Negotiating with each other, seniors Sarah Crain, Mateo Diachok, Alex Le and Kit Mahoney role-play their assigned groups. The simulation was a part of the World Affairs Council’s scheduled program. “It was rewarding to be introduced to the complexity of the World Trade Organization and the US economy,” Mahoney said.
experience about economic interaction between all countries. This was the first ever trip to the World Bank the combined class attended.
“Because I teach AP Comparative Government, I get e-mails about field trips the class [can] attend,” said Rebecca Small, AP Government teacher. “I thought it would be a good idea to take the class because [recently] there has been major global economic change and that will tie in with some of the stuff we will learn about in Comparative.”
Students participated in a simulated discussion,
role-playing groups such as China, the national government and future leaders.
“I thought [the simulation] was amazing,” said Mayura Iyer, senior. “I really enjoyed playing the role of a future leader, and it was great to see that during the final speeches, there was at least one student from our school representing a group.”
Along with other schools from the metropolitan area, the class
listened to lectures by assistant professors and economists, like Sonia Ketkar and Mattias Matthijs.
“I thought [the lectures] were very informative about recurring problems in our economy,” said Joseph Choi, senior.
On the way to the World Bank, the class experienced difficulties with transportation. As results of a metro fire and light issues, the class was stuck on and off the metro for approximately half an hour.
“I was upset that our class was stuck at the metro station,” Iyer said, “but it was definitely worth waiting for the problem to be fixed, because I really wanted to go, and it was really fun.”
By Michelle Oh
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