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Hi. Remember to put your personal devices away. There are no personal photography today,

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so please put your phones away. If you would like to have your photo taken, we have plenty

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of wonderful photographers walking around who would be more than happy to take your photo.

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Remember to be respectful and quiet and not put anything on the table or the desk in front of you.

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and upstairs no jackets on the backs of the chairs we have a coat rack underneath the stairs

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or you can put it underneath you thank you so much and welcome it's just an idea but when one of us

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we are about to begin please take out your phones now and put them turn them off and put them on

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silent please put your phones away thank you remember that all of your personal belongings

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should go under the seat in front of you.

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¿Podemos empezar ya?

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Shall we start?

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Buenas tardes a todos. Good afternoon.

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Hoy tengo el honor de presidir la clausura

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de esta decimocuarta edición de Global Classrooms

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en esta sede de la Asamblea de Madrid.

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Quiero dar la bienvenida al señor Benjamin Schiff,

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encargado de negocios de la Embajada de Estados Unidos,

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a Catherine Marles, jefe de programa de la Comisión Fulbright,

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a Ruth Horsfall, responsable de recursos para jóvenes en el British Council,

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directores, profesores de los institutos de educación secundaria,

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Global Classrooms Language Assistance,

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estimados delegados y alumnos de tercero de ESO.

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In the first place, and as it cannot be otherwise, I want to begin by thanking the Assemblea de Madrid for its kindness in giving us this hemicycle to celebrate with all of you this act of closure of Global Classrooms 2020.

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El programa Global Classrooms nace en Estados Unidos en 1999, con vocación de acortar la brecha que se detectaba en aquel entonces al observar que el modelo académico de simulacro de debates de Naciones Unidas, que tanto éxito había tenido en centros educativos privados de élite en el extranjero, no estaba llegando de igual manera a la mayoría de los jóvenes de centros en la educación pública.

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El programa bilingüe de la Comunidad de Madrid nace en 2004 con una misión similar, hacer del aprendizaje del inglés en la enseñanza obligatoria algo que sea asequible para un gran número de jóvenes madrileños y madrileñas, fomentando la igualdad de oportunidades a la hora de acceder a la educación superior o al mercado laboral.

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Global Classrooms begins its journey within the bilingual program in 2006.

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Therefore, we are on this occasion celebrating the 14th consecutive edition.

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During these last 14 years, more than 7,000 third-year students

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will have participated in these debates in which they assume the role of ambassadors

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of different countries to face global problems with that spirit of collaboration

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that led the American president Woodrow Wilson to found the League of Nations in 1920,

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when he concluded the First World War.

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This precursor of the current United Nations was the first ever created

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mundial intergubernamental jamás creada y su objetivo era nada menos que velar por la paz

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mundial. Este es el legado y la herencia que vosotros, nuestros jóvenes alumnos, estáis

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manteniendo vivos al participar en este programa, tan fielmente respaldado a lo largo de estos 14

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años por nuestros inestimables socios, el Departamento de Estado de la Embajada de Estados

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Unidos, la Comisión Fulbright y el British Council, a quien tengo que dar nuevamente

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las gracias por su continuado apoyo.

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Para llegar aquí, los alumnos de los 28 institutos públicos bilingües presentes habéis tenido

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que debatir con compañeros de otros 100 institutos que hoy no nos pueden acompañar en esta ceremonia,

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pero que también forman parte de lo que estamos celebrando aquí con vosotros.

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Y no puedo dejar de dedicar unas palabras de agradecimiento tanto a los profesores como a los auxiliares de conversación que os han ayudado en la preparación necesaria para que hoy podáis estar aquí.

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Su esfuerzo y dedicación son fruto de lo más bello y noble de la vocación docente.

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Carla y Ana son, perdonad, creo que he tenido aquí un lapsus con el papel, perdón.

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Yesterday, our Education Secretary, at the opening ceremony, reminded us that the motto of Global Classrooms is

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Live, Lead and Learn.

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And the language of Shakespeare, which today has been adopted in the United Nations,

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makes this motto an urgent invitation, almost a challenge.

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Today, all the authorities that are in this Presidential Court, in this Assembly of the Community of Madrid,

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we congratulate you for responding to the invitation.

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We are very proud to know that this program will form you

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so that tomorrow you will know how to play an active role

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in the work world and in public life.

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And we also wish with all our heart

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that it prepares you to help forge peace between peoples,

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a peace rooted in mutual respect and in the use of the word and not of force.

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Dice un viejo refrán o parábola que por sus frutos los reconoceréis.

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Y este programa también será conocido por sus frutos.

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Ayer escuchábamos las experiencias de dos antiguas alumnas del Instituto Fortuny

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que participaron en este programa en 2013 y 2014.

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Y hoy escucharemos de otras dos alumnas,

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Carla Orcajada del Instituto Jaime Ferran de Collado Villalba

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y Ana Abad, del Instituto Arquitecto Ventura Rodríguez de Boadilla del Munte,

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que el curso pasado fueron elegidas para participar en la Conferencia Internacional de Nueva York

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en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en mayo.

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Ellas van a compartir con vosotros su experiencia del año pasado.

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Carla and Ana are two of the 140 students who, by the end of this 14th edition of Global Classrooms,

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Classrooms will have traveled to New York to represent the community of Madrid and its model

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of bilingual public education. As General Director of Bilingualism, I can think of no other way to

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praise Madrid's Global Classroom Program than to witness, through the words of its former

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participants, the deep imprint it leaves behind in those of you who have experienced it. Let us hope

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that this program continues to shape future generations of students

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so that they might be able to return

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year after year to tell us how their horizons have been

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broadened, how their lives have been touched, and why not

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how a vocation to public service has sprung up in them

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perhaps through that small inner voice Maria Isabel Carrion

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spoke to us about yesterday, which will urge them

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on to speak up in the name of others

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who are less privileged to seek justice

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and to work for peace

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young students

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the road ahead of you is long

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but your presence here today participating

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in Global Classroom signals that you have

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begun a great journey

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one which we hope will one day bring some of you back here

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to the Madrid Regional Parliament

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the home of all madrileños, to tell us your exploits

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and to pass the torch on to future generations.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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Y ahora cedo la palabra al señor Benjamin Tiff,

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encargado de negocios de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos.

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Good afternoon.

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Oh, come on. Good afternoon. You're awake.

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There you go. Come on. You've had a great time here.

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you've spent a couple of days, you've been arguing all afternoon,

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you still have some energy left.

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So it's great to see you all here.

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Thank you very much to the Comunidad de Madrid,

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to my panelists, to Madrid for having supported this for so many years.

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Thanks to all of you and your parents who put up with you and helped you here.

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Don't think I don't know that it was your parents who helped you do this.

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It wasn't only yourselves, so please thank them for us.

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I've been in Madrid for two and a half years.

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I've been a diplomat for 32 years.

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My daughter has participated in Model United Nations.

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I have helped her with Model United Nations.

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I wish I could have participated in MUN when I was younger.

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I think it would have been a big help.

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So you're already starting with an advantage over when I began my education and my career.

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I mean, the world really is growing smaller every day, as we see in recent events,

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not only geographically but relationally.

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What happens in Madrid and around the world affects all of us.

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And this globalized world makes education more important than ever.

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And for that reason, my embassy, the U.S. Embassy,

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has been a proud supporter of Global Classrooms Model UN Conference,

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along with our very distinguished partners,

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the UN Association of the United States,

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Madrid's Department of Education,

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the Fulbright Commission,

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and my colleagues from the British Council.

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Our collaboration on this program

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really is a model in itself for what you've been doing for a couple of days,

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the kind of international effort envisioned by the model United Nations.

