Ants in His Pants
This collection includes 111 color cartoon images from the book Ants in His Pants.
Giangreco, M. F. (1998). Ants in his pants: Absurdities and realities of special education. Corwin. (out of print, 2019).
Showing 101 - 110 of 112 Records
Passing the Buck
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: This cartoon shows a young student with disabilities wearing a deer mask (with antlers) while he is handed from a teacher to a paraprofessional. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "The professional staff resort to using props just so the teacher assistant is clear they are passing the buck."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
Cave School
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: A caveman with a club in his hand is dragging a child by her hair in to a cave which is labeled Cave School for the Hunting and Gathering Impaired. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Recent archeological evidence suggests that special schools have been around longer than once thought."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
Mrs. Brown keeps her name.
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: This cartoon shows a group of school personnel seated at a table facing a chalkboard where another person is standing and pointing to the board. On the board are written several different names used to refer to paraprofessionals such as Teacher's Helper, Teacher's Aide, Teacher's Assistant, Individual Support Person, Paraeducator, Jill of All Trades, Ed-entered Servant, and others that are partially obscured -- all of the names have been crossed out with chalk line through each of them. Only one name is not crossed out, Mrs. Brown. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "After a grueling meeting, the staff decides to let Mrs. Brown keep her name."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
April Fools
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: This cartoon shows a document titled, "Special Education Eligibility", and three categories of information that are filled in, name (Jamie K), D.O.B. (April 1, 1992), and classification (Fool). A person's hand is shown with a pencil using the eraser end to begin erasing the word, "Fool." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Continually confused by ever-changing disability labels, Mr. Moody is annoyed when he realizes the 5 students born on April 1st have to be declassified."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
Magic Stapler
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: This image depicts a faux advertisement poster. At the top is says, "You can purchase this Magic Stapler $12.99" It shows the image of a basic stapler and star burst where it had stapled together multiple pages of an IEP, each page labeled with goals of different disciplines: special education, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and orientation and. mobility. The bottom of the poster says, "Comes with 599 magic staples -- no fairy dust required." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Transform your separate, disjointed, discipline-specific, uncoordinated goals into a team IEP."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
Cut and Dried
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: This cartoon shows a special educator outside on a rural property hanging up laundry on a clothes line. He is using clothes pins to hang up three long strips; each one has one letter on it, I-E-P. The tag line under the cartoon reads, " The most recent computerized IEPs are too cut and dried."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
Jargonese as a Second Language
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: This cartoon shows an occupational therapist handing a ball to a paraprofessional as the therapists says, "Starting from a prone position, he should assume a bi-ped upright posture and grasp the sphere using the upper extremities bilaterally!" The paraprofessionals turns toward the special educator and whispers, "What did she say?" The special educator responds, "He should get off his stomach, stand-up, and catch the ball." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "David translates for Hank who is just learning to speak Jargonese as a second language."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
Ants in His Pants
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: This cartoon shows a boy sitting in chair and desk; the image shows him from just above the waist down. He is squirming and there are crawling on the ground near his feet, up his legs, and near his belt. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "After a hasty special education placement for behavior problems, school official were embarrassed to learn that Marty really did have ants in his pants."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
Cloning (Special Educator)
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: This cartoon shows one educator talking to another who is holding a test tube. The first educator asks, "What's in the test tube?" The other educator replies, "A small skin sample from Mrs. Keegan, she's a great special educator." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Despite the bio-ethical controversies Maggie favors human cloning."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
Cookbook Recipes
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 1998
- Description: This cartoon shows a person dressed as a chef attempting to follow a recipe from a book titled "Inclusion Cookbook." The scene in the kitchen is chaotic and messy (e.g., broken eggs, spilled liquids), with equipment and food strewn about in disarray. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "After several attempts, Fred begins to realize that cookbook recipes for inclusion just don't work."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants