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¿Podemos empezar ya? 00:09:42

Shall we start? 00:09:45

Buenas tardes a todos. Good afternoon. 00:09:48

Hoy tengo el honor de presidir la clausura 00:09:52

de esta decimocuarta edición de Global Classrooms 00:09:56

en esta sede de la Asamblea de Madrid. 00:10:00

Quiero dar la bienvenida al señor Benjamin Schiff, 00:10:04

encargado de negocios de la Embajada de Estados Unidos, 00:10:08

a Catherine Marles, jefe de programa de la Comisión Fulbright, 00:10:12

a Ruth Horsfall, responsable de recursos para jóvenes en el British Council, 00:10:17

directores, profesores de los institutos de educación secundaria, 00:10:23

Global Classrooms Language Assistance, 00:10:29

estimados delegados y alumnos de tercero de ESO. 00:10:33

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. 00:10:36

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. 00:10:51

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. 00:11:19

Global Classrooms begins its journey within the bilingual program in 2006. 00:11:45

Therefore, we are on this occasion celebrating the 14th consecutive edition. 00:11:52

During these last 14 years, more than 7,000 third-year students 00:11:58

will have participated in these debates in which they assume the role of ambassadors 00:12:04

of different countries to face global problems with that spirit of collaboration 00:12:09

that led the American president Woodrow Wilson to found the League of Nations in 1920, 00:12:16

when he concluded the First World War. 00:12:24

This precursor of the current United Nations was the first ever created 00:12:27

mundial intergubernamental jamás creada y su objetivo era nada menos que velar por la paz 00:12:32

mundial. Este es el legado y la herencia que vosotros, nuestros jóvenes alumnos, estáis 00:12:38

manteniendo vivos al participar en este programa, tan fielmente respaldado a lo largo de estos 14 00:12:46

años por nuestros inestimables socios, el Departamento de Estado de la Embajada de Estados 00:12:52

Unidos, la Comisión Fulbright y el British Council, a quien tengo que dar nuevamente 00:12:58

las gracias por su continuado apoyo. 00:13:04

Para llegar aquí, los alumnos de los 28 institutos públicos bilingües presentes habéis tenido 00:13:08

que debatir con compañeros de otros 100 institutos que hoy no nos pueden acompañar en esta ceremonia, 00:13:15

pero que también forman parte de lo que estamos celebrando aquí con vosotros. 00:13:22

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. 00:13:26

Su esfuerzo y dedicación son fruto de lo más bello y noble de la vocación docente. 00:13:38

Carla y Ana son, perdonad, creo que he tenido aquí un lapsus con el papel, perdón. 00:13:50

Yesterday, our Education Secretary, at the opening ceremony, reminded us that the motto of Global Classrooms is 00:14:00

Live, Lead and Learn. 00:14:09

And the language of Shakespeare, which today has been adopted in the United Nations, 00:14:12

makes this motto an urgent invitation, almost a challenge. 00:14:16

Today, all the authorities that are in this Presidential Court, in this Assembly of the Community of Madrid, 00:14:21

we congratulate you for responding to the invitation. 00:14:28

We are very proud to know that this program will form you 00:14:32

so that tomorrow you will know how to play an active role 00:14:35

in the work world and in public life. 00:14:39

And we also wish with all our heart 00:14:42

that it prepares you to help forge peace between peoples, 00:14:44

a peace rooted in mutual respect and in the use of the word and not of force. 00:14:49

Dice un viejo refrán o parábola que por sus frutos los reconoceréis. 00:14:54

Y este programa también será conocido por sus frutos. 00:15:03

Ayer escuchábamos las experiencias de dos antiguas alumnas del Instituto Fortuny 00:15:06

que participaron en este programa en 2013 y 2014. 00:15:11

Y hoy escucharemos de otras dos alumnas, 00:15:16

Carla Orcajada del Instituto Jaime Ferran de Collado Villalba 00:15:19

y Ana Abad, del Instituto Arquitecto Ventura Rodríguez de Boadilla del Munte, 00:15:24

que el curso pasado fueron elegidas para participar en la Conferencia Internacional de Nueva York 00:15:29

en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en mayo. 00:15:34

Ellas van a compartir con vosotros su experiencia del año pasado. 00:15:37

Carla and Ana are two of the 140 students who, by the end of this 14th edition of Global Classrooms, 00:15:47

Classrooms will have traveled to New York to represent the community of Madrid and its model 00:15:54

of bilingual public education. As General Director of Bilingualism, I can think of no other way to 00:15:59

praise Madrid's Global Classroom Program than to witness, through the words of its former 00:16:06

participants, the deep imprint it leaves behind in those of you who have experienced it. Let us hope 00:16:12

that this program continues to shape future generations of students 00:16:19

so that they might be able to return 00:16:23

year after year to tell us how their horizons have been 00:16:26

broadened, how their lives have been touched, and why not 00:16:30

how a vocation to public service has sprung up in them 00:16:34

perhaps through that small inner voice Maria Isabel Carrion 00:16:38

spoke to us about yesterday, which will urge them 00:16:42

on to speak up in the name of others 00:16:46

who are less privileged to seek justice 00:16:50

and to work for peace 00:16:53

young students 00:16:55

the road ahead of you is long 00:16:57

but your presence here today participating 00:17:02

in Global Classroom signals that you have 00:17:04

begun a great journey 00:17:08

one which we hope will one day bring some of you back here 00:17:09

to the Madrid Regional Parliament 00:17:13

the home of all madrileños, to tell us your exploits 00:17:16

and to pass the torch on to future generations. 00:17:20

Thank you very much indeed. 00:17:24

Y ahora cedo la palabra al señor Benjamin Tiff, 00:17:37

encargado de negocios de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos. 00:17:41

Good afternoon. 00:17:48

Oh, come on. Good afternoon. You're awake. 00:17:51

There you go. Come on. You've had a great time here. 00:17:54

you've spent a couple of days, you've been arguing all afternoon, 00:17:58

you still have some energy left. 00:18:01

So it's great to see you all here. 00:18:02

Thank you very much to the Comunidad de Madrid, 00:18:05

to my panelists, to Madrid for having supported this for so many years. 00:18:07

Thanks to all of you and your parents who put up with you and helped you here. 00:18:13

Don't think I don't know that it was your parents who helped you do this. 00:18:17

It wasn't only yourselves, so please thank them for us. 00:18:20

I've been in Madrid for two and a half years. 00:18:25

I've been a diplomat for 32 years. 00:18:27

My daughter has participated in Model United Nations. 00:18:30

I have helped her with Model United Nations. 00:18:33

I wish I could have participated in MUN when I was younger. 00:18:36

I think it would have been a big help. 00:18:39

So you're already starting with an advantage over when I began my education and my career. 00:18:41

I mean, the world really is growing smaller every day, as we see in recent events, 00:18:47

not only geographically but relationally. 00:18:53

What happens in Madrid and around the world affects all of us. 00:18:56

And this globalized world makes education more important than ever. 00:19:00

And for that reason, my embassy, the U.S. Embassy, 00:19:04

has been a proud supporter of Global Classrooms Model UN Conference, 00:19:07

along with our very distinguished partners, 00:19:12

the UN Association of the United States, 00:19:15

Madrid's Department of Education, 00:19:17

the Fulbright Commission, 00:19:19

and my colleagues from the British Council. 00:19:19

Our collaboration on this program 00:19:22

really is a model in itself for what you've been doing for a couple of days, 00:19:25

the kind of international effort envisioned by the model United Nations. 00:19:29

And thank you all and every one of you for your support for this wonderful program. 00:19:34

In the United States, we have a saying. 00:19:39

Hindsight is 20-20. 00:19:44

I guess in Spain, the equivalent would be ver la historia a toro, pasado. 00:19:45

So, 2020 means looking backwards and judging how things, judging from now how things were 00:19:51

back then. 00:19:58

I mean, it's easy to see that, how successful the Global Classrooms program is today. 00:19:59

But the success of the program was not obvious way back when it started with just one pilot 00:20:06

project in 2005. 00:20:12

Now we have 128 schools, 128 Global Classrooms, which is a great number, it's a big number 00:20:14

I like to think of a bigger number. 00:20:21

In the United States, we like big things, right? 00:20:22

This is a big number. 00:20:24

How about 16,675? 00:20:25

One, six, six, seven, five. 00:20:30

16,675 is the number of secondary students in Madrid 00:20:32

who have participated in global classrooms. 00:20:37

Over the past 15 years, 00:20:40

these students have gone on to become Spanish diplomats, 00:20:41

members of international organizations, 00:20:45

and leaders of their communities. 00:20:47

I've met some of them, and they are fantastic. 00:20:49

I always prefer to attend the closing ceremonies of the Model United Nations conferences 00:20:52

instead of the opening ceremonies, 00:20:57

and this way I get to hear about the proposed solutions 00:20:59

to the very difficult problems that you've been discussing, 00:21:02

and I always enjoy having you do my job for me. 00:21:05

So, you know, I will be looking forward to seeing whatever proposals you come out with 00:21:08

from your discussions today. 00:21:13

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. 00:21:15

You're all preparing to be leaders in a complicated world, a world in which you need to speak a foreign language, 00:21:37

understand the implications of international events, and navigate a multipolar and complicated world. 00:21:43

Congratulations, enhorabuena, for doing this todo en inglés. 00:21:51

Really is, I mean, those of you who speak a second language understand that you see the world in a new way. 00:21:55

you actually duplicate the worlds that you live in 00:22:03

because there's the world of Spanish, there's a world of English 00:22:07

some of you may learn other languages as well 00:22:09

and there's a different world in all of those 00:22:12

and I can tell you a story from a personal point of view 00:22:13

when I was growing up and speaking Spanish with my father 00:22:18

who also spoke Spanish 00:22:22

I was a different son in English than I was in Spanish 00:22:23

in English I spoke to my father in one way 00:22:27

in Spanish I could speak to him in a different way 00:22:30

Oye, viejo, ¿qué está pensando? 00:22:32

You know, I wouldn't say that in English. 00:22:35

You know, hey, old man, what's going on? 00:22:37

Not going to happen. 00:22:38

So you really do duplicate and double your world 00:22:40

with every language that you speak. 00:22:43

And so congratulations for expanding that world 00:22:44

as you work in English. 00:22:47

It creates opportunities, obviously. 00:22:49

It gives you an advantage when you compete for jobs. 00:22:52

We all know jobs are important. 00:22:54

And Spain's admirable progress in foreign language 00:22:56

is a result of very motivated students, 00:22:58

support of parents, dedicated Fulbright English teaching associates, and the vision of Madrid's leaders, 00:23:01

and I congratulate all of you. De veras, enhorabuena. 00:23:08

Not only has the Comunidad de Madrid supported the Global Classrooms Project, 00:23:12

but it has a very impressive bilingual education secondary school program of which most of you are products. 00:23:16

Many people don't know this, but in addition to the 32 Fulbright English teaching assistants 00:23:22

supported by the Comunidad de Madrid, 00:23:26

Madrid's Department of Education 00:23:28

also pays to bring 2,500 American English teaching assistants 00:23:30

to work in the regional bilingual schools. 00:23:36

It's a lot of Americans coming here to help out. 00:23:39

And that's very smart, 00:23:42

because those young Americans not only help Spanish students 00:23:44

develop their English language skills, 00:23:47

these people, these kids, these young Americans 00:23:50

return to the United States as ambassadors for Spain. 00:23:52

They come here oftentimes not knowing anything about living and working in this country, 00:23:56

and they return, I assure you, being los mejores amigos de España que tienen en la vida. 00:24:01

They come with their own Spanish skills, their own teaching skills, 00:24:08

and as I said, a whole new vista del mundo for being able to work in Spanish. 00:24:12

And we owe a very special thanks to you, the teachers, the Fulbright English Teaching Assistants, 00:24:18

the bilingual coordinators, and the sponsoring schools who have done so much over the past 00:24:23

months to help these students prepare and succeed in these debates. And I want to thank 00:24:28

you for your dedication to these students and for contributing the extra time and effort 00:24:32

that you all did to make the program a success. I understand that a lucky few of you will 00:24:36

be going to New York City this spring in a program supported by my embassy and to get 00:24:44

an even deeper experience at the United Nations in New York. I urge all of you who go to that 00:24:49

great city to take full advantage of your time there. Don't learn only about the UN, 00:24:55

it's important and all that, but you're going to be in one of the world's greatest cities. 00:25:00

Así que a parrandear, responsibly. And when you come back to Spain, please share your 00:25:05

experiences with your fellow students. And let me conclude with another request from 00:25:12

all of you. Most of you, if not all of you, will be thinking about your university studies, 00:25:18

right? You're thinking about going to school, what am I going to do with my life? Am I going 00:25:23

to be a lawyer? Am I going to be an engineer? Am I going to go be a teacher? What am I going 00:25:27

to do? Now, I would urge you to come study in the United States. We have over 3,000 universities 00:25:30

across the country in very different parts of the, parts of the, of very different specialties, 00:25:37

very different locations. You can see and enjoy and do very different things. You already 00:25:42

have English, so that's not a problem. You already have Spanish, I presume, so that should 00:25:47

help as well, because we are, if you didn't know this, next to Mexico, the second largest 00:25:52

Spanish-speaking country in the world. More Spanish speakers in the United States than 00:25:59

in Spain. Lo siento, pero es verdad. So you'll be able to use your Spanish in the United 00:26:03