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And thank you all and every one of you for your support for this wonderful program.

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In the United States, we have a saying.

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Hindsight is 20-20.

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I guess in Spain, the equivalent would be ver la historia a toro, pasado.

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So, 2020 means looking backwards and judging how things, judging from now how things were

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back then.

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I mean, it's easy to see that, how successful the Global Classrooms program is today.

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But the success of the program was not obvious way back when it started with just one pilot

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project in 2005.

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Now we have 128 schools, 128 Global Classrooms, which is a great number, it's a big number

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I like to think of a bigger number.

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In the United States, we like big things, right?

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This is a big number.

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How about 16,675?

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One, six, six, seven, five.

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16,675 is the number of secondary students in Madrid

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who have participated in global classrooms.

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Over the past 15 years,

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these students have gone on to become Spanish diplomats,

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members of international organizations,

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and leaders of their communities.

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I've met some of them, and they are fantastic.

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I always prefer to attend the closing ceremonies of the Model United Nations conferences

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instead of the opening ceremonies,

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and this way I get to hear about the proposed solutions

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to the very difficult problems that you've been discussing,

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and I always enjoy having you do my job for me.

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So, you know, I will be looking forward to seeing whatever proposals you come out with

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from your discussions today.

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After all the hard work, all the preparation, all the arguments, all the sneaky things you did to reach agreement, and I know you did sneaky things, you now understand the ever greater complexity of the global environment, the number of stakeholders, and the effort required to analyze and get to solutions for all those problems.

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You're all preparing to be leaders in a complicated world, a world in which you need to speak a foreign language,

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understand the implications of international events, and navigate a multipolar and complicated world.

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Congratulations, enhorabuena, for doing this todo en inglés.

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Really is, I mean, those of you who speak a second language understand that you see the world in a new way.

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you actually duplicate the worlds that you live in

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because there's the world of Spanish, there's a world of English

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some of you may learn other languages as well

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and there's a different world in all of those

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and I can tell you a story from a personal point of view

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when I was growing up and speaking Spanish with my father

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who also spoke Spanish

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I was a different son in English than I was in Spanish

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in English I spoke to my father in one way

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in Spanish I could speak to him in a different way

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Oye, viejo, ¿qué está pensando?

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You know, I wouldn't say that in English.

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You know, hey, old man, what's going on?

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Not going to happen.

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So you really do duplicate and double your world

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with every language that you speak.

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And so congratulations for expanding that world

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as you work in English.

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It creates opportunities, obviously.

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It gives you an advantage when you compete for jobs.

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We all know jobs are important.

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And Spain's admirable progress in foreign language

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is a result of very motivated students,

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support of parents, dedicated Fulbright English teaching associates, and the vision of Madrid's leaders,

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and I congratulate all of you. De veras, enhorabuena.

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Not only has the Comunidad de Madrid supported the Global Classrooms Project,

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but it has a very impressive bilingual education secondary school program of which most of you are products.

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Many people don't know this, but in addition to the 32 Fulbright English teaching assistants

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supported by the Comunidad de Madrid,

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Madrid's Department of Education

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also pays to bring 2,500 American English teaching assistants

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to work in the regional bilingual schools.

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It's a lot of Americans coming here to help out.

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And that's very smart,

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because those young Americans not only help Spanish students

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develop their English language skills,

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these people, these kids, these young Americans

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return to the United States as ambassadors for Spain.

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They come here oftentimes not knowing anything about living and working in this country,

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and they return, I assure you, being los mejores amigos de España que tienen en la vida.

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They come with their own Spanish skills, their own teaching skills,

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and as I said, a whole new vista del mundo for being able to work in Spanish.

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And we owe a very special thanks to you, the teachers, the Fulbright English Teaching Assistants,

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the bilingual coordinators, and the sponsoring schools who have done so much over the past

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months to help these students prepare and succeed in these debates. And I want to thank

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you for your dedication to these students and for contributing the extra time and effort

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that you all did to make the program a success. I understand that a lucky few of you will

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be going to New York City this spring in a program supported by my embassy and to get

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an even deeper experience at the United Nations in New York. I urge all of you who go to that

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great city to take full advantage of your time there. Don't learn only about the UN,

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it's important and all that, but you're going to be in one of the world's greatest cities.

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Así que a parrandear, responsibly. And when you come back to Spain, please share your

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experiences with your fellow students. And let me conclude with another request from

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all of you. Most of you, if not all of you, will be thinking about your university studies,

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right? You're thinking about going to school, what am I going to do with my life? Am I going

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to be a lawyer? Am I going to be an engineer? Am I going to go be a teacher? What am I going

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to do? Now, I would urge you to come study in the United States. We have over 3,000 universities

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across the country in very different parts of the, parts of the, of very different specialties,

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very different locations. You can see and enjoy and do very different things. You already

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have English, so that's not a problem. You already have Spanish, I presume, so that should

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help as well, because we are, if you didn't know this, next to Mexico, the second largest

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Spanish-speaking country in the world. More Spanish speakers in the United States than

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in Spain. Lo siento, pero es verdad. So you'll be able to use your Spanish in the United

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States as well. We have thousands of Spanish students who go to the United States every

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year and have amazing experiences in public universities, private colleges, community

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other programs, and you all, I encourage you to join that flow because you can come back here

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also as great ambassadors for the United States here in Spain. Please contact EducationUSA

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at the Fulbright Commission. You'll learn a lot of possibilities, scholarships, sports scholarships,

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possibilities for every level and every interest. Your Fulbright English teaching assistants will

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also know how to put you in touch with them. But you can also just Google EducationUSA,

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one word, EducationUSA, and click on the first link, and that will take you to the information

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page. Thank you again. It really is an honor for a chance to be here today to celebrate

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the success of MAD-UN, which when I first saw it, I thought it was crazy UN, but it

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was all right. In the years ahead, I hope you will look back to this program as one

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that changed your life, and I hope you will spread the word about the benefits of what

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you enjoyed here to all your classmates and friends and for our part at the US

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Embassy we were here to support the program back in 2005 and we remain

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committed to support the global classrooms and the students in the years

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ahead congratulations on all your accomplishments now go out into the

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world apply what you have learned and make it a better place thank you very

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First of all, I'd like to thank the Ministry of Education, the U.S. Embassy, the British

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Council, the teachers, the GCLEs, and especially the delegates here today.

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I look around the room, and I think to myself, you could be home watching Netflix.

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You could be playing Fortnite.

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You could be just hanging out with your friends.

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But instead, you decided to work hard, to research a lot, and to come together today, to work together today, to address some of the world's major problems.

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Was it worth it? I hope so.

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I hope Global Classrooms has activated your imagination, your creativity, as you look for innovative ways to solve the world's problems.

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Did you learn from each other? How many of you have thought, wow, that delegate had a really

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good idea? Wow, that was a really interesting point of view that that person had. Or, I really

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wish I could express myself in English the way that delegate does. Did that cross any of your

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minds? Did you learn more about the world around you? I know you know more about economic development

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and resource efficiency.

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I know you know more about women in STEM.

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And I hope no matter what field,

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what career you choose to pursue in the future,

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that you remember that you can have an impact

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and you can help to change the world with your solutions.

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Look around you.

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How many friends have you made?

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I hope you made new friends.

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I hope that you took the chance to get their Instagram handles, their WhatsApp numbers,

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and maybe even do a dance together on something I heard is called Tic Tac.

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And most importantly, I hope that you had fun.

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Did you have fun?

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If so, I know that all of you made the most of Global Classrooms.

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Thank you.

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Tiene la palabra la señora Ruth Horsfall, responsable de Cursos para Jóvenes en el British Council.

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Oh, it takes a while.

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Good afternoon. Hello, everybody.

