First rule of any contract: know when to break rules

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The UK Dept of Education has revealed plans for home-school agreements. Schools will make a commitment to inform parents about their child's progress and to encourage children to perform well, while parents will promise to ensure that their child arrives on time at school and to attend open evenings. Children will make a commitment to behaving well and caring for equipment and the school buildings. These contracts are a negative development, as they fail to encourage children to be creative and question authority. They are really aimed at parents who do not care whether their children attend school at all.

United Kingdom, Column, Social policy, Education, Parent participation (Education)

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Disgusted? Not really

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Police in Tunbridge Wells, England, prosecuted a woman for running a brothel in the town, an activity which police in large towns and cities would almost certainly have overlooked, as long as no drugs were involved. This incident highlights the arbitrary nature of the prostitution laws in the UK. Some leading police figures have even call for the legalisation of brothels, and this has gained the support of prostitutes' groups, which believe that unregulated off-street prostitution poses great dangers for the women involved.

Laws, regulations and rules, Prostitution

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Thou shalt not seek publicity

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach believes that he is obsessed with marriage, rather than with sex. However, he lost his synagogue as a result of writing a book called 'Kosher Sex.' He feels that a healthy sex life is a vital element of marriage, particularly in the early years. He believes that the modern world has destroyed sex, with many people having become too focused on sexual performance. He now aims to write the ultimate religious self-help book.

Interview, Rabbis, Boteach, Shmuel

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