States as well. We have thousands of Spanish students who go to the United States every 00:26:07

year and have amazing experiences in public universities, private colleges, community 00:26:11

other programs, and you all, I encourage you to join that flow because you can come back here 00:26:17

also as great ambassadors for the United States here in Spain. Please contact EducationUSA 00:26:22

at the Fulbright Commission. You'll learn a lot of possibilities, scholarships, sports scholarships, 00:26:28

possibilities for every level and every interest. Your Fulbright English teaching assistants will 00:26:34

also know how to put you in touch with them. But you can also just Google EducationUSA, 00:26:40

one word, EducationUSA, and click on the first link, and that will take you to the information 00:26:44

page. Thank you again. It really is an honor for a chance to be here today to celebrate 00:26:51

the success of MAD-UN, which when I first saw it, I thought it was crazy UN, but it 00:26:56

was all right. In the years ahead, I hope you will look back to this program as one 00:27:01

that changed your life, and I hope you will spread the word about the benefits of what 00:27:06

you enjoyed here to all your classmates and friends and for our part at the US 00:27:10

Embassy we were here to support the program back in 2005 and we remain 00:27:15

committed to support the global classrooms and the students in the years 00:27:20

ahead congratulations on all your accomplishments now go out into the 00:27:24

world apply what you have learned and make it a better place thank you very 00:27:28

much 00:27:33

First of all, I'd like to thank the Ministry of Education, the U.S. Embassy, the British 00:27:56

Council, the teachers, the GCLEs, and especially the delegates here today. 00:28:02

I look around the room, and I think to myself, you could be home watching Netflix. 00:28:11

You could be playing Fortnite. 00:28:18

You could be just hanging out with your friends. 00:28:20

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. 00:28:22

Was it worth it? I hope so. 00:28:38

I hope Global Classrooms has activated your imagination, your creativity, as you look for innovative ways to solve the world's problems. 00:28:45

Did you learn from each other? How many of you have thought, wow, that delegate had a really 00:28:55

good idea? Wow, that was a really interesting point of view that that person had. Or, I really 00:29:05

wish I could express myself in English the way that delegate does. Did that cross any of your 00:29:13

minds? Did you learn more about the world around you? I know you know more about economic development 00:29:17

and resource efficiency. 00:29:30

I know you know more about women in STEM. 00:29:32

And I hope no matter what field, 00:29:35

what career you choose to pursue in the future, 00:29:39

that you remember that you can have an impact 00:29:44

and you can help to change the world with your solutions. 00:29:48

Look around you. 00:29:53

How many friends have you made? 00:29:55

I hope you made new friends. 00:30:00

I hope that you took the chance to get their Instagram handles, their WhatsApp numbers, 00:30:01

and maybe even do a dance together on something I heard is called Tic Tac. 00:30:07

And most importantly, I hope that you had fun. 00:30:13

Did you have fun? 00:30:21

If so, I know that all of you made the most of Global Classrooms. 00:30:23

Thank you. 00:30:28

Tiene la palabra la señora Ruth Horsfall, responsable de Cursos para Jóvenes en el British Council. 00:30:28

Oh, it takes a while. 00:30:53

Good afternoon. Hello, everybody. 00:30:54

Hi. It's fantastic to be here at the British Council. 00:30:57

We're incredibly excited about being part of this wonderful initiative. 00:31:01

Thank you, panelists. 00:31:06

Thank you, Fulbright Commission, U.S. Embassy, and of course the Comunidad de Madrid. 00:31:08

Thank you, Matthias. 00:31:14

We're very happy to be here today. 00:31:16

And what strikes me most about all of this 00:31:21

is your dedication and enthusiasm. 00:31:24

You really have embraced the spirit of global classrooms. 00:31:27

You've made it your own, 00:31:33

so hats off to you for all your hard work and your passion 00:31:35

and the confidence with which you take on these projects. 00:31:38

You're doing it in English, you're able to communicate in Spanish, 00:31:44

you're interacting with each other, 00:31:48

but it's not just about the language skills, 00:31:51

it's the creativity, the collaboration, 00:31:53

and all of those 21st century skills which are so useful in today's world, 00:31:56

not to mention tomorrow's. 00:32:02

your ability to negotiate to argue your point to listen listening is so important and you do that 00:32:04

so well to listen to the points of others and to compromise to understand other people's points of 00:32:14

view these are the skills that are very much in need and which you have demonstrated to the full 00:32:21

so congratulations on that but i'm sure that global classrooms has given you much more 00:32:27

You've made friends, you've built teams and relationships, and I'm sure you've 00:32:33

had an awful lot of fun in the process. The debates you've been involved in 00:32:40

throughout the journey here have generated a real buzz and your hard work 00:32:46

really has paid off. This is a unique experience that nobody who takes in part 00:32:51

in it will ever forget so congratulations to you esteemed delegates and congratulations to 00:32:57

your teachers language assistants to all of you here today very very well done and thank you very 00:33:05

much the community madrid for this life-changing experience this is the 14th and may there be many 00:33:13

many more in the future very well done incredible congratulations from the british council 00:33:20

Benjamin Tseif, Catherine Marles and Ruth Horsfall. 00:33:37

And now comes a part that I think will be very interesting for all of you 00:33:41

because it will give you a little, to open your mouth, 00:33:45

of what awaits those who are lucky enough to be able to go to the United Nations next year. 00:33:50

First of all, Carla Orcajada Bermúdez from the Jaime Fernández Collado Institute of Villalba. 00:33:56

Good afternoon, I'm Carla Orcajada. 00:34:16

One of the tennis students that got to New York last year. 00:34:18

First of all, I would like to start by thanking everyone who made all this possible. 00:34:22

To the assembly, the sponsors, Consejería de Educación, teachers, and of course, to the language assistants, 00:34:27

who are always there to help us with everything we need throughout this project. 00:34:34

On such a special day, I would like to mention Diana and Kira. 00:34:39

Diana was the best partner I could have for Global Classrooms. 00:34:43

and Kira wasn't only my GC teacher. 00:34:47

She became my partner for the best experience of my life. 00:34:50

Without them, I could have never made it. 00:34:54

I would like to congratulate all of you 00:34:57

who have made it to the second conference. 00:34:59

Surely, you have done a great job. 00:35:01

To all participants in 2020 of GC, 00:35:04

I hope you have enjoyed all this process of selection 00:35:06

as you have been able to hear different points of view 00:35:09

or meet new people, etc. 00:35:12

One year ago, I was in the same position as you, very nervous and impatient to see if 00:35:15

I was going to get an award, although I knew that whatever happened, I was already a winner, 00:35:21

and I think you should feel the same. 00:35:26

I could never have expected get to New York or let alone be here today giving this speech. 00:35:29

Today, some of you are going to get awards, which are acknowledgements for the hard work 00:35:35

you have done in D.C., an experience that is not only an English excursion, as I thought 00:35:40

at the beginning, and not only improves your English or public speaking, but is an unbeatable 00:35:45

opportunity for personal growth, self-confidence, and increasing your awareness about global 00:35:51

issues. 00:35:57

We have to be aware about the real problems that the world is facing nowadays. 00:35:58

It's not only important, but urgent to find solutions. 00:36:03

For me, going to New York posed a great challenge 00:36:07

and made me break out of my comfort zone. 00:36:10

I met new people from all over the world 00:36:14

who had also been preparing the topic for a long time. 00:36:17

Thanks to GC, I opened my mind 00:36:21

and I gained new perspectives about the labor world. 00:36:23

Of course, there's no need to say how much the project is worth 00:36:28

and that I could do this 1,000 more times. 00:36:31

New York was completely different than Madrid conferences, although it has the same structure. 00:36:35