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Hi. It's fantastic to be here at the British Council.

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We're incredibly excited about being part of this wonderful initiative.

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Thank you, panelists.

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Thank you, Fulbright Commission, U.S. Embassy, and of course the Comunidad de Madrid.

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Thank you, Matthias.

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We're very happy to be here today.

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And what strikes me most about all of this

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is your dedication and enthusiasm.

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You really have embraced the spirit of global classrooms.

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You've made it your own,

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so hats off to you for all your hard work and your passion

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and the confidence with which you take on these projects.

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You're doing it in English, you're able to communicate in Spanish,

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you're interacting with each other,

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but it's not just about the language skills,

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it's the creativity, the collaboration,

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and all of those 21st century skills which are so useful in today's world,

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not to mention tomorrow's.

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your ability to negotiate to argue your point to listen listening is so important and you do that

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so well to listen to the points of others and to compromise to understand other people's points of

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view these are the skills that are very much in need and which you have demonstrated to the full

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so congratulations on that but i'm sure that global classrooms has given you much more

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You've made friends, you've built teams and relationships, and I'm sure you've

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had an awful lot of fun in the process. The debates you've been involved in

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throughout the journey here have generated a real buzz and your hard work

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really has paid off. This is a unique experience that nobody who takes in part

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in it will ever forget so congratulations to you esteemed delegates and congratulations to

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your teachers language assistants to all of you here today very very well done and thank you very

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much the community madrid for this life-changing experience this is the 14th and may there be many

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many more in the future very well done incredible congratulations from the british council

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Benjamin Tseif, Catherine Marles and Ruth Horsfall.

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And now comes a part that I think will be very interesting for all of you

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because it will give you a little, to open your mouth,

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of what awaits those who are lucky enough to be able to go to the United Nations next year.

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First of all, Carla Orcajada Bermúdez from the Jaime Fernández Collado Institute of Villalba.

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Good afternoon, I'm Carla Orcajada.

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One of the tennis students that got to New York last year.

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First of all, I would like to start by thanking everyone who made all this possible.

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To the assembly, the sponsors, Consejería de Educación, teachers, and of course, to the language assistants,

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who are always there to help us with everything we need throughout this project.

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On such a special day, I would like to mention Diana and Kira.

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Diana was the best partner I could have for Global Classrooms.

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and Kira wasn't only my GC teacher.

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She became my partner for the best experience of my life.

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Without them, I could have never made it.

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I would like to congratulate all of you

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who have made it to the second conference.

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Surely, you have done a great job.

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To all participants in 2020 of GC,

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I hope you have enjoyed all this process of selection

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as you have been able to hear different points of view

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or meet new people, etc.

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One year ago, I was in the same position as you, very nervous and impatient to see if

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I was going to get an award, although I knew that whatever happened, I was already a winner,

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and I think you should feel the same.

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I could never have expected get to New York or let alone be here today giving this speech.

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Today, some of you are going to get awards, which are acknowledgements for the hard work

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you have done in D.C., an experience that is not only an English excursion, as I thought

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at the beginning, and not only improves your English or public speaking, but is an unbeatable

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opportunity for personal growth, self-confidence, and increasing your awareness about global

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issues.

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We have to be aware about the real problems that the world is facing nowadays.

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It's not only important, but urgent to find solutions.

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For me, going to New York posed a great challenge

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and made me break out of my comfort zone.

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I met new people from all over the world

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who had also been preparing the topic for a long time.

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Thanks to GC, I opened my mind

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and I gained new perspectives about the labor world.

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Of course, there's no need to say how much the project is worth

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and that I could do this 1,000 more times.

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New York was completely different than Madrid conferences, although it has the same structure.

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People there were 17 or 18 years old and had so much preparation.

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I was lucky to be selected, even though there were people who deserved it, too.

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Very soon, some of you will get interviewed by the sponsors.

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I give advice to all of you that go to that interview to be calm and to be yourselves.

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Those of you who won't be selected,

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at least you should be grateful for having been part of this process

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and getting such an experience.

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It was an honor to represent the community of Madrid in the United Nations

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with my mates, with whom I had the chance to make long-lasting relationships.

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And it is still a pleasure for me to continue to work with this life-changing program.

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Remember, 10 of you get to New York, but all of you are already winners.

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Thank you. Good luck to everyone.

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A continuación, vais a escuchar a Ana Abad Colotuchkina

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del Instituto Arquitecto Ventura Rodríguez.

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With guns, you can kill terrorists.

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But with education, you can kill terrorism.

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This quote belongs to one of the most inspirational young women.

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A person who stood against oppression and fought for her rights.

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A person who did not remain silent when many others did.

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And most importantly, a person who decided not to give up.

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Some of you might have guessed who I'm talking about.

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But if not, her name is Malala Yousafzai.

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She's a human rights advocate who fights for girls' rights to education all over the world.

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now some of you might be wondering why is this girl talking about Malala when she should probably

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be telling us her experience well don't worry I'll get to that but first I'd like to ask all

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the delegates one question how many of you think that one day in the future they'll be able to make

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a change just like Malala please raise your hand if you think that this applies for you

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That's great, guys. I did not expect so many hands, and that is wonderful.

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And for those of you who did not raise your hand, don't worry.

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Because before global classrooms, I also thought that this was complete nonsense,

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and that it would be delusional to think that someone like me could actually become someone like her.

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but now I've come to realize that it might not be that difficult. Global

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Classrooms has taught me many things. If I look back at the person I was back in

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September 2018, I can clearly see that I've changed. But as I don't have the

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time to tell you about my whole experience, I'm just going to talk about

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one specific thing. Privilege. I know this may sound strange but I generally

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believe that the most important thing I got out of this program is a clear

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understanding of the word privilege. In a vague way, privilege could be described

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as having more than others. But for me, there's more to it than just a

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definition. Privilege is everywhere. However, it seems like we all despise it.

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When I talk about privilege with other people, it feels like all we do is try to justify why our privileges aren't actual privileges.

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Here's an example. I have a friend who has lived in four different countries.

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Every time someone asks him about it, he says, well, it's because of my parents' job. It's not like we just decided to move there.

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With this, I'm not saying that explaining a situation of this kind is a bad thing

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However, I've started to notice that when my friend is asked this question

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It's like he feels obligated to explain why he has lived abroad

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Otherwise, we might hate him or get angry at him

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Honestly, I'm not even sure

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But it seems like none of us want to be seen as privileged

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Yet, when it comes to drafting resolutions in conferences, suddenly, we all start looking

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for rich developed countries to join our bloc and become sponsors, because, as you probably

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all know, what better way to finance our initiative than implementing new taxes in Northern European

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countries?

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While I was taking part in my first Global Classroom conference, a question popped into

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my head.

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If what we're doing here right now actually happens in the real United Nations, why are

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there still so many global conflicts unresolved?

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I think I found the answer.

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When you're used to privilege, equality doesn't feel like equality.

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It feels like oppression.

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We live in a complex world in which despite having a declaration of human rights, many

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people can't enjoy basic rights.

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education. More than 200 million kids aren't enrolled in school. It's true,

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education is a basic human right, but if this is happening, aren't we the

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privileged ones? Being here today, is that a privilege or something we've earned? To

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be honest, I'm still trying to figure out my own answers. The only thing I'm sure

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about is that if I'm more privileged than another person, I want to use that

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privilege to help them out. Now going back to Malala's quote, she said that

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education can kill terrorism, and if education can kill terrorism, then

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knowledge is power. And if knowledge is power, then my education, privilege or not,

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is power. And I can use that power to change the things I don't like. I would

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never have been able to do this kind of reflection if it wasn't for Global

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classrooms. Because how can I, your average high school student, become a changemaker?

