YIG’s New Addition: the Round Table

Perspectives From Delegates About the New Activity after the First Night

By: Madelyn Beyer

Featuring Greta Wallace and Lily Suttner

“Round Table” is a coined term for a Youth in Government activity involving delegates meeting with people in their grade. Occurring at 8:30 at night, delegates connect with each other and discuss their days. Today, we will be exploring the mixed reviews of delegates on the new activity.

Greta Wallace is a second-year delegate and is in ninth grade. When it came to Round Tables, she started off by saying, “Well, I didn’t want to do it.” She explained how things felt forced and it was awkward. Her table was said to have “not taken it seriously” yet it “would’ve been fun if it wasn’t after a really long day.” Considering everyone was awake and at the YMCA early, things get less animated that late at night. Greta finished by saying “it would’ve been better if they at least let us out of business casual clothes before having to do High, Low, Buffalo.”

Lily Suttner is a junior, so her group was different from Greta’s. However, her response remained similar. Lily, however, started off by listing what she thought went well. “I liked the organization. It’s better than having our whole delegation meet together.” She then went on to explain how it was more efficient, as her Round Tables were at an eight people maximum. Still, she said that the “questions they made us go over were kind of useless and they weren’t effective” and that they “weren’t asking the right questions.” So while giving positive feedback, she explained a few ways to improve as well. 

Overall, delegates had a lot to say. Since round tables are still a newer thing, improvements will likely be made and things will be tweaked to fit the needs of delegates better.