People there were 17 or 18 years old and had so much preparation. 00:36:41

I was lucky to be selected, even though there were people who deserved it, too. 00:36:46

Very soon, some of you will get interviewed by the sponsors. 00:36:52

I give advice to all of you that go to that interview to be calm and to be yourselves. 00:36:56

Those of you who won't be selected, 00:37:01

at least you should be grateful for having been part of this process 00:37:04

and getting such an experience. 00:37:08

It was an honor to represent the community of Madrid in the United Nations 00:37:11

with my mates, with whom I had the chance to make long-lasting relationships. 00:37:15

And it is still a pleasure for me to continue to work with this life-changing program. 00:37:21

Remember, 10 of you get to New York, but all of you are already winners. 00:37:27

Thank you. Good luck to everyone. 00:37:32

A continuación, vais a escuchar a Ana Abad Colotuchkina 00:37:45

del Instituto Arquitecto Ventura Rodríguez. 00:37:49

With guns, you can kill terrorists. 00:38:09

But with education, you can kill terrorism. 00:38:11

This quote belongs to one of the most inspirational young women. 00:38:17

A person who stood against oppression and fought for her rights. 00:38:23

A person who did not remain silent when many others did. 00:38:27

And most importantly, a person who decided not to give up. 00:38:33

Some of you might have guessed who I'm talking about. 00:38:40

But if not, her name is Malala Yousafzai. 00:38:43

She's a human rights advocate who fights for girls' rights to education all over the world. 00:38:46

now some of you might be wondering why is this girl talking about Malala when she should probably 00:38:52

be telling us her experience well don't worry I'll get to that but first I'd like to ask all 00:38:59

the delegates one question how many of you think that one day in the future they'll be able to make 00:39:05

a change just like Malala please raise your hand if you think that this applies for you 00:39:13

That's great, guys. I did not expect so many hands, and that is wonderful. 00:39:22

And for those of you who did not raise your hand, don't worry. 00:39:32

Because before global classrooms, I also thought that this was complete nonsense, 00:39:39

and that it would be delusional to think that someone like me could actually become someone like her. 00:39:46

but now I've come to realize that it might not be that difficult. Global 00:39:50

Classrooms has taught me many things. If I look back at the person I was back in 00:39:58

September 2018, I can clearly see that I've changed. But as I don't have the 00:40:03

time to tell you about my whole experience, I'm just going to talk about 00:40:10

one specific thing. Privilege. I know this may sound strange but I generally 00:40:13

believe that the most important thing I got out of this program is a clear 00:40:21

understanding of the word privilege. In a vague way, privilege could be described 00:40:26

as having more than others. But for me, there's more to it than just a 00:40:33

definition. Privilege is everywhere. However, it seems like we all despise it. 00:40:38

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. 00:40:47

Here's an example. I have a friend who has lived in four different countries. 00:40:58

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. 00:41:04

With this, I'm not saying that explaining a situation of this kind is a bad thing 00:41:11

However, I've started to notice that when my friend is asked this question 00:41:17

It's like he feels obligated to explain why he has lived abroad 00:41:23

Otherwise, we might hate him or get angry at him 00:41:28

Honestly, I'm not even sure 00:41:31

But it seems like none of us want to be seen as privileged 00:41:36

Yet, when it comes to drafting resolutions in conferences, suddenly, we all start looking 00:41:39

for rich developed countries to join our bloc and become sponsors, because, as you probably 00:41:47

all know, what better way to finance our initiative than implementing new taxes in Northern European 00:41:52

countries? 00:41:58

While I was taking part in my first Global Classroom conference, a question popped into 00:41:59

my head. 00:42:06

If what we're doing here right now actually happens in the real United Nations, why are 00:42:07

there still so many global conflicts unresolved? 00:42:14

I think I found the answer. 00:42:19

When you're used to privilege, equality doesn't feel like equality. 00:42:22

It feels like oppression. 00:42:28

We live in a complex world in which despite having a declaration of human rights, many 00:42:31

people can't enjoy basic rights. 00:42:36

education. More than 200 million kids aren't enrolled in school. It's true, 00:42:39

education is a basic human right, but if this is happening, aren't we the 00:42:46

privileged ones? Being here today, is that a privilege or something we've earned? To 00:42:51

be honest, I'm still trying to figure out my own answers. The only thing I'm sure 00:43:00

about is that if I'm more privileged than another person, I want to use that 00:43:05

privilege to help them out. Now going back to Malala's quote, she said that 00:43:09

education can kill terrorism, and if education can kill terrorism, then 00:43:15

knowledge is power. And if knowledge is power, then my education, privilege or not, 00:43:20

is power. And I can use that power to change the things I don't like. I would 00:43:27

never have been able to do this kind of reflection if it wasn't for Global 00:43:36

classrooms. Because how can I, your average high school student, become a changemaker? 00:43:40

I used to believe that my ideas weren't important, and that no matter what I did, I couldn't do 00:43:49

anything that would have a real impact on our society. However, when I was at GC conferences 00:43:55

brainstorming ideas for the resolution, I quickly realized that if we didn't include citizen 00:44:03

engagement, it was very unlikely that our aim, whether it was passing a new law or 00:44:09

ending arms trade, could have an actual chance of happening. As I said before, 00:44:14

knowledge is power. Privilege is power. But power is useless if you don't do 00:44:20

anything with it. Global classrooms have showed me that it doesn't matter if I'm 00:44:28

just one person. My opinions and my actions do matter. Change won't happen if 00:44:35

if I continue doing the same every day. 00:44:42

I cannot expect single-use plastics to be banned 00:44:46

if I continue going to Starbucks every day 00:44:50

and getting a drink in a plastic cup. 00:44:52

I cannot expect natural resources to stop being exploited 00:44:55

if I get a new phone every year. 00:45:00

I cannot expect religious freedom to be understood globally 00:45:04

if I continue to think that Muslims are terrorists. 00:45:08

I know that change can be hard. 00:45:13

But it's the only way to ensure that our society moves forward 00:45:14

I may never become as important as Malala 00:45:18

In fact, I probably won't 00:45:24

I'll never inspire millions of people like her 00:45:26

Or lead a cause as great as hers 00:45:29

But I will become a changemaker 00:45:31

I will inspire others 00:45:35

Even if it's only my friends or a kid in my school who I've met once 00:45:37

I will make a change 00:45:42

I know I will, because this experience has showed me that I'm capable of doing it, 00:45:46

and that it's not that difficult. 00:45:50

I've learned that I have to be the first person to believe in myself, 00:45:53

because if I don't, then no one else will. 00:45:57

The reason I'm telling you all of this is because tonight, when the ceremony ends, 00:46:02

I want each of you to walk out of this room feeling proud of yourselves. 00:46:07

