"We spend a lot of time looking over report cards, calling teachers," Ms. Nelson said.

All pupils must call female teachers ma'am and male teachers sir.

Tensions rose, he said, after she started calling teachers at home after they called in sick.

But the defense plans to call grade school teachers and preachers who will say she is a nice girl, if somewhat disturbed.

Kids called teachers by their first names, which was unusual for the time at government schools in the ACT.

Both sides called academic experts, parents and teachers to the stand to explore the meaning of secular humanism.

"I'd like to, Jeff, but that's the night I call teachers for potential fund-raising programs."

At Frank's school, students call teachers by their first names.

This year, 33 percent called teachers the best thing, and more parents answered teachers than anything else both times.

Students are allowed to call teachers by their first names and close student/teacher cooperation is encouraged.