. After that came Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, respectively. Giannis went for Steph Curry as his first pick. Later on, he picked Joel Embiid, Paul George and Kemba walker, respectively. As one of the reserves, Giannis picked Lebron’s good friend Ben Simmons. For the first time in NBA All-Star history, LeBron proposed a trade. He wanted to have Simmons in his team so bad that he offered to trade Russell Westbrook for him. The trade did not make sense to many people as Westbrook was still available when Giannis picked Simmons.

Furthermore, Westbrook would have been a better asset to team LeBron in terms of skill, as he is a better point guard than Simmons.

By Jelle Biemans

Also remarkable was the fact that LeBron chose a team full of free agents or free agents to be.

LeBron joined the Lakers last year and it seems like he is trying really hard to make something of that team in the upcoming future. Durant, Irving and Leonard all have the opportunity to join the Lakers next year. LeBron is clearly not missing an opportunity for PR. But credits have to be given where they are due. Jackie Macmullan, a columnist for the sports website ESPN, amongst many other critics are convinced LeBron won the draft. Apart from himself, LeBron has Harden in his team. As we all know Harden can score voluminously and that is what it is all about in an All-Star match. On top of that, LeBron fleeced Giannis into trading Simmons for Westbrook, as it was impossible for Giannis to say no to that.

All in all, fans were looking forward to seeing LeBron’s elaborate plan play out

JUNE 2019

Win in As with all All-Star games, not much defending was going on from the tip-off to the final buzzer. Luckily that is not where the fans come for. Everybody was hoping to get some clues as to who LeBron can reel in with his current team, the Lakers. But most importantly, the fans wanted to see some worldclass plays and that was exactly what they got. In the first quarter team Giannis took the lead. NBA legend Dirk Nowitzki checked in with 5 minutes to go in the first quarter and surprised everyone with some back to back 3s. Leaving team Giannis with a 13-point lead after the first quarter.

As Dirk continued to hit 3s, teammate Curry stunned everyone with a goofy bounce-pass to Giannis. Both team’s defense gradually weakened, and the offensive plays got more elaborate. With that, the second quarter left team Giannis with a slightly increased lead of 82 to 97 points. In the third quarter the audience received a quick flashback to the Lebron-Dwyane days in Miami when Wade gave the ball off the backboard and James slams the back into the net. All while team LeBron slowly destroys Giannis’ lead with beautiful three pointers and alley-oops. Eventually, Lillard ties the game with a three pointer from way down south, setting team LeBron on their way to victory.

By Jelle Biemans

The game really started in the last quarter. Three pointers started flying left and right. In the midst of it all was Durant who scored a perfect 4-of-4 in the final quarter. Three of those were three pointers, which allowed him to score a whopping 11 points in the final 6 minutes that he played.

Durant gave team LeBron the lead with which they ended the final quarter. LeBron can call himself the first back-to-back winner in the new All-Star game formation and Curry got the chance to surprise everyone with a dunk well out of his height range. The All-Star weekend is still not much more than a celebration for the top players, but it never seizes to disappoint us in giving the viewers exactly that.

JUNE 2019

Womans World Championship football The Dutch women have already played two games in the 2019 World Championship. Both ending in a win for the Dutch team. The first game did disappoint fans. After days of waiting for their first game, they had expected better play from the lionesses. It did end in a 1-0 win over New-Zealand during extra time. Players admitted that they had enough to improve on for the next match.

The next match was to be played against Cameroon.

This team of strong, sometimes a bit too rough women was definitely a challenge for the Dutch players. They showed better football and fought for their 3 goals. A highlight of the game: striker Vivianne Miedema broke the record of most goals in the history of the Dutch team.

As promised to her brother, she rolled on the field after the record breaking goal.

As the tournament progressed the team has now advanced to the finals which will be played on July 7th against the United States.

By Emma Lipper

JUNE 2019

THE community PROJECT The Community Project is a major activity for students of MYP4 to complete the academic year. It focuses on identifying a gap in the students’ surroundings and serving the community. This project can be done individually or in a group of a maximum of three pupils. How did the students of MYP4 get on with the Project this year?