It does not matter if you win an award or not. 00:46:12

Global Classrooms is much more than winning the best delegation or going to New York. 00:46:16

Please, reflect on how Global Classrooms has helped you grow as a person. 00:46:22

Maybe it's because you've met someone who has changed your perception of things. 00:46:28

Or maybe you've become more conscious about the importance of international relations. 00:46:32

Either way, I'm sure there's something wonderful and unique that each of you has discovered throughout their journey. 00:46:37

I think most of you will agree 00:46:42

that the person sitting here today 00:46:47

is not the same person you were back in September 00:46:50

and that proves 00:46:53

that Global Classroom's real aim 00:46:56

is not just to help you improve your English 00:46:58

or your public speaking skills 00:47:00

it's more than that 00:47:02

it's about the people you meet and get inspiration from 00:47:04

the critical thinking you develop, the maturity you gain 00:47:08

how open-minded you become, and so much more 00:47:11

I also would like you to realize how lucky we all are for being here today. 00:47:14

Please turn around and look at your partner. You wouldn't be here if it 00:47:21

wasn't for them. Now look at your teachers and mentors. These people have 00:47:29

spent most of their time preparing you. I want to thank my own teachers for 00:47:40

helping me last year. Maria, Stella, Adolfo, thanks for believing in me and pushing 00:47:46

me to do my best. I also want to thank everyone who's making this possible, the Asamblea, 00:47:52

Consejería de Educación, Fulbright Commission, and the British Council. Thanks for providing 00:47:58

us with this once-in-a-lifetime experience and truly believing that we are the future. 00:48:04

Last but not least, I want to thank a very special person, Amanda. She was my mentor 00:48:11

last year, and although she's not here today, she's the reason why I'm doing this speech right 00:48:17

now. Amanda, you saw something in me that no one else had, even myself. You have inspired me, and 00:48:23

I am who I am today thanks to you. As you've probably noticed, I really like quotes. So I'm 00:48:31

going to conclude my speech with a quote from another great feminist that pretty much summarizes 00:48:39

what I think Global Classroom's true message really is. 00:48:45

I'm inviting you to step forward, 00:48:50

to be seen, 00:48:53

and to ask yourself, 00:48:54

if not me, 00:48:56

who? 00:48:58

If not now, 00:49:00

when? 00:49:02

Thank you very much and good luck to all of you. 00:49:03

Thank you very much, Carla and Ana. 00:49:20

This explains why we are so proud of our students, 00:49:23

profesores y de global classrooms en general. Y ahora viene la ceremonia de 00:49:27

entrega de premios de la que se va a ocupar Pablo Cantero. Gracias. 00:49:35

Okay, wow. Okay, just before we begin the second half of today's event, just some 00:49:48

quick instructions for all the esteemed delegates. Okay, what we're going to do 00:49:58

now is um we're going to call each of the chairs from the six un women committees one at a time 00:50:03

they're going to give a brief four to five minute speech uh it can be shorter okay but it cannot be 00:50:12

longer brevity is the soul of wit and of many other things um the idea is to outline the main 00:50:19

developments that our esteemed American ambassador here 00:50:27

has called for, to hear the ideas of all you students 00:50:33

that you developed in class. 00:50:38

You will be hearing some of that from the chairs. 00:50:39

And then we will be calling forward one of the authorities 00:50:42

up on the dais to come down to present the awards. 00:50:49

Once you are, once a week, we will call the awards all together. 00:50:56

For the sake of interest, okay, we ask that you refrain from clapping until we've called all of them. 00:51:04

I know this is going to be difficult, okay? 00:51:12

But we're going to call all the awards in order by committee, in the order of best position paper, 00:51:15

um second um honorable mention first honorable mention and finally best delegation if you hear 00:51:22

your name uh the name of your delegation of your country being called what we want you to do is the 00:51:32

following okay there will be 48 students doing this tonight so pay attention that's a quarter of 00:51:39

you you're going to get up okay you're going to head for that doorway in the corner if you're down 00:51:44

here. If you're upstairs, you're going to head for that staircase. You're going to go down the 00:51:51

staircase. Those of you who are in the room, you're going to go out through that door, and you're 00:51:58

going to come behind here and line up over there, okay? Then we will signal for you to come one at 00:52:02

a time. At that point, we will ask one of the authorities to come down. We will hand you the 00:52:08

certificates. When we call you forward, you will walk this way. You know that walk, not the 00:52:14

Aerosmith walk this way. Walk this way. They will hand you the award. Shake hands. The chair will 00:52:21

remain here. You will have an official photo taken, and then you will walk out through here, 00:52:29

walk behind, go up the stairs. Those of you who are upstairs, go back. Those of you who are 00:52:36

downstairs go down the stairs and come back is that clear well hopefully okay 00:52:41

long instructions okay so we will begin okay well hopefully we'll help you out 00:52:47

with that okay so we will call forward do you guys I'll call forward the chair 00:52:55

of UN women number one Emma Watson I'm sorry I mean sorry Emma Watson yes MUN 00:53:03

Sydney Park Sydney Park sorry okay so Sydney Park the floor is yours good 00:53:18

afternoon everyone great my name is Sydney and I am a global classrooms 00:53:38

Language Assistant, and I have had the absolute pleasure of chairing for the 2020 Madrid Global 00:53:45

Classrooms Conferences. Personally, the Global Classrooms Program this year has been such 00:53:52

an enjoyable journey for me that I've been able to share with my students. And it feels 00:53:59

surreal because I also participated in Model United Nations when I was in secondary school, 00:54:04

So I remember what it was like to sit in your seats and overcome fears of public speaking 00:54:10

and try and prepare and work really hard for these conferences, and I loved it. 00:54:16

So I feel all the more grateful to be here. 00:54:21

As you know, we were all at Las Acacias today after months and months and months of hard work 00:54:25

to represent our countries, to push ourselves and debate and to pass resolutions. 00:54:31

but I truly believe that this conference 00:54:36

has done much more than that for all of you 00:54:40

I believe it has allowed us to truly learn 00:54:42

what it means to collaborate 00:54:46

to really collaborate and to critically think about our future 00:54:47

as friends, as new friends and as colleagues 00:54:51

and I saw that in my committee today 00:54:54

so I was the chair of United Nations Women Committee 1 00:54:57

and as we discussed 00:55:01

women's participation and leadership in STEM. We explored ideas ranging from equal parental leave 00:55:05

to mobile vans, acting as technological hubs in rural areas for women, implementing STEAM 00:55:13

curriculum in education systems, adopting blind admissions in universities as well as the workforce, 00:55:20

and implementing wage transparency policies across the board and a lot of 00:55:28

the solutions were really revolved around education and access to education 00:55:35

which I thought to be very inspiring and true and so while you debated these 00:55:39

solutions what I noticed was that you were very supportive each other very 00:55:47

supportive of each other you were so supportive all the time you kept 00:55:52

thanking each other for comments that maybe weren't so nice. You kept thanking 00:55:56

each other. You kept wanting to make amendments to resolutions. You kept 00:56:01

clapping after every single speech. You kept clapping, which is great. So I felt 00:56:05

very proud of everyone in my room today and I feel proud because I know that you 00:56:13

are walking away today with knowledge and insight to become better global 00:56:18

citizens and better future leaders. And that's why global classrooms is so important. You know, 00:56:22

being here and doing this helps us with the confidence and the skills that we will need to 00:56:29

tackle the world's challenges. So on that note, more than anything, I want to encourage all of you 00:56:34

to use this experience. Regardless of your future career, I believe that what you have learned here 00:56:40

will prove to be invaluable because it has proven to be the same for me. So take what you have gained 00:56:45

here and keep using it wherever you go with that congratulations to all of you on a job well done 00:56:52

thank you okay so um now it's time to announce the awards for committee un women one so again 00:56:58

when we call the name of your delegation please stand up and come down here okay so for best 00:57:15

position paper in UN Women One, Iran. Second honorable mention, India. First honorable mention, 00:57:24

