In retrospect, the discussion over the two topics led to a general consensus that much effort has gone into ensuring that our education system remains relevant to the changing needs of society. The state, resplendent with all its powers, has made it a point to emphasize the importance of education. Some argue that it is the Confucian ethos that Singapore has inherited from China. The importance of the scholar-gentry class still holds sway over many Singaporeans today. However, I would like to think that it is more the realization that we have a dearth of natural resources to rely upon, such that the citizens who make up our state become the singularly most important resource the country has. Thus, education has always played a pivotal role in ensuring that Singaporeans are socialized and schooled in such a manner as to bring out the best in every citizen in the hopes of each individual citizen being able to contribute meaningfully and successfully to society as a whole.
             Nonetheless, the class discussion zeroed in on the point made by the teachers' group, which was:
             Teachers are a bridge between students and parents.
             Seven classmates agreed with the statement and the remaining five disagreed. However, while facilitating the discussion with my individual teachers' group, we basically considered that a society like Singapore has rapidly changed with the passage of time. It has done so as to adapt to the peculiar circumstances that afflict the particular period. The world we live in now differs from the world experienced by our forefathers generations ago and we must recognize that we have to adapt to the different circumstances that surround our lives.
             As the world changes, so do the families that make up the smaller blocks of society. For example, statistics on Singaporean marriages indicate that about one in three marriages end in divorce with the typical divorced couple surviving only up till 10-12 years of marri
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