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By Carlos Reyes & Miriam Romero             March  ,  2018
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                   Last February 21 , 22  and 23 , some Plantel Azteca English Teachers were
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                   invited to a workshop held by the USA Embassy. The workshop, which was
                   about  MUN  (Model  United  Nations)  took  place  in  the  Benjamin  Franklin
                   Library.


                   Plantel Azteca Teachers attended to it, among other teachers from different
                   institutions such as Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades and Tec de Monterrey,
                   from different campuses all around Mexico.


                                                                “All  the  teachers  from  Tec  de
                                                                Monterrey  have  a  lot  of  experience
                                                                participating  in  this  kind  of  projects
                                                                and  some  of  them  shared  with  us
                                                                some  tips,  ideas,  ways  to  work  and
                                                                experiences  they  have  acquired
                                                                throughout the years” stated Teacher
                                                                Miriam Romero when she was asked
                                                                about    her     opinion    about     the
                                                                workshop.


                                                                The  three-day-long  workshop  was
                                                                headed  by  Amierah  Ismail,  a  United
                                                                Nations     officer    responsible      of
                                                                humanitarian  affairs  all  around  the
                      English Academy Team, Carlos Ramos, USA   world.  Ismail  explained  the  way  MUN
                    Embassy Cultural Affairs Specialist and Amierah   operates  as  well  as  information
                                Ismail, Faciltator            sources.


                   A drill about “Human rights of refugees in Yemen” was performed during the
                   final day of the workshop, in which the teachers were actively involved.

                   “It  was  an  amazing  experience  for  all  of  us,  no  one  had  participated  in  a
                   workshop like this, we learned a lot of thing about Model United Nations, now,
                   we  are  prepared  to  help  AZTECMUN  in  Plantel  Azteca”  said  the  English
                   Coordinator, Gabriela Argándar.
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