Somalia. And best delegation, Germany. Please come down. 00:57:34

To hand out the awards, we call upon Mercedes Marín García, Directora General de Bilingüismo. 00:57:46

Okay, so congratulations to everyone, UN Women Too. 00:57:55

Okay, we now call upon the chair of UN Women Too, Rosalind. 01:00:33

Thank you. Should we do a shakeout? Baby shark, maybe? No? 01:00:44

So I'm Rosalind. I was the chair of UN Women Too. 01:00:56

We had an extremely productive committee and I was extremely impressed by the sheer number of ideas 01:00:59

and the thoughtfulness and depth of the resolutions. We passed both resolutions in our room, 01:01:05

one unanimously and one with 16 out of 17 delegations voting yay. 01:01:10

The first focused on acknowledging the massive inequalities in basic education in developing 01:01:16

countries. One delegation said it best when they said, giving scholarships for STEM education does 01:01:21

does not matter if women cannot read or even have access to a computer. 01:01:28

Our second resolution centered on the importance 01:01:34

of increasing representation of women in the workplace 01:01:36

through blind hiring practices and illegalizing pay gaps. 01:01:38

I was impressed by the intelligent conversation about intersectionality 01:01:44

and the need to recognize all kinds of diversity 01:01:48

in STEM careers that took place in our room. 01:01:51

Overall, our room focused on building strong foundations 01:01:54

needed for women, communities, and all countries to thrive. 01:01:57

Building a strong foundation for your future 01:02:03

is exactly what Global Classrooms is all about. 01:02:05

One delegation said today, the delegation from Kenya, 01:02:08

said that Global Classrooms has taken them out of their box 01:02:12

and forced them to see everything from a different perspective. 01:02:15

This is exactly what it is supposed to do. 01:02:18

Please keep challenging yourself to think creatively 01:02:21

to solve the world's biggest issues, 01:02:23

and continue to ask questions. 01:02:26

It is so important to be curious about the world. 01:02:28

And as you all know, when in doubt, 01:02:31

just ask how are you going to get the money for that. 01:02:33

Please use your confidence, energy, and passion 01:02:38

to one day implement the brilliant ideas developed this year. 01:02:41

Thank you. 01:02:45

Thank you, Rosalind. 01:02:46

All right, for the awards for UN Women 2, 01:02:53

Best Position Paper, Dominican Republic, 01:02:57

Second Honorable Mention, Morocco, 01:03:00

First Honorable Mention, Kenya, and Best Delegation, Thailand. 01:03:02

Congratulations. 01:03:06

And to present the awards, we call upon Mr. Benjamin Ziff, 01:03:17

Encargado de Negocios Ad Interim, Embajada de Estados Unidos. 01:03:24

Wonderful. 01:06:04

And now we are going to announce UN Women, room number three. 01:06:04

First of all, Joe Joseph, chaired by Joe Joseph. 01:06:14

all right hi everybody hi my name is Joe I'm a language assistant at Galileo 01:06:18

Galilei high school there they are I told them not to scream and I also had 01:06:36

the honor of serving as chair for the UN women committee 3 today in my committee 01:06:43

I was blown away by the level of energy and excitement especially regarding a 01:06:49

topic so crucial in the advancement of global gender equity. Together, we discussed issues 01:06:55

ranging from the effect of workplace sexual harassment on the retention of women in STEM 01:07:04

and ICT careers, the need to establish stronger baselines of educational achievement for young 01:07:11

women across the world and the intersectional struggles that women of 01:07:18

color face in STEM fields. Throughout our debate I was captivated by the 01:07:23

creativity I witnessed coming from students of all genders who are 01:07:30

committed to this vital issue. From a personal standpoint today is a bit 01:07:35

emotional for me as it marks the end of my three-year involvement with the 01:07:42

Global Classrooms program and I may or may not have been crying during the 01:07:48

student speeches so honestly I couldn't imagine a better group of students with 01:07:53

whom to celebrate this occasion and I have to give a shout out to my first of 01:08:00

SO students who are here with me today and yes I still think of them as first 01:08:04

of SO students because we started this global global classrooms journey 01:08:08

together when I joined my high school at the same time that they did thank you 01:08:13

you all for making this day so special for me. I want to also extend my appreciation to Lily, 01:08:19

Chiara, Pablo, and everyone who made this program possible. Believe it or not, I'm really going to 01:08:25

miss editing position papers, memorizing parliamentary procedure, and arriving at 01:08:33

before the sun has even risen. But what I will miss the most are all of you, the Global Classrooms 01:08:38

participants this year for your dedication your passion and for helping me to believe 01:08:48

that the future lies in the hands of empathetic people who will fight for the rights of those 01:08:56

who are most marginalized and will carry on a continual march toward progress 01:09:02

i hope that you carry this passion forward with you in all of your endeavors and you reflect 01:09:10

tirelessly on how to improve the world that you are a part of. Congratulations 01:09:16

to all of you once again. With that being said, the awards for UNW3. Best 01:09:22

position paper goes to Somalia. Second honorable mention goes to Ireland. First 01:09:40

honorable mention goes to Chile. And best delegation goes to the Dominican 01:09:47

Republic. And to present the awards, we have Catherine Matlis. Okay, we now call upon the 01:09:54

Chair of UN Women, Or Alicia. All right. Yay. Thank you, Honorable Chair and esteemed delegates. 01:12:49

Today I'm here to talk about the topic, just kidding. My name is Alicia and I was a GCLA this 01:13:06

year, and I'm so excited to be here today. As I was thinking about what I wanted to say and how I 01:13:14

wanted to reflect on these past few months, I was thinking more and more about what it means to be 01:13:22

a global citizen, because it's so easy for us to get caught up in the ups and downs of our daily 01:13:29

lives and kind of ignore the bubble, like everything outside of the bubbles that we're living in. 01:13:36

and it hurts us so much less when we don't have to think about the world's big problems 01:13:43

and I think that's why to me being a global citizen is to look at the world around you 01:13:48

even when it's easier to look away and that's what global classrooms allows us to do 01:13:58

is we are allowed to learn these tools and contribute to the world and learn about it 01:14:04

in a way that looks beyond just ourselves. 01:14:12

And I think that's so cool. 01:14:15

I don't know if you guys think that's cool, but I really do. 01:14:17

And I am not afraid to admit that big problems sometimes really overwhelm me. 01:14:20

