What do you call a single, male, high school guidance counselor whose female students answer the landline at his home, where he lives alone, several hours after school is dismissed? Here in Northeast Kansas, we call him "Tom", because he tells students to address him by his first name! Disclaimer: Implications and inferences associated with above breaches of socially acceptable teacher/student protocals may or may not accurately represent reasons for such unusual occurances; but be advised, the typical reasons for such things typically apply.