Letters to the editor
a minister of education
About the Author
Hancock has been labeled the Minister of Education and the Don Quixote of Education Reform as well as a Gadfly! Hancock’s erudition, iconoclastic diatribes and harangues reflect his passion bon vivant and raconteur attitude about Teaching Learning and Education in a PUBLIC SCHOOL! Students would agree that Hancock was a Robin Williams for students and a Trump to the Administration.
Many are asking what is wrong with teaching learning SCHOOLING and education and what can be done? You will get the answers / PANACEA from the letters of a MAD Public School Teacher: intrepid irascible cantankerous provocative passionate thought-provoking iconoclastic and enhanced with some vitriolic demagoguery. As a Grad student/ colleague said: Thanks for an enjoyable class/ seminar on Education Issues in Society. I also enjoyed your letters to the editor. I’ve been told that I say what other people think. Well, you write and publish what we’re ALL THINKING! The book also has a plethora of suggested resources and references for independent inquiry.
a message from the author
After 35 years of multicultural-classroom teaching experience. I have learned that “we are what we teach.” Teaching is a twenty-four-hour-a-day position.
We are not teachers just for the time we spend in the classroom or just the days we spend in school. We are teachers after school, on weekends, and throughout our lives. I entered this profession willingly because I believe in the future in which those children will be a part of. If we project that belief in our personal lives, our students cannot help but learn that lesson well.
Each of us has within that spark of compassion and concern and love that drove us into teaching in the first place. Each of us can fan that spark into a flame that will warm our classrooms and nurture our students now and in the future.
collection of letters
Black Students White Teacher: Ruminations and Lamentations
I dedicate this collection of letters to the editor to all the students of my teaching and counseling practices. As well as to those who are just beginning their career in teaching and education.
After thirty-Five years of Multi-cultural Classroom teaching Experience, I have learned that teaching is a 24 hour position and we are what we teach.
we are what we teach
"A teacher affects eternity – You can never tell where his/her influence stops." - Henry Adams
Student
Hancock completed his student teaching in biology at his alma mater in 1968.
Studies
Hancock was also a student in Burbach’s Health Education class at Kent State University (1966-1967).
Success
Several of Mr. Hancock’s students are doctors, nurses and teachers.
educational achievements
and awards
Throughout David’s career as an educator, He has gained several awards. These awards highlight David’s character as a teacher that makes him beloved to his students.