Post-WASMUN Survey

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey! Please be honest—your answers will not affect your grade. We rely on your answers to the following questions to understand what you think about this program, what you learned, and what we can do to improve the program for other students in the future.

Student Name: _________________________________________________________________

School Name: _______________________ Teacher’s Name: ___________________________

1. Please mark one box for each statement below to indicate if you agree or disagree.

	Strongly agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strong disagree
a. I enjoyed participating in this program	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
b. I learned a lot about the countries and culture of the people I worked with during this program	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
c. After participating in this program, I am better able to appreciate the opinions and perspectives of people different from myself	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
d. After participating in this program, I am more interested in learning about cultures and countries different from my own	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
e. After participating in this program, I am more aware of the impact my actions and those of others have on the world	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
f. I think this program will help people understand other cultures better	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
g. The WASMUN program provided an effective structure for learning about current world issues.	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ

2. Rate the conference overall on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest: _____

3. What was or was not helpful about the conference?

4. Rank how well the following aspects of the program met your expectations from 1-5 with 5 being the highest. Please mark one box for each activity listed.

	Fair		Good		Excellent
	1	2	3	4	5	N/A
a. Pre-conference workshops	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
b. Delegate manual	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
c. Opening ceremony	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
d. Committee chairs & moderators	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
e. Delegate reception	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
f. Organization of the conference	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
g. WASMUN website	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
h. Position paper process	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ

5. On average, how often did you engage in the following activities each week during the 2002-2003 school year? Please mark one box for each activity listed below.

	Daily	2-3 / wk	Once or less	Did not do it
a. Discuss current affairs at school	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
b. Discuss current affairs with friends	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
c. Discuss current affairs with family	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
d. Read U.S. newspapers	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
e. Read international newspapers	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
f. Watch the local news	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
g. Watch national news programs or CNN	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
h. Watch international news programs	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ
i. Visit international websites	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ	ڤ

6. Since the beginning of the war with Iraq, did the frequency with which you engaged in the activities in question 5 increase (circle one):

Not at all Moderately Significantly

7. What did you like and what would you change about:

Pre-conference Workshops

Opening Ceremony/Speaker

Committee Sessions

Delegate Reception

Conference Schedule

Website

Position Papers

8. What topics would you like to discuss at future conferences?

9. What were the most interesting things you learned about the international people you worked with during this program?

10. Did this program change the way you see yourself in the world? If so, how?

11. How has your perception about people from other countries changed? In other words, what were some misconceptions you had about people from the countries you worked with and how did you discover these misconceptions were wrong?

12. What were the most difficult things about WASMUN?

13. What are your suggestions for how to improve WASMUN in the future?

14. Additional Comments:

Thank you for participating in WASMUN 2003 and
for responding to these questions honestly!