I mean, how am I, a singular person, 01:14:27

supposed to find the balance between economic growth and resource efficiency? 01:14:30

How am I supposed to seal the leaky pipeline to stem fields? 01:14:35

I can't. But together, through global classrooms and other avenues, we can work together and 01:14:40

solve these big world issues little by little. And so today in UN Women's Four, that was my 01:14:48

committee, we got to see our global citizens in action. We heard ideas about changing the way we 01:14:58

advertise children's toys in stores to try to make them more gender neutral. We talked about 01:15:09

funding summer camps. So many summer camps and scholarships. And we talked about women helping 01:15:18

women and lifting each other up. And before today, I didn't realize that hot pink could be formal 01:15:28

wear and then I saw the delegation of Oman's earrings and I realized that you definitely can 01:15:36

pull off hot pink even in a formal setting but what I was most impressed by truly was the intense 01:15:44

arm workouts that you all did today with your placard raising it was genuinely I don't understand 01:15:53

like how you could do it because I don't have that kind of arm strength 01:16:02

and I just want to take a moment to kind of allow you to reflect on the journey that got you here 01:16:05

today think about that first day of class when you learned what the general assembly was 01:16:17

and think about now you're all here representing your school and honestly some of the best that 01:16:24

Spain has to offer. And all of this is because of your drive and passion and preparation and your 01:16:33

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

of course, to thank your teachers and your language assistants, because you will not believe, 01:16:47

and I say this from personal experience, the amount, the number of hours we've spent thinking 01:16:52

about you when you're definitely not thinking about us. We've all wanted you to succeed and 01:16:58

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

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

you all again thank you so much okay wonderful um and now to announce the awards for un women for 01:17:19

best position paper greece second honorable mention usa first honorable mention iran and 01:17:40

best delegation, Sweden. To hand out the awards, we call upon Ruth Horsfall from the British Council. 01:17:51

Okay, thank you. We now call upon the chair of UN Women number five, which is Jack. 01:20:50

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

and the abilities of global classroom students in our committee today we passed two resolutions one 01:21:20

unanimously about promoting gender equity in education and protecting women in the labor force 01:21:27

i was blown away by the respect and creativity i saw from you all today it cannot be overstated 01:21:33

how important this experience is even if you don't think of yourself as a leader of tomorrow the 01:21:41

The value of your research skills, knowledge, knowledge of international politics, and ability 01:21:47

to respectfully debate, argue, and compromise will not only make your lives as individuals 01:21:52

easier, but they will help the lives of everyone you know. 01:21:58

Six months ago, who knew what a sustainable development goal was? 01:22:04

Not me. 01:22:09

Who knew how to debate or publicly speak in front of 30 random strangers? 01:22:11

Who had the mountain of knowledge you now have about everything from resource efficiency 01:22:17

to the complexities of wage gaps and representation of women in STEM? 01:22:22

Who knew how to do the cha-cha slide? 01:22:29

The people I saw today had committed their minds to rigorous research, dazzling debates, 01:22:33

and some outstanding outfits. 01:22:38

Except for you, the delegation from the United States. 01:22:40

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

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

In a competition like this, it is easy to try to be concerned about how many points 01:22:53

you will score, how smart you sound, or how much you can commit to your country's character. 01:22:58

However, delegation after delegation, and speech after speech, I was blown away by everyone's 01:23:05

compassion. 01:23:12

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

debating, communicating, and compromising, but none of that means anything without having 01:23:20

hearts and compassion. 01:23:25

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

you guys to use your hearts. 01:23:32

Thank you. 01:23:35

Thank you, Jack. 01:23:38

I'm glad we raised the platform. 01:23:39

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. 01:23:42

And to give out the awards, Doña Mercedes Marín, Directora General de Bilingüismo y Calidad de la Enseñanza. 01:24:08

Okay, and last but not least, for UN Women's 6, Ms. Emma Watson. 01:24:15

Hi, everyone. My name's Emma. 01:27:32

If you heard Emma Watson, the actress. 01:27:34

And I was the chair today in UN Women's 6. 01:27:37

Although my students are not here today, 01:27:40

I was so very excited to participate again as a chair in this final conference 01:27:42

because Global Classrooms has been such an incredible growing experience, 01:27:46

both for me and for my students. 01:27:50

To me, Global Classrooms has been all about community. 01:27:51

It's been about building a community within our own schools, 01:27:56

about building a broader community across Madrid 01:27:59

as we come together to discuss critical topics like resource efficiency and women in STEM, 01:28:01

and it's been about building a group of students 01:28:07

who are more aware of the global community in which we are all living. 01:28:10

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

I've seen you working together, challenging yourselves and others to think critically, 01:28:17

and supporting each other's ideas as you created peaceful solutions to the complex 01:28:23

issues of women's participation in STEM and ICT. 01:28:26

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

We had a really creative idea from Greece to implement a STEM Olympics every year where 01:28:35

students aged 13 to 17 will participate to encourage other students about the sciences. 01:28:40

Mexico wants to increase men in social fields and women in STEM 01:28:47

through exchange field trips. 01:28:50

China and South Africa want to implement summer camps, 01:28:52

as many of you want to, to teach about technology. 01:28:55

And Turkey even showed us a mini computer that he brought to the conference 01:28:59

that only costs $40. 01:29:02

So if you find Turkey after, he can show you the mini computer. 01:29:04

I hope you can carry with you all this passion and creativity 01:29:09

that you showed us today during the debates 01:29:12

far beyond your years in secondary school. 01:29:13

You all found your stride today and truly shined. We're so proud of you for 01:29:15

the hard work that you've put in over the course of many months, many position 01:29:20

papers, and many speeches. Seeing you all be so supportive, be inclusive, and be 01:29:23

innovative has truly made GC the most special part of my experience as a 01:29:28

language assistant. I hope that it's been special to you as well. I hope that 10 01:29:31

years from now you'll look back upon this experience with pride and remember 01:29:36

the incredible community that you helped to build through your participation in 01:29:39

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

position paper, Saudi Arabia. Second honorable mention, South Africa. First honorable mention, 01:29:57

Germany. Best delegation, USA. And to give out the award, Mr. Benjamin Ziff, please. Okay. And now 01:30:07

