The simulation for my Foreign Policy class has been really interesting. For the first day, we each had meetings with different “countries� as representatives of our country. I met with France, Syria, and Russia. I can’t divulge too much information lest someone from another country happens to read this blog, but it was definitely a challenge to talk to countries based on what they wanted to hear, and based on what we were willing to tell them, in order to achieve our goals for North Korea. This weekend, we are writing up press releases for the “public� and requesting specific meetings with countries next week. Between this week and Tuesday, and next Thursday and the following Tuesday, nine months is passing in terms of the game. However, between Tuesday and Thursday, only 72 hours is passing. That means we have to be strategic about the decisions we make and whether they can happen short-term, or they take nine months to have a major affect or even be attainable. I have felt overwhelmed studying all these countries and North Korea’s background in order to be prepared, but this is one of the most interesting ways I’ve learned in college thus far.