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  • It sounds to me that such a project would HAVE to be diguised as a pass/fail class in order to keep the school administrators 'and other teachers' and parents 'and the rest of the status quo's "teachy" feelings fulfilled, however.

    And if you're not Roger Sutton 2007

  • It sounds to me that such a project would HAVE to be diguised as a pass/fail class in order to keep the school administrators 'and other teachers' and parents 'and the rest of the status quo's "teachy" feelings fulfilled, however.

    And if you're not Roger Sutton 2007

  • Give me a good honest atheist any day over one of these teachy-preachy types that inevitably show themselves capable of the lowest behavior.

    Sanford resists calls for resignation 2009

  • Bookish and introspective, the unnamed narrator is not so much preachy as teachy.

    Novelist Politician 2009

  • Bookish and introspective, the unnamed narrator is not so much preachy as teachy.

    2009 May 13 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

  • In that regard, the Moore film is preachy without being "teachy."

    Nelson Davis: Capitalism: What Love Story? 2009

  • I finkinz abowt makins a klass foar da teachy ov da lolkat langwij.

    I GOTZ MY BOX - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007

  • They were preachy and not teachy, so to speak, as the idea of teachable moments was lost on them.

    Marcotte blames sexism for her troubles. Ann Althouse 2007

  • I think that was moi, and I will willingly eat crow organic, fair-trade crow or the tofucrow equivalent because I violated my own comment the other day with a pair of danglies, not in the pulpit but in a public teachy sort of situation.

    Solemn Celebrations Deserve Sartorial Care PeaceBang 2006

  • Living in Little Poland has numerous charms ... this morning I walked a few blocks, bought fresh berries from a corner fruit shop, pastry from a Polish bakery and chatted with the shopkeeper at Scootergirl, a charming little store full of the kinds of toys that make kids think without being all "teachy."

    trinityboy Diary Entry trinityboy 2004

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