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I used to believe that my ideas weren't important, and that no matter what I did, I couldn't do

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anything that would have a real impact on our society. However, when I was at GC conferences

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brainstorming ideas for the resolution, I quickly realized that if we didn't include citizen

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engagement, it was very unlikely that our aim, whether it was passing a new law or

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ending arms trade, could have an actual chance of happening. As I said before,

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knowledge is power. Privilege is power. But power is useless if you don't do

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anything with it. Global classrooms have showed me that it doesn't matter if I'm

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just one person. My opinions and my actions do matter. Change won't happen if

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if I continue doing the same every day.

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I cannot expect single-use plastics to be banned

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if I continue going to Starbucks every day

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and getting a drink in a plastic cup.

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I cannot expect natural resources to stop being exploited

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if I get a new phone every year.

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I cannot expect religious freedom to be understood globally

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if I continue to think that Muslims are terrorists.

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I know that change can be hard.

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But it's the only way to ensure that our society moves forward

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I may never become as important as Malala

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In fact, I probably won't

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I'll never inspire millions of people like her

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Or lead a cause as great as hers

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But I will become a changemaker

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I will inspire others

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Even if it's only my friends or a kid in my school who I've met once

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I will make a change

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I know I will, because this experience has showed me that I'm capable of doing it,

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and that it's not that difficult.

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I've learned that I have to be the first person to believe in myself,

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because if I don't, then no one else will.

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The reason I'm telling you all of this is because tonight, when the ceremony ends,

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I want each of you to walk out of this room feeling proud of yourselves.

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It does not matter if you win an award or not.

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Global Classrooms is much more than winning the best delegation or going to New York.

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Please, reflect on how Global Classrooms has helped you grow as a person.

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Maybe it's because you've met someone who has changed your perception of things.

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Or maybe you've become more conscious about the importance of international relations.

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Either way, I'm sure there's something wonderful and unique that each of you has discovered throughout their journey.

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I think most of you will agree

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that the person sitting here today

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is not the same person you were back in September

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and that proves

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that Global Classroom's real aim

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is not just to help you improve your English

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or your public speaking skills

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it's more than that

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it's about the people you meet and get inspiration from

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the critical thinking you develop, the maturity you gain

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how open-minded you become, and so much more

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I also would like you to realize how lucky we all are for being here today.

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Please turn around and look at your partner. You wouldn't be here if it

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wasn't for them. Now look at your teachers and mentors. These people have

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spent most of their time preparing you. I want to thank my own teachers for

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helping me last year. Maria, Stella, Adolfo, thanks for believing in me and pushing

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me to do my best. I also want to thank everyone who's making this possible, the Asamblea,

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Consejería de Educación, Fulbright Commission, and the British Council. Thanks for providing

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us with this once-in-a-lifetime experience and truly believing that we are the future.

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Last but not least, I want to thank a very special person, Amanda. She was my mentor

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last year, and although she's not here today, she's the reason why I'm doing this speech right

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now. Amanda, you saw something in me that no one else had, even myself. You have inspired me, and

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I am who I am today thanks to you. As you've probably noticed, I really like quotes. So I'm

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going to conclude my speech with a quote from another great feminist that pretty much summarizes

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what I think Global Classroom's true message really is.

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I'm inviting you to step forward,

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to be seen,

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and to ask yourself,

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if not me,

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who?

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If not now,

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when?

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Thank you very much and good luck to all of you.

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Thank you very much, Carla and Ana.

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This explains why we are so proud of our students,

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profesores y de global classrooms en general. Y ahora viene la ceremonia de

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entrega de premios de la que se va a ocupar Pablo Cantero. Gracias.

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Okay, wow. Okay, just before we begin the second half of today's event, just some

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quick instructions for all the esteemed delegates. Okay, what we're going to do

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now is um we're going to call each of the chairs from the six un women committees one at a time

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they're going to give a brief four to five minute speech uh it can be shorter okay but it cannot be

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longer brevity is the soul of wit and of many other things um the idea is to outline the main

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developments that our esteemed American ambassador here

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has called for, to hear the ideas of all you students

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that you developed in class.

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You will be hearing some of that from the chairs.

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And then we will be calling forward one of the authorities

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up on the dais to come down to present the awards.

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Once you are, once a week, we will call the awards all together.

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For the sake of interest, okay, we ask that you refrain from clapping until we've called all of them.

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I know this is going to be difficult, okay?

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But we're going to call all the awards in order by committee, in the order of best position paper,

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um second um honorable mention first honorable mention and finally best delegation if you hear

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your name uh the name of your delegation of your country being called what we want you to do is the

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following okay there will be 48 students doing this tonight so pay attention that's a quarter of

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you you're going to get up okay you're going to head for that doorway in the corner if you're down

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here. If you're upstairs, you're going to head for that staircase. You're going to go down the

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staircase. Those of you who are in the room, you're going to go out through that door, and you're

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going to come behind here and line up over there, okay? Then we will signal for you to come one at

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a time. At that point, we will ask one of the authorities to come down. We will hand you the

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certificates. When we call you forward, you will walk this way. You know that walk, not the

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Aerosmith walk this way. Walk this way. They will hand you the award. Shake hands. The chair will

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remain here. You will have an official photo taken, and then you will walk out through here,

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walk behind, go up the stairs. Those of you who are upstairs, go back. Those of you who are

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downstairs go down the stairs and come back is that clear well hopefully okay

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long instructions okay so we will begin okay well hopefully we'll help you out

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with that okay so we will call forward do you guys I'll call forward the chair

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of UN women number one Emma Watson I'm sorry I mean sorry Emma Watson yes MUN

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Sydney Park Sydney Park sorry okay so Sydney Park the floor is yours good

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afternoon everyone great my name is Sydney and I am a global classrooms

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Language Assistant, and I have had the absolute pleasure of chairing for the 2020 Madrid Global

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Classrooms Conferences. Personally, the Global Classrooms Program this year has been such

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an enjoyable journey for me that I've been able to share with my students. And it feels

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surreal because I also participated in Model United Nations when I was in secondary school,

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So I remember what it was like to sit in your seats and overcome fears of public speaking

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and try and prepare and work really hard for these conferences, and I loved it.

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So I feel all the more grateful to be here.

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As you know, we were all at Las Acacias today after months and months and months of hard work

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to represent our countries, to push ourselves and debate and to pass resolutions.

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but I truly believe that this conference

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has done much more than that for all of you

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I believe it has allowed us to truly learn

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what it means to collaborate

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to really collaborate and to critically think about our future

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as friends, as new friends and as colleagues

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and I saw that in my committee today

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so I was the chair of United Nations Women Committee 1

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and as we discussed

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women's participation and leadership in STEM. We explored ideas ranging from equal parental leave

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to mobile vans, acting as technological hubs in rural areas for women, implementing STEAM

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curriculum in education systems, adopting blind admissions in universities as well as the workforce,

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and implementing wage transparency policies across the board and a lot of

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the solutions were really revolved around education and access to education

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which I thought to be very inspiring and true and so while you debated these

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solutions what I noticed was that you were very supportive each other very

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supportive of each other you were so supportive all the time you kept

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thanking each other for comments that maybe weren't so nice. You kept thanking

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each other. You kept wanting to make amendments to resolutions. You kept

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clapping after every single speech. You kept clapping, which is great. So I felt

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very proud of everyone in my room today and I feel proud because I know that you

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are walking away today with knowledge and insight to become better global

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citizens and better future leaders. And that's why global classrooms is so important. You know,

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being here and doing this helps us with the confidence and the skills that we will need to

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tackle the world's challenges. So on that note, more than anything, I want to encourage all of you

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to use this experience. Regardless of your future career, I believe that what you have learned here

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will prove to be invaluable because it has proven to be the same for me. So take what you have gained

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here and keep using it wherever you go with that congratulations to all of you on a job well done

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thank you okay so um now it's time to announce the awards for committee un women one so again

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when we call the name of your delegation please stand up and come down here okay so for best

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position paper in UN Women One, Iran. Second honorable mention, India. First honorable mention,

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Somalia. And best delegation, Germany. Please come down.

