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Textbook Preaching

Textbook preaching occurs when a teacher (usually a supply/cover teacher who is relatively inexperienced) teaches pupils by relying solely on the contents of whichever textbook relates to her current lesson (e.g. a teacher covering in Chemistry reading verbatim from a chemistry textbook)
More often than not, this method does absolutely nothing to help students learn, other than reinforcing already-negative attitudes about supply teachers and forcing pupils to seek out their own means of learning.
The only exceptions include teachers assigning tasks from the textbook or simply asking students to read extracts.

Pupil 1: Can you believe that? The supply teacher isn't even bothering, is she?

Pupil 2: How so?

Pupil 1: She's reading the contents of the textbook word-for-word! Classic case of textbook preaching.

Pupil 2: True that.

by The Silent King March 18, 2014


Textbook

A book of text, or words
A schoolbook

That book which your teacher gives you to copy problems and questions out of for homework
Also known to weigh way too much
Sometimes will have answers at the end, but only the odd ones (like in Common Core)

My school gave me a textbook but I lost it so I had to pay like 50 bucks.

My textbook is so heavy that I leave it at home so I don’t have to carry it.

by itsasecreticanttell May 19, 2019


Textbook

Women that have potential to be wifey material but have lots of red flags 🚩

If a women still hangs around a group a women & party all the time or doesn’t have a priority’s together & can’t bring that much value to a man she is TextBook

by Moneybagg Matt September 15, 2023


Textbook

A textbook is a book filled with text or facts.

Person: Can you pass me my textbook, I need help with my work.

by BIGGGGGGBOYJOHNNNYYY November 9, 2022


Textbook

You do something so perfectly that it could be an example in a textbook

Yo, the way she landed that frontside 180 was textbook

I made sus nachos while high but they ended up textbook…

Synonym to gnarly.
Antonym to sketchy.

by AyoitsChazzy August 14, 2022


textbook

Communicating with someone via text message and Facebook simultaneously.

I didn't know if she was near her phone or her computer, so I had to textbook her to make sure she got my message.

by je ne sais quoi November 18, 2010


Textbook

Used to describe an asshole who may or may NOT fit any textbook definition. It's origins are from a textbook case of a sociopath but it's usage became much broader over time. As long as two people can decide what it means, it works.

Boss: You're 3 minutes late! I'm docking you a half-hour's pay!
Worker 1 to Worker 2 (under his breath and possible shaking his head in a very slight negative way): Textbook.

by The REALNoj October 27, 2019