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March 20th, 2008 [006]

Chair: The next issue to be debated will be on the question of the Academic Overload Crisis. Would the main submitter of the following resolution please approach the podium?

(The delegation of Cathy-Minlian approaches the podium)

Chair: Delegate, please read out the clauses.

1. Calls upon measures to increase awareness of previously neglected but extremely time consuming clubs such as MUN, Journalism, Drama, and various Sports, for the purpose of informing the Teacher Association of:

a. the Student population’s unknown or often underestimated difficulty of completing makeup work,

b. the fact that the Student population engages themselves in far more productive activity than the Teachers are aware;

Chair: Thank you Delegate. The chair now sets a debate time of closed debate 45 minutes for and 45 minutes against this clause. The main submitter may now proceed with her speech.

Thank you honorable chair and fellow delegates.

The Delegatation of Cathy would first like to show her approval regarding recent accomplishments at BEIMUN XV. She believes that the successful cooperation of Nation States such as Time, and Effort, not to mention the much appreciated sacrifice of Sleep, and Stress were all vital to the fruitfulness of the conference. She, however, cannot deny her harbored concerns, as the issue of Academic Overload, poses as a threat to the world student population. Respected Delegates, this very moment, hundreds and thousands of students world-wide are suffering from long-term stress created by participation of various activities, grades, the lack of sleep, and other harmful factors. We the General Assembly forum of Student Rights have gathered to address this problem. By increasing awareness, and eventually having the Teacher Association to realize that it isn’t true that students ONLY take their class, the resolution will hopefully help reduce homework and postpone tests, thus alleviating this problem.

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Cathy is back from BEIMUN . . . . . . with “problems”.