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To hand out the awards, we call upon Mercedes Marín García, Directora General de Bilingüismo.

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Okay, so congratulations to everyone, UN Women Too.

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Okay, we now call upon the chair of UN Women Too, Rosalind.

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Thank you. Should we do a shakeout? Baby shark, maybe? No?

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So I'm Rosalind. I was the chair of UN Women Too.

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We had an extremely productive committee and I was extremely impressed by the sheer number of ideas

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and the thoughtfulness and depth of the resolutions. We passed both resolutions in our room,

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one unanimously and one with 16 out of 17 delegations voting yay.

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The first focused on acknowledging the massive inequalities in basic education in developing

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countries. One delegation said it best when they said, giving scholarships for STEM education does

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does not matter if women cannot read or even have access to a computer.

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Our second resolution centered on the importance

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of increasing representation of women in the workplace

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through blind hiring practices and illegalizing pay gaps.

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I was impressed by the intelligent conversation about intersectionality

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and the need to recognize all kinds of diversity

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in STEM careers that took place in our room.

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Overall, our room focused on building strong foundations

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needed for women, communities, and all countries to thrive.

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Building a strong foundation for your future

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is exactly what Global Classrooms is all about.

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One delegation said today, the delegation from Kenya,

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said that Global Classrooms has taken them out of their box

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and forced them to see everything from a different perspective.

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This is exactly what it is supposed to do.

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Please keep challenging yourself to think creatively

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to solve the world's biggest issues,

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and continue to ask questions.

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It is so important to be curious about the world.

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And as you all know, when in doubt,

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just ask how are you going to get the money for that.

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Please use your confidence, energy, and passion

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to one day implement the brilliant ideas developed this year.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Rosalind.

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All right, for the awards for UN Women 2,

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Best Position Paper, Dominican Republic,

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Second Honorable Mention, Morocco,

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First Honorable Mention, Kenya, and Best Delegation, Thailand.

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Congratulations.

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And to present the awards, we call upon Mr. Benjamin Ziff,

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Encargado de Negocios Ad Interim, Embajada de Estados Unidos.

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Wonderful.

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And now we are going to announce UN Women, room number three.

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First of all, Joe Joseph, chaired by Joe Joseph.

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all right hi everybody hi my name is Joe I'm a language assistant at Galileo

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Galilei high school there they are I told them not to scream and I also had

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the honor of serving as chair for the UN women committee 3 today in my committee

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I was blown away by the level of energy and excitement especially regarding a

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topic so crucial in the advancement of global gender equity. Together, we discussed issues

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ranging from the effect of workplace sexual harassment on the retention of women in STEM

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and ICT careers, the need to establish stronger baselines of educational achievement for young

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women across the world and the intersectional struggles that women of

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color face in STEM fields. Throughout our debate I was captivated by the

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creativity I witnessed coming from students of all genders who are

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committed to this vital issue. From a personal standpoint today is a bit

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emotional for me as it marks the end of my three-year involvement with the

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Global Classrooms program and I may or may not have been crying during the

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student speeches so honestly I couldn't imagine a better group of students with

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whom to celebrate this occasion and I have to give a shout out to my first of

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SO students who are here with me today and yes I still think of them as first

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of SO students because we started this global global classrooms journey

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together when I joined my high school at the same time that they did thank you

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you all for making this day so special for me. I want to also extend my appreciation to Lily,

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Chiara, Pablo, and everyone who made this program possible. Believe it or not, I'm really going to

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miss editing position papers, memorizing parliamentary procedure, and arriving at

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before the sun has even risen. But what I will miss the most are all of you, the Global Classrooms

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participants this year for your dedication your passion and for helping me to believe

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that the future lies in the hands of empathetic people who will fight for the rights of those

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who are most marginalized and will carry on a continual march toward progress

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i hope that you carry this passion forward with you in all of your endeavors and you reflect

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tirelessly on how to improve the world that you are a part of. Congratulations

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to all of you once again. With that being said, the awards for UNW3. Best

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position paper goes to Somalia. Second honorable mention goes to Ireland. First

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honorable mention goes to Chile. And best delegation goes to the Dominican

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Republic. And to present the awards, we have Catherine Matlis. Okay, we now call upon the

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Chair of UN Women, Or Alicia. All right. Yay. Thank you, Honorable Chair and esteemed delegates.

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Today I'm here to talk about the topic, just kidding. My name is Alicia and I was a GCLA this

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year, and I'm so excited to be here today. As I was thinking about what I wanted to say and how I

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wanted to reflect on these past few months, I was thinking more and more about what it means to be

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a global citizen, because it's so easy for us to get caught up in the ups and downs of our daily

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lives and kind of ignore the bubble, like everything outside of the bubbles that we're living in.

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and it hurts us so much less when we don't have to think about the world's big problems

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and I think that's why to me being a global citizen is to look at the world around you

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even when it's easier to look away and that's what global classrooms allows us to do

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is we are allowed to learn these tools and contribute to the world and learn about it

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in a way that looks beyond just ourselves.

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And I think that's so cool.

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I don't know if you guys think that's cool, but I really do.

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And I am not afraid to admit that big problems sometimes really overwhelm me.

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I mean, how am I, a singular person,

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supposed to find the balance between economic growth and resource efficiency?

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How am I supposed to seal the leaky pipeline to stem fields?

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I can't. But together, through global classrooms and other avenues, we can work together and

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solve these big world issues little by little. And so today in UN Women's Four, that was my

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committee, we got to see our global citizens in action. We heard ideas about changing the way we

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advertise children's toys in stores to try to make them more gender neutral. We talked about

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funding summer camps. So many summer camps and scholarships. And we talked about women helping

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women and lifting each other up. And before today, I didn't realize that hot pink could be formal

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01:15:36,800 --> 01:15:44,760
wear and then I saw the delegation of Oman's earrings and I realized that you definitely can

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01:15:44,760 --> 01:15:53,920
pull off hot pink even in a formal setting but what I was most impressed by truly was the intense

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01:15:53,920 --> 01:16:02,039
arm workouts that you all did today with your placard raising it was genuinely I don't understand

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01:16:02,039 --> 01:16:05,579
like how you could do it because I don't have that kind of arm strength

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and I just want to take a moment to kind of allow you to reflect on the journey that got you here

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today think about that first day of class when you learned what the general assembly was

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and think about now you're all here representing your school and honestly some of the best that

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01:16:33,140 --> 01:16:41,739
Spain has to offer. And all of this is because of your drive and passion and preparation and your

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01:16:41,739 --> 01:16:47,659
love for global classrooms. And so you should be so, so proud of yourselves. And take a moment,

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of course, to thank your teachers and your language assistants, because you will not believe,

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and I say this from personal experience, the amount, the number of hours we've spent thinking

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01:16:58,500 --> 01:17:06,390
about you when you're definitely not thinking about us. We've all wanted you to succeed and

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01:17:06,390 --> 01:17:13,829
you have gone above and beyond our expectations, truly. And I honestly cannot wait to see what you

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01:17:13,829 --> 01:17:19,609
have in store for us. And with that, I motion to adjourn this speech, but I want to congratulate

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you all again thank you so much okay wonderful um and now to announce the awards for un women for

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best position paper greece second honorable mention usa first honorable mention iran and

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best delegation, Sweden. To hand out the awards, we call upon Ruth Horsfall from the British Council.