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

Lily Roth and Karen Icastro. 01:33:03

They are Fulbright ETA's mentors, 01:33:07

and they have been the coordinators of this year's conference. 01:33:13

They've done teacher training. 01:33:16

They've taught 140 GCLA's. 01:33:18

They've found positions for you. 01:33:22

They've named you. 01:33:24

They've organized. 01:33:25

They've done everything. 01:33:26

They've even caught some mistakes I've made 01:33:27

and corrected them before they were executed. 01:33:31

So thank you. 01:33:34

You have all our gratitude, Lily and Kiara. 01:33:34

Hello, everyone. 01:33:47

I'm going to apologize for my voice. 01:33:49

We really gave this our all, and this is the result. 01:33:51

But I have found the silver lining of having a voice like this 01:33:55

is I can turn on the emotion at the drop of a hat. 01:33:58

So I'd like to thank the academy. 01:34:02

I'd like to thank global classrooms 01:34:04

for all of the work you've done. 01:34:06

Anyway, I'm going to try to make it through this, 01:34:09

and I might have to turn it over to Kiara to read my parts 01:34:10

if it doesn't go as planned. 01:34:14

So hi, everyone. 01:34:18

Standing up here, we realize that many of you, 01:34:22

namely the delegates, probably have no idea who we are. 01:34:25

And we also realize that many of you, namely the GCLAs and your teachers, 01:34:29

have far too much of an idea of who we are. 01:34:35

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

my name is Lily Roth, this is Chiara Nicastro, 01:34:44

and we have had the immense pleasure of serving as the coordinators 01:34:47

for this year's Global Classrooms Conference. 01:34:51

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

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

up yet. So if you were to hand me Hermione Granger's time turner and were to transport me 01:35:09

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

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

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

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

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

for social justice and cross-cultural learning serves to the basis and the ideas of what 01:35:50

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

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

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

I'm from California. Our tortillas are with Mexican food, not with eggs and potatoes. 01:36:13

Maybe onions, you know. 01:36:20

But yeah, it was our first year in Spain. 01:36:22

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

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

So, this year we've watched all of you grow. 01:36:35

We've watched your GCLA's grow, and we've watched many of your teachers, 01:36:38

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

and so when Kiara and I sat down at the beginning of the year 01:36:46

this is after we got to go to New York with these incredible students that we have 01:36:53

behind us who gave some pretty phenomenal speeches 01:36:57

it's difficult to follow that but after we had the opportunity 01:37:00

to watch them just perform outstandingly 01:37:05

in a room full of 16, 17, 18 year olds and 01:37:09

completely hold their own and reflect on what Global Classrooms 01:37:13

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

we decided that the thing that we wanted to hold on to this year with Global Classrooms was the 01:37:23

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

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

especially in a language that's not your own 01:37:46

when it's these intense academic sources 01:37:48

writing position papers 01:37:50

doing all the procedural stuff 01:37:52

moderated caucuses 01:37:56

unmoderated caucuses 01:37:57

and so we understand 01:37:59

that stuff gets pretty heavy 01:38:02

and we also understand that the content itself 01:38:03

is really heavy 01:38:06

and I think both of us 01:38:07

we're not that much older than all the delegates here 01:38:09

and that rhetoric 01:38:12

that talks about 01:38:14

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

right? We're both really impacted by that too. And that's a weight. And so what we helped this 01:38:22

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

And the joy really comes from community and it comes from the relationships that we've had 01:38:37

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

of people that we have to thank and a lot of people that we want to celebrate here right now 01:38:48

yeah we have built our community here in Spain I wouldn't even go a step further and say many of 01:38:54

you have become our family and we wouldn't be able to do with what we do without you 01:39:01

First of all, the GCLA's, like, wow, amazing, like the amount of emails your GCLA's receive 01:39:07

from us on how to do lesson plans, on how to volunteer for the different positions at 01:39:22

the conference, they receive loads and loads of emails and put in lots of extra hour and 01:39:28

some of their own personal time to be here today and to create the experiences that you 01:39:35

have all gone through. 01:39:40

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

huge thank you to them. 01:39:46

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

school coming to our Jornatas, GCLA's who missed school and sometimes showed up sick 01:39:54

to our Jornatas just to learn all the knowledge that we were trying to help share with all 01:40:00

of you. 01:40:05

So huge thank you for attending those and making them possible. 01:40:06

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

We wouldn't be here again without their knowledge. 01:40:18

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

So we are nowhere near having as much resources as they do. 01:40:25

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

They spent lots of time evaluating each of you, 01:40:35

making sure that everyone had fair grades. 01:40:39

Some of them were not meant to work and left school 01:40:41

and had to take the train or a cab to make sure that they got to here on time 01:40:44

because someone else had fallen sick or something like that. 01:40:48

So huge thank you to our evaluators and also to our chairs. 01:40:51

Yeah, we can clap. That's great. 01:40:58

It's the end. We can do a lot of clapping. 01:41:06

so in addition to the language 01:41:08

assistants and the teachers 01:41:12

GC is such a collaborative 01:41:13

program and it takes really strong 01:41:15

supportive teachers just as much 01:41:18

as it takes really strong GCLA 01:41:20

so we're so lucky to have that foundation 01:41:21

because this wouldn't be possible 01:41:23

without it. We'd also like 01:41:25

to thank the ministry 01:41:28

we'd like to thank Fulbright 01:41:29

and all the support that we've 01:41:32

received. We worked really closely 01:41:33

with Pablo Cantero 01:41:36

and let me tell you that he cares about this program so much. 01:41:37

He really, really cares about it 01:41:43

and that's evident every day when he comes to work 01:41:46

and how eager he is to talk about it, to get feedback 01:41:48

and to figure out how we can make it better. 01:41:51

So if you see him, make sure to tell him thank you. 01:41:54

So we've been lucky to have the support of Pablo Eftrini 01:42:06

and of all the Consejería. 01:42:11

We've been there several times 01:42:13

throughout the course of the year. 01:42:15

We'd like to thank Ben and Kathy, of course, 01:42:17

from the Fulbright Commission, 01:42:20

who have also provided a lot of support 01:42:21

through the unexpected twists and turns of this year. 01:42:23

We'd like to thank the U.S. Embassy for being here 01:42:27

and for providing a lot of the funds for New York, 01:42:30

which is an amazing thing, 01:42:32

and to the British Council and the Assemblea as well. 01:42:33

So thank you to all of our partners. 01:42:37

Yes, thank you. 01:42:41

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

and I think is really evident from the speeches here today to both of us, 01:42:55

is that all of these people here care about you so much. 01:42:59

They really do. 01:43:05

And they are so excited and overjoyed and touched by all of your successes 01:43:06

and triumphs and challenges, big and small. 01:43:11

and so let that be something that you keep in your mind 01:43:14

as you go forward and you continue on in your global classrooms journey 01:43:18

even if global classrooms might not continue on technically 01:43:22

from here on out and so as you continue on in that journey whichever way 01:43:27

it takes you as you find your cause, your purpose, the little 01:43:30

space in which you want to make it done in the world, let that care 01:43:34

and that community buoy you and take you onward 01:43:38

So thank you so much, guys, really. 01:43:42

for closing the 14th edition of the Global Classrooms. 01:44:25

Thank you. 01:44:47

Esteemed delegates, the Assembly is giving us a 10-minute courtesy period 01:44:48

if anybody wishes to take a final photo in the Assembly or the Tribunal, 01:45:20

and otherwise we will see you again soon. 01:45:26

Okay, 10 minutes, we have to be out. Thank you. 01:45:30

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