Saskia Mosby and Paridhi Pareek worked together to donate books to the less fortunate. '' We both love reading books and believe that books should be accessible to everyone''. “How did they do this? ''We collected books from MYP1-5 to give to a non-profit organisation called ''Read To Grow'' who distribute the books worldwide''. “When I heard about Read to grow and what they do I knew I wanted to be part of it and use this as my community project” Saskia mentioned. It makes her happy when she is able to give back to those who are not as fortunate. She also enjoyed the challenge that she sets when working with charities or non-profit organizations because it was more difficult than one might think due to the requirements that must be met and problems that can arise. “I believe that every child no matter who they are or where they are should have the right to education and access to books to help them acquire a brighter future”.

How did they go about working as a group? ''Working in a group went well for us because we are both new to the school and we had more ideas working together ''. “We were able to rely on one another were able to help each other. I’m very glad that I worked with a partner as it made everything easier and I was able to learn new things from her” Saskia added.

By Ishika Joshi

JUNE 2019

What advice would they give their predecessors? ''My advice to anyone doing the community project is to do something that you like to do because you might lose interest. Time management and organization are really important. Update your process journal regularly. Be polite if you want someone to do something for you''. “The only advice I can give is to make sure you plan ahead of time rather than leaving it to the last minute” which is what Saskia and Paridhi had done to the best of their abilities. Saskia voiced that you should choose something that interests you and that you are passionate about. “Most importantly is the ability to have fun doing the thing that you love!”.

What have you learned that you will take with you into MYP5's Personal Project? ''I Paridhi , learnt to develop my time management and organization skills''. In addition to that, she learned to communicate better and be more open-minded. She feels that these skills will benefit her because she has nobody but herself to rely on for the Personal Project.

Hedvig Arakangas, Jessica Winzon and Vala Björnsdóttir collaborated to make an animated video about five mental health issues. Hedvig mentioned that '' mental health is an important subject and animating would improve her art skills. ''Many people overlook mental health and don't take it seriously so we wanted to spread awareness about it'' voiced Jessica. People who aren’t educated enough on the matters depict mental issues inaccurately. “People with schizophrenia are crazy and they cannot connect to the real world when they still have the ability to socialise but slightly different’ she elaborated. Vala thinks that mental health doesn’t get enough representation.

How did they go about working as a group?

Hedvig said that groupwork helped her because the members of her group reminded her of deadlines and help you when you are stuck. In hindsight, Jessica believes that working on her own has its benefits because making the schedules work and making plans proved to be a challenge. Contrary to that, she added that it truly depends on who you work with because if she works with someone that she is comfortable with she usually gets more motivated to work because it is fun having someone to talk to and ‘suffer’ with. “You don’t have to do all the work by yourself” Vala mentioned.

By Ishika Joshi

JUNE 2019

What advice would they give their predecessors?

“Start as soon as possible and make a realistic plan that you can stick to” advises Hedvig. “I kind of put the project off for the first few weeks and it made things harder in the end” states Vala. Jessica said that she would strongly recommend not procrastinating. She was sleep deprived the entire week before the presentations. “Do your report well because it helps a lot, and make the presentation interesting through humour or poetic speech. Make sure they listen to all your work because it was stressful!”. She would recommend that the MYP3’s begin thinking about the Community Project now.

What have you learned that you will take with you into MYP5's Personal Project?

Hedvig feels like she has improved on a lot of skills like organisation and time management as well as how to write a report. She realised how much work a project will need and she feels like she is ready to take on the Personal Project. Jessica has learned that it will only get more challenging from this point so she should prepare herself by taking on her own advice by starting to come up with ideas earlier. Vala has learned that procrastination is comfortable but has bad results. She says that she will have to think about many elements such as if it is enough for a project and whether it is something she is interested in.

Jules-Aymeric Daridon wanted to raise awareness about Diabetes through his Project and he wanted to do this because “my brother is a diabetic and he controls our lifestyle because we can’t do the same things that a normal family could do”. His aim was to show people what it is like to be diabetic through a video.

