Counselors are the body of knowledge, the source of input, the code of ethics and the key for many closed doors. If you are a counselor, you will see yourself many times counseling and teaching at the same time. Counseling is considered as one of world`s harsh, tough and challenging career. It requires penitence and wisdom. You are viewed as the salvation of your students in which you will relief their lives. 

 Textbooks are a collection of knowledge, concepts, materials and principles of a selected topic that are usually written by specialists, professionals and experts in education. They are a core part of the curriculum. However, this can`t deny the fact that textbooks may fail to arouse students` interest or accomplish the course goals. 
 
 Regarding of the importance of textbooks in teaching, we can say that textbooks are teachers` arsenals that can serve different purposes in which they facilitate the learning process and make it easier, clearer and faster. In addition, it provides confidence and security for both teachers and students in which they credit source information and make it more reliable. Also it offers an organized pattern of information and material that are presented to students. Furthermore, textbooks are tools used by teachers to give directions and guide discussion which indeed save time and assist teachers in planning as well as in managing classrooms. 

Despite all the advantages that textbooks present for teachers, however sometimes they fail to attain the course goals and help students actually learn. In fact, this obliges educators who bluntly follow textbooks and dependently rely on them to often look for the quality of the content, format and the appropriateness of these books in terms of the students` level, vocabs, and ethnic and gender biases.