I asked him to tell the judge what had happened.

People are out to get him, he told the judge.

"My eyes have been opened very late in the game," he told the judge.

Her father told the judge that his daughter was "easily led on".

"Perhaps if you tell the judge what happened," she began.

Two other teachers told the judge they would obey his order and return to work.

Either shut up or tell the judge you're sorry and answer his questions straight down.

There is no intent here of telling the judge what to do.

"I just want to say I'm sorry that this happened," he told the judge in a firm voice.

"I have learned many lessons from all of this," she told the judge.