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guidance counselor

American  
[gahyd-uhns kaun-suh-ler] / ˈgaɪd əns ˈkaʊn sə lər /

noun

  • guidance counselors
    plural
  1. a person working in a school whose job is to assist students with academic and personal issues and decisions.


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It was answered immediately by the season’s opening episode, “Sermon on the Mount,” in which Jesus has become the guidance counselor at South Park Elementary, unwillingly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025

On that year’s tax return, he and his wife reported earning a combined $161,000 from their salaries as a state employee and a Christian school guidance counselor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

At the time, Mr. Prescott was jokingly referred to as the political equivalent of a marriage guidance counselor.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

The first lady shared with graduates of Mesa Community College how her high school guidance counselor told her she wasn’t college material and shouldn’t waste her time going.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024

“I’m Mr. Jackson, a guidance counselor here at Posada,” he said.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

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