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Okay, thank you. We now call upon the chair of UN Women number five, which is Jack.

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01:21:12,810 --> 01:21:20,329
Wow, they raised the podium for me. It's nice. Over the past six months, I've seen so much growth

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01:21:20,329 --> 01:21:27,289
and the abilities of global classroom students in our committee today we passed two resolutions one

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01:21:27,289 --> 01:21:32,890
unanimously about promoting gender equity in education and protecting women in the labor force

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01:21:33,529 --> 01:21:41,560
i was blown away by the respect and creativity i saw from you all today it cannot be overstated

687
01:21:41,560 --> 01:21:47,399
how important this experience is even if you don't think of yourself as a leader of tomorrow the

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01:21:47,399 --> 01:21:52,760
The value of your research skills, knowledge, knowledge of international politics, and ability

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01:21:52,760 --> 01:21:58,239
to respectfully debate, argue, and compromise will not only make your lives as individuals

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01:21:58,239 --> 01:22:04,520
easier, but they will help the lives of everyone you know.

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01:22:04,520 --> 01:22:09,300
Six months ago, who knew what a sustainable development goal was?

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Not me.

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01:22:11,420 --> 01:22:17,119
Who knew how to debate or publicly speak in front of 30 random strangers?

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01:22:17,119 --> 01:22:22,439
Who had the mountain of knowledge you now have about everything from resource efficiency

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01:22:22,439 --> 01:22:29,100
to the complexities of wage gaps and representation of women in STEM?

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01:22:29,100 --> 01:22:33,180
Who knew how to do the cha-cha slide?

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01:22:33,180 --> 01:22:38,399
The people I saw today had committed their minds to rigorous research, dazzling debates,

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01:22:38,399 --> 01:22:40,859
and some outstanding outfits.

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01:22:40,859 --> 01:22:43,579
Except for you, the delegation from the United States.

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01:22:43,579 --> 01:22:49,199
Your shoes were untied for like four hours, but I didn't want to break the quorum.

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01:22:49,199 --> 01:22:53,939
In all sincerity, the thing I was most impressed about today were your hearts.

702
01:22:53,939 --> 01:22:58,579
In a competition like this, it is easy to try to be concerned about how many points

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01:22:58,579 --> 01:23:05,319
you will score, how smart you sound, or how much you can commit to your country's character.

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01:23:05,319 --> 01:23:12,260
However, delegation after delegation, and speech after speech, I was blown away by everyone's

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01:23:12,260 --> 01:23:14,539
compassion.

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01:23:14,539 --> 01:23:20,140
You guys have heard a lot today about how all the skills you've gained in researching,

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01:23:20,140 --> 01:23:25,460
debating, communicating, and compromising, but none of that means anything without having

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01:23:25,460 --> 01:23:28,260
hearts and compassion.

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01:23:28,260 --> 01:23:32,720
I'm really proud of you for those skills, but I'm even more excited for the future for

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01:23:32,720 --> 01:23:35,560
you guys to use your hearts.

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01:23:35,560 --> 01:23:38,640
Thank you.

712
01:23:38,640 --> 01:23:39,640
Thank you, Jack.

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01:23:39,640 --> 01:23:42,640
I'm glad we raised the platform.

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01:23:42,640 --> 01:23:57,960
All right, now for the awards in UNW5, Best Position Paper, Oman, Second Honorable Mention, China, First Honorable Mention, France, and Best Delegation, Saudi Arabia.

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And to give out the awards, Doña Mercedes Marín, Directora General de Bilingüismo y Calidad de la Enseñanza.

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01:24:15,939 --> 01:27:22,859
Okay, and last but not least, for UN Women's 6, Ms. Emma Watson.

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01:27:32,229 --> 01:27:33,649
Hi, everyone. My name's Emma.

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01:27:34,069 --> 01:27:36,189
If you heard Emma Watson, the actress.

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01:27:37,069 --> 01:27:39,750
And I was the chair today in UN Women's 6.

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Although my students are not here today,

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01:27:42,529 --> 01:27:46,289
I was so very excited to participate again as a chair in this final conference

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01:27:46,289 --> 01:27:50,010
because Global Classrooms has been such an incredible growing experience,

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01:27:50,250 --> 01:27:51,770
both for me and for my students.

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To me, Global Classrooms has been all about community.

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01:27:56,510 --> 01:27:59,130
It's been about building a community within our own schools,

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01:27:59,689 --> 01:28:01,850
about building a broader community across Madrid

727
01:28:01,850 --> 01:28:07,350
as we come together to discuss critical topics like resource efficiency and women in STEM,

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01:28:07,949 --> 01:28:10,010
and it's been about building a group of students

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01:28:10,010 --> 01:28:13,029
who are more aware of the global community in which we are all living.

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01:28:14,409 --> 01:28:17,890
Today, I've been lucky enough to witness this incredible community once again.

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I've seen you working together, challenging yourselves and others to think critically,

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01:28:23,270 --> 01:28:26,909
and supporting each other's ideas as you created peaceful solutions to the complex

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01:28:26,909 --> 01:28:30,949
issues of women's participation in STEM and ICT.

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01:28:30,949 --> 01:28:35,789
In UNW6 today, we had a few standout moments that I wanted to share with you.

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01:28:35,789 --> 01:28:40,310
We had a really creative idea from Greece to implement a STEM Olympics every year where

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01:28:40,310 --> 01:28:47,069
students aged 13 to 17 will participate to encourage other students about the sciences.

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01:28:47,069 --> 01:28:50,170
Mexico wants to increase men in social fields and women in STEM

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01:28:50,170 --> 01:28:51,550
through exchange field trips.

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01:28:52,529 --> 01:28:55,409
China and South Africa want to implement summer camps,

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01:28:55,470 --> 01:28:58,210
as many of you want to, to teach about technology.

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01:28:59,010 --> 01:29:02,850
And Turkey even showed us a mini computer that he brought to the conference

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01:29:02,850 --> 01:29:04,489
that only costs $40.

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So if you find Turkey after, he can show you the mini computer.

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01:29:09,390 --> 01:29:12,029
I hope you can carry with you all this passion and creativity

745
01:29:12,029 --> 01:29:13,729
that you showed us today during the debates

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01:29:13,729 --> 01:29:15,609
far beyond your years in secondary school.

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01:29:15,609 --> 01:29:20,050
You all found your stride today and truly shined. We're so proud of you for

748
01:29:20,050 --> 01:29:23,350
the hard work that you've put in over the course of many months, many position

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01:29:23,350 --> 01:29:28,550
papers, and many speeches. Seeing you all be so supportive, be inclusive, and be

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01:29:28,550 --> 01:29:31,810
innovative has truly made GC the most special part of my experience as a

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01:29:31,810 --> 01:29:36,390
language assistant. I hope that it's been special to you as well. I hope that 10

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01:29:36,390 --> 01:29:39,850
years from now you'll look back upon this experience with pride and remember

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01:29:39,850 --> 01:29:42,989
the incredible community that you helped to build through your participation in

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01:29:42,989 --> 01:29:57,930
global classrooms. So congratulations, everyone. All right. And now the awards for UNW6. Best

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01:29:57,930 --> 01:30:06,840
position paper, Saudi Arabia. Second honorable mention, South Africa. First honorable mention,

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01:30:07,180 --> 01:32:54,189
Germany. Best delegation, USA. And to give out the award, Mr. Benjamin Ziff, please. Okay. And now

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01:32:54,189 --> 01:33:02,930
The final speech is going to be given by two very well-known people,

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01:33:03,770 --> 01:33:07,649
Lily Roth and Karen Icastro.