How was working alone?

A part of the animation that Hedvig, Vala and Jessica created

Jules-Aymeric refers to working alone as a “beautiful experience” because it is cool to come up with ideas and make them happen without asking others or receiving judgement. “There is also no-stress about where to work”.

What advice would he give his predecessors?

Jules-Aymeric says that you “shouldn’t wait to start your process journal because it is a big part of your community project”. He states that pictures and videos are important to illustrate your project. The best advice that Jules-Aymeric can provide is that you should not to be shy to ask questions because you are not alone. Friends, teachers and parents can help you.

What have you learned that you will take with you into MYP5's Personal Project?

He will bring following a schedule forward into MYP5. “It helps to manage your work and time”.

By Ishika Joshi

JUNE 2019

Getting Ready for the Future, From May 20th to 25th, 350 delegates debated on topics of immense global significance during the Model United Nations of Lubeck. While various countries were officially presented, many different countries among the participants themselves were also represented. The conference has attracted people from three different continents.

Most issues were connected to the main theme which this year was: ‘trade and development in the 21st century’. Because, are people aware of how truly connected everything around us is? But, are we also aware of the continues gap that minimizes and maximizes opportunities for some? As trade and development have grown, the benefits related to it have failed to reach many and ensure a fairer world. The conference tackled various issues related to this and proposed various solutions. As perhaps one might imagine such accomplishments during the conference to have little significance on a larger scale, this is not true. Together, by discussion and compromise we are getting ready for the ever changing future.

Trade is one of the most important outcomes of human interaction. Since the dawn of civilization, trade has been a vital component of a civilization’s success. Trade has continuously changed and adapted to match the demands of society; starting of as simple and limited barter and changing towards a more complex but … currency system. It is very clear to see that trade and development are interdependent of each other. Over the last 150 years the world has rapidly developed, and with that comes a new set of problems in trade. Globalization brought the world closer together, but also made it vulnerable to exploitation. Not all countries are rapidly developing and not all humans have the same opportunities, and many are not treated fairly. And that leaves us with many questions: Does no one care about the lives of these people? Can we justify our own prosperity if that means the adversity of others? But most importantly: Are we getting ready for the future?

That is where MUNOL comes into play. It shows that the future generation does care. Throughout MUNOL we created, debated and amended, our plan for the future. We have worked hard to show that we are getting ready for the future.

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and the Signi icance of MUN As we attempt to get ready for the future, we need to take into account that trade and development are continuously changing. To what extent it remains beneficial and promotes solutions, is a topic of debate. Within the various committees and commissions, delegates challenged each other with contrasting viewpoints and resolutions.

The differences in development and trade are issues that continue to affect people globally and are not only limited to economic factors. They include economic crisis, but also: escalating world population growth, the fight against terrorism, gender inequality and many more. In order to properly explore the significance and impact of trade and development today, it needs to be placed in a particular context. Such as globalisation or environmental downturn.

Globalisation has a for example, positive impact on economic growth in many developing countries as they are no longer limited by trade barriers. However, we remain to be restricted in worldwide growth due to states failing to be in consensus about how exactly to achieve sustainable development. Thus, the rate at which we are adapting to the changing world and the rate at which we are aiding the ones in need is disappointing. But, the conference taught individuals that we are often challenged with opposing perspectives that motivate us to strive for compromises. Without them, we would not be able to achieve much good and have a positive impact on our world.

By Zuzanna Kardzis & Joris Jansen

To conclude, the future of our planet is in our hands. The world needs to find unity in fighting a common enemy: mankind. An enemy that forces us to put our differences aside and make compromises. This will not happen overnight, but will most likely be resolved by future generations.

MUN’s are incredibly important in preparing these generations. Here, we experience these differences in culture and we are motivated to find these compromises. Even though none of the debated resolutions will create change in the world, they teach participants valuable lessons.

Skills that will without a doubt help us get ready for the future.

JUNE 2019

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