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- Give your fullest attention to the speaker
- Participate actively
- Be punctual for lesson
- Raise your hand before speaking
- Hand up your assignments on time
- Respect everyone's opinions and answers

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1)  Give the person speaking your full attention.
2) When you have questions, raise your hand instead of shouting for the person's attention.
3) Do not sleep in class (Benjamin)
4) Be punctual for the lesson.
5) Hand up assignments on time.
6) Every team member must participate in group discussions.

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1) Respect each other
2) Do not make fun of people and listen to what they have to say
3) Be mindful of people's emotions and your language
4) Do not be distracted doing other stuff when someone is talking to you

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Lower birth rate leads to future population decline which leads to lesser successors and lesser manpower

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1. Keep an open mind
2. Mind our language
3. Keep our comments to ourselves if it is not constructive to the discussion
4. Everyone gets a turn to speak their mind
5. What was said in the classroom stays in the classroom
6. Have fun debating

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Respect differing opinions
Respect one another's boundaries
Speak with appropriate tone and language
Give one another comfort in their opinions

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- Respect one another
- Be inclusive
- Listen to others speak
- Do not judge others
- Understand different point of views
- Do not assume that people are attacking you

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1. To be polite at all times.
2. To be nice to everyone.
3. Listen to everyone's opinions respectfully.
4. No interruptions or disruptions to the discussions made in class.

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Without kids, married couples will not receive any incentives to help them with their lives

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without having kids, there will be nobody to take care of us when we're older. Many married couples may feel bored at home if, for example, the wife is a housewife, she would have nothing to do at home.

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When many decide to not have kids after being inspired by the couples who aren't, the population size wld decrease which would affect our economy and therefore affect the global standings

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A low fertility rate would affect our society greatly as the schools would be affected with a lower intake, manpower would be lower as there wouldn't be enough people from the younger generations to take over the older workers who will reach their retirement age sooner or later which is why the government had to increase the retirement age to compensate for the lack of replacements. If the idea to be a childfree family spreads to more younger families, the amount of babies reproduced would also decrease steadily and eventually lead to a dying population.

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The fertility rate would start declining consistently to below replacement level which would widen the gap between retirement rate and birth rate causing a huge imbalance between the two.

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Many not having children would mean that the population of the world at large, drops. However, in this scenario, one couple choosing not to have kids may not contribute drastically to the world population. However, if a rising number of people choose not to have kids, the world population may drop.

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Will have more time to focus on our own future endeavours. We will be able to pursue our passion more without the worry of balancing out another heavy responsibility.
(Negative)
We may lack the support, care of even companionship as we grow older.

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With children in the household it will take up alot of time from the parents makng them more busy and have to spend money on them as well

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There will be a drop in the birth rates. This will cause a rising cost of raising kids and increasing fertility issues.

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once married couple decides not to have children, they might just live their lives and not even considering to have one not realizing the birth rate of the global economy dropping

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the birth rate will decrease and therefore the population size will also decrease. when the population growth decrease , there will only be a small number of young people to economically support the older populations.

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When women don't have children, they can work more without having to focus on raising children. Making them more productive in the workforce

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Unmarried live long, life expectancy increases

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Unmarried live long, life expectancy increases

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From Mr K Shanmugams speech, he said that based on research those who live longer are married men and unmarried women

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-Family, as the need to have an heir to the surname or legacy is very important to traditional families especially to the family elders
-Lower socio-economic burden, as rearing and taking of a child is time consuming and expensive. Most of the children left to another to be taken care of. And for women who choose to become housewives, as there are many things to be done in the house so rearing a child is the least of their concerns
-External pressure from society leading to guilt, shame, anxiety, etc
-A slower rate of economic growth. There is one main way that an economy can grow is by expanding labor (the number of employees/hours worked).

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personal preference and lifestyle might influence the decision of having a child. by not having children there would not be any passed down generation business for example and they would not have any additional funds given by the government such as baby bonus. as children are long life time investment, the funds to raise a children would be very expensive as parents would need to pay for their education, daily necessity etc. . one the other hand, not having children would build a intimate and closer relationship with their spouse. wife can focus and build up their career and would have ample time for themselves and their spouse. wife do not have lots of house chores to do once they reach home from an exhausting day from the office.

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Unable to pass down the surname due to not having children

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Unable to pass down the surname due to not having children

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Usually, they would want family names to be passed down generation after generation, lasting the family tree for a very long time. However, due to the decision, their family would be disappointed and angry at the "RIDICULOUS" decision of not wanting children for their "selfish" reasons.

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People with no children will be heavily discriminated by many married couples with children (their friends/families)

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Negative:
- Lack of companionship
- Lack of support & care when older
- Missing the experience of parenthood

Positive:
- Able to dedicate time to their career or to other interests that may be of help to the world
- Have more time for self care & for other relationships

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there will higher rate of elderly, and lesser younger generations to take over the increasing labour.

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their decision to not having a baby will encourage other couples around the world to be more open to not having a child. Therefore the global birth rate will fluctuate

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there's going to be a low rate of population to defend our country, such as NS.

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When a married couple makes the decision to not have a baby, they would affect the overall fertility of the nation. The economic productivity will also decrease as there would be less people that can be employed in the future if there are less babies.

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Collapsing birth rate = biggest danger to civilization

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Collapsing birth rate = biggest danger to civilization

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Our country will continue having low birth rates, and there wont be enough contributions to society in the future. It's bad for the country's economy because lesser people will be in the workforce. There will also be lesser people to lead the country because the future generation will have to take charge and rule the country.

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low birth rate

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they do not get to experience how it is like having their own children and they usually are being criticised for their decision despite their own reasons
they also able to have more savings for themselves and need not have extra savings for their children.

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Less children being born means there will be a decrease in workforce being born while the remaining population continues to age and retire.

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it is not a must to have children in this generation as family members might have children, by not having kids, they can spend more time with each other at home or traveling.

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She rather not have children because she thinks that children will create noises at home. without children, they can have a quiet environment at home

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no worries about kids after a long day of work

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married women choose to not have kids, but rather spend more time together with their husbands meaning that they have more time to focus on themselves