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01:33:07,909 --> 01:33:12,689
They are Fulbright ETA's mentors,

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01:33:13,050 --> 01:33:16,489
and they have been the coordinators of this year's conference.

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01:33:16,989 --> 01:33:18,170
They've done teacher training.

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01:33:18,529 --> 01:33:22,310
They've taught 140 GCLA's.

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01:33:22,810 --> 01:33:24,489
They've found positions for you.

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They've named you.

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01:33:25,470 --> 01:33:26,029
They've organized.

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01:33:26,189 --> 01:33:27,069
They've done everything.

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01:33:27,989 --> 01:33:31,689
They've even caught some mistakes I've made

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01:33:31,689 --> 01:33:33,609
and corrected them before they were executed.

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01:33:34,090 --> 01:33:34,750
So thank you.

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01:33:34,850 --> 01:33:37,029
You have all our gratitude, Lily and Kiara.

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01:33:47,510 --> 01:33:48,289
Hello, everyone.

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01:33:49,289 --> 01:33:51,229
I'm going to apologize for my voice.

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01:33:51,390 --> 01:33:54,350
We really gave this our all, and this is the result.

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01:33:55,510 --> 01:33:58,770
But I have found the silver lining of having a voice like this

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01:33:58,770 --> 01:34:02,229
is I can turn on the emotion at the drop of a hat.

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01:34:02,630 --> 01:34:04,130
So I'd like to thank the academy.

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01:34:04,630 --> 01:34:06,850
I'd like to thank global classrooms

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01:34:06,850 --> 01:34:08,250
for all of the work you've done.

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01:34:09,010 --> 01:34:10,890
Anyway, I'm going to try to make it through this,

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01:34:10,930 --> 01:34:14,489
and I might have to turn it over to Kiara to read my parts

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01:34:14,489 --> 01:34:16,210
if it doesn't go as planned.

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01:34:18,329 --> 01:34:19,529
So hi, everyone.

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01:34:22,909 --> 01:34:25,609
Standing up here, we realize that many of you,

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01:34:25,609 --> 01:34:29,470
namely the delegates, probably have no idea who we are.

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01:34:29,989 --> 01:34:35,289
And we also realize that many of you, namely the GCLAs and your teachers,

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01:34:35,869 --> 01:34:38,930
have far too much of an idea of who we are.

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01:34:39,970 --> 01:34:43,689
So for those of us who we haven't had the pleasure of meeting in person,

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01:34:44,050 --> 01:34:47,310
my name is Lily Roth, this is Chiara Nicastro,

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01:34:47,489 --> 01:34:51,710
and we have had the immense pleasure of serving as the coordinators

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01:34:51,710 --> 01:34:54,130
for this year's Global Classrooms Conference.

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01:34:55,609 --> 01:35:03,270
All right. I thought I'd share a little story to begin. So when I was 14, 13, I could never imagine

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01:35:03,270 --> 01:35:09,729
being here. I mean, look around. Like the ceiling itself is pretty incredible if you haven't looked

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01:35:09,729 --> 01:35:16,390
up yet. So if you were to hand me Hermione Granger's time turner and were to transport me

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01:35:16,390 --> 01:35:23,329
back in time to have a conversation with myself, I wouldn't believe it. This is incredible. When I

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01:35:23,329 --> 01:35:29,390
was your age, I was just recently diagnosed with severe learning disabilities and also entering my

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01:35:29,390 --> 01:35:36,369
own school's Model United Nations program, and it honestly changed my life. I only attended one

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01:35:36,369 --> 01:35:44,050
conference and represented the country of Lebanon, and I was hooked. From then on, I went on studying

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01:35:44,050 --> 01:35:50,310
the world and foreign cultures, and it pushed me towards activism and social justice. This passion

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01:35:50,310 --> 01:35:55,789
for social justice and cross-cultural learning serves to the basis and the ideas of what

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01:35:55,789 --> 01:36:01,770
persuaded both Lily and I to apply to be the mentors and be here today. And let me tell you,

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01:36:02,149 --> 01:36:06,890
believe it or not, we have seen all sides of global classrooms at this point.

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01:36:07,750 --> 01:36:13,170
From when we started, it was my first year in Spain. I had never had tortilla, believe it or not.

803
01:36:13,789 --> 01:36:19,770
I'm from California. Our tortillas are with Mexican food, not with eggs and potatoes.

804
01:36:20,310 --> 01:36:21,609
Maybe onions, you know.

805
01:36:22,869 --> 01:36:24,710
But yeah, it was our first year in Spain.

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01:36:25,470 --> 01:36:29,550
And we were GCLA's, just like many of you, for the first time.

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01:36:30,069 --> 01:36:34,609
And we got a taste of global classrooms, and we couldn't stop eating, just like tortilla.

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01:36:35,529 --> 01:36:38,770
So, this year we've watched all of you grow.

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01:36:38,949 --> 01:36:41,890
We've watched your GCLA's grow, and we've watched many of your teachers,

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01:36:41,890 --> 01:36:46,609
who this may be their first time doing global classrooms, grow into who they are today.

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01:36:46,609 --> 01:36:53,130
and so when Kiara and I sat down at the beginning of the year

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01:36:53,130 --> 01:36:57,289
this is after we got to go to New York with these incredible students that we have

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01:36:57,289 --> 01:37:00,390
behind us who gave some pretty phenomenal speeches

814
01:37:00,390 --> 01:37:05,449
it's difficult to follow that but after we had the opportunity

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01:37:05,449 --> 01:37:09,810
to watch them just perform outstandingly

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01:37:09,810 --> 01:37:13,250
in a room full of 16, 17, 18 year olds and

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01:37:13,250 --> 01:37:17,590
completely hold their own and reflect on what Global Classrooms

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01:37:17,590 --> 01:37:23,729
is and what we wanted from this year as we were going to lead the program, we talked about it and

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01:37:23,729 --> 01:37:29,930
we decided that the thing that we wanted to hold on to this year with Global Classrooms was the

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01:37:29,930 --> 01:37:37,789
sense of joy that comes through the program. And I think we can all agree that GC is challenging.

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01:37:38,390 --> 01:37:46,369
It's really hard sometimes. And it's hard to teach. And it's hard to learn. Research is difficult,

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01:37:46,369 --> 01:37:48,250
especially in a language that's not your own

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01:37:48,250 --> 01:37:50,130
when it's these intense academic sources

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01:37:50,130 --> 01:37:52,869
writing position papers

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01:37:52,869 --> 01:37:56,609
doing all the procedural stuff

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01:37:56,609 --> 01:37:57,970
moderated caucuses

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01:37:57,970 --> 01:37:59,350
unmoderated caucuses

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and so we understand

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01:38:02,390 --> 01:38:03,869
that stuff gets pretty heavy

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01:38:03,869 --> 01:38:06,569
and we also understand that the content itself

831
01:38:06,569 --> 01:38:07,649
is really heavy

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01:38:07,649 --> 01:38:09,350
and I think both of us

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01:38:09,350 --> 01:38:12,590
we're not that much older than all the delegates here

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01:38:12,590 --> 01:38:14,289
and that rhetoric

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01:38:14,289 --> 01:38:15,649
that talks about

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01:38:15,649 --> 01:38:22,109
the world and the state it's in and how it's our responsibility to be the generation to fix it,

837
01:38:22,270 --> 01:38:29,550
right? We're both really impacted by that too. And that's a weight. And so what we helped this

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01:38:29,550 --> 01:38:36,350
year with Global Classrooms is that we could face that weight head on, but with a sense of joy.

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01:38:37,069 --> 01:38:43,050
And the joy really comes from community and it comes from the relationships that we've had

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01:38:43,050 --> 01:38:48,949
such a pleasure to form throughout the course of this year so with that being said there's a lot

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01:38:48,949 --> 01:38:54,369
of people that we have to thank and a lot of people that we want to celebrate here right now

842
01:38:54,369 --> 01:39:01,789
yeah we have built our community here in Spain I wouldn't even go a step further and say many of

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01:39:01,789 --> 01:39:07,750
you have become our family and we wouldn't be able to do with what we do without you

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01:39:07,750 --> 01:39:22,840
First of all, the GCLA's, like, wow, amazing, like the amount of emails your GCLA's receive

845
01:39:22,840 --> 01:39:28,659
from us on how to do lesson plans, on how to volunteer for the different positions at

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01:39:28,659 --> 01:39:35,220
the conference, they receive loads and loads of emails and put in lots of extra hour and

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01:39:35,220 --> 01:39:40,439
some of their own personal time to be here today and to create the experiences that you

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01:39:40,439 --> 01:39:41,439
have all gone through.

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01:39:41,439 --> 01:39:46,579
So don't forget to give your GCLA an extra hug or a high-five at the end of this as a

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01:39:46,579 --> 01:39:48,779
huge thank you to them.

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01:39:48,779 --> 01:39:54,239
The other thing I want to talk about are the Jornatas, teachers who spent their time after

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01:39:54,239 --> 01:40:00,779
school coming to our Jornatas, GCLA's who missed school and sometimes showed up sick

853
01:40:00,779 --> 01:40:05,060
to our Jornatas just to learn all the knowledge that we were trying to help share with all

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01:40:05,060 --> 01:40:06,060
of you.

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01:40:06,060 --> 01:40:10,479
So huge thank you for attending those and making them possible.

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01:40:10,479 --> 01:40:18,439
The next thing I want to, the lifers, like Joe, and also to our new GCLA's, thank you.

857
01:40:18,439 --> 01:40:21,659
We wouldn't be here again without their knowledge.

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01:40:21,659 --> 01:40:25,079
As we said, we've only done this one year, so this is our second year.

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01:40:25,079 --> 01:40:30,140
So we are nowhere near having as much resources as they do.

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01:40:30,140 --> 01:40:35,600
And the last thing I wanted to say, a special shout out to our evaluators.

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01:40:35,600 --> 01:40:39,079
They spent lots of time evaluating each of you,

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01:40:39,460 --> 01:40:41,220
making sure that everyone had fair grades.

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01:40:41,600 --> 01:40:44,720
Some of them were not meant to work and left school

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01:40:44,720 --> 01:40:48,739
and had to take the train or a cab to make sure that they got to here on time

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01:40:48,739 --> 01:40:51,500
because someone else had fallen sick or something like that.

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01:40:51,600 --> 01:40:55,119
So huge thank you to our evaluators and also to our chairs.

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01:40:58,949 --> 01:41:00,670
Yeah, we can clap. That's great.

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01:41:06,710 --> 01:41:08,810
It's the end. We can do a lot of clapping.

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01:41:08,810 --> 01:41:12,029
so in addition to the language

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01:41:12,029 --> 01:41:13,210
assistants and the teachers

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01:41:13,210 --> 01:41:15,569
GC is such a collaborative

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01:41:15,569 --> 01:41:18,130
program and it takes really strong

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01:41:18,130 --> 01:41:20,069
supportive teachers just as much

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01:41:20,069 --> 01:41:21,430
as it takes really strong GCLA

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01:41:21,430 --> 01:41:23,489
so we're so lucky to have that foundation

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01:41:23,489 --> 01:41:25,970
because this wouldn't be possible

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01:41:25,970 --> 01:41:28,069
without it. We'd also like

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01:41:28,069 --> 01:41:29,369
to thank the ministry

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01:41:29,369 --> 01:41:32,069
we'd like to thank Fulbright

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01:41:32,069 --> 01:41:33,710
and all the support that we've

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01:41:33,710 --> 01:41:36,010
received. We worked really closely

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01:41:36,010 --> 01:41:37,369
with Pablo Cantero

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01:41:37,369 --> 01:41:42,630
and let me tell you that he cares about this program so much.

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01:41:43,029 --> 01:41:46,710
He really, really cares about it

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01:41:46,710 --> 01:41:48,850
and that's evident every day when he comes to work

886
01:41:48,850 --> 01:41:51,750
and how eager he is to talk about it, to get feedback

887
01:41:51,750 --> 01:41:53,909
and to figure out how we can make it better.

888
01:41:54,350 --> 01:41:58,329
So if you see him, make sure to tell him thank you.

889
01:42:06,699 --> 01:42:11,020
So we've been lucky to have the support of Pablo Eftrini

890
01:42:11,020 --> 01:42:13,659
and of all the Consejería.

891
01:42:13,859 --> 01:42:15,420
We've been there several times

892
01:42:15,420 --> 01:42:16,659
throughout the course of the year.

893
01:42:17,520 --> 01:42:20,000
We'd like to thank Ben and Kathy, of course,

894
01:42:20,100 --> 01:42:21,220
from the Fulbright Commission,

895
01:42:21,819 --> 01:42:23,680
who have also provided a lot of support

896
01:42:23,680 --> 01:42:26,399
through the unexpected twists and turns of this year.

897
01:42:27,180 --> 01:42:30,020
We'd like to thank the U.S. Embassy for being here

898
01:42:30,020 --> 01:42:32,199
and for providing a lot of the funds for New York,

899
01:42:32,300 --> 01:42:33,300
which is an amazing thing,

900
01:42:33,800 --> 01:42:37,119
and to the British Council and the Assemblea as well.

901
01:42:37,300 --> 01:42:39,260
So thank you to all of our partners.

902
01:42:41,020 --> 01:42:41,779
Yes, thank you.

903
01:42:48,550 --> 01:42:55,069
So, we'll end on one note, which is what struck me the most throughout all of this,

904
01:42:55,369 --> 01:42:59,250
and I think is really evident from the speeches here today to both of us,

905
01:42:59,909 --> 01:43:04,670
is that all of these people here care about you so much.

906
01:43:05,250 --> 01:43:05,930
They really do.

907
01:43:06,630 --> 01:43:11,550
And they are so excited and overjoyed and touched by all of your successes

908
01:43:11,550 --> 01:43:14,430
and triumphs and challenges, big and small.

909
01:43:14,430 --> 01:43:18,989
and so let that be something that you keep in your mind

910
01:43:18,989 --> 01:43:22,829
as you go forward and you continue on in your global classrooms journey

911
01:43:22,829 --> 01:43:27,069
even if global classrooms might not continue on technically

912
01:43:27,069 --> 01:43:30,970
from here on out and so as you continue on in that journey whichever way

913
01:43:30,970 --> 01:43:34,949
it takes you as you find your cause, your purpose, the little

914
01:43:34,949 --> 01:43:38,449
space in which you want to make it done in the world, let that care

915
01:43:38,449 --> 01:43:42,930
and that community buoy you and take you onward

916
01:43:42,930 --> 01:43:44,750
So thank you so much, guys, really.

917
01:44:25,760 --> 01:44:47,189
for closing the 14th edition of the Global Classrooms.

918
01:44:47,189 --> 01:44:48,189
Thank you.

919
01:44:48,189 --> 01:45:20,979
Esteemed delegates, the Assembly is giving us a 10-minute courtesy period

920
01:45:20,979 --> 01:45:26,979
if anybody wishes to take a final photo in the Assembly or the Tribunal,

921
01:45:26,979 --> 01:45:30,979
and otherwise we will see you again soon.

922
01:45:30,979 --> 01:45:35,060
Okay, 10 minutes, we have to be out. Thank you.