Ants in His Pants

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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).

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Secret Ballot

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows piece of paper labeled SECRET BALLOT. Under the heading it asks the question, "What Type of Team Do You Have?" Below that question are listed five options stacked vertically, each with a check box to the left. The options are "Ideal, Ambiguous Roles, Disorganized, Underperforming, and Overstructured." A hand holding a pencil has checked the box next to Ambiguous Roles. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "After months of public agreement and private disagreement, the team decides to find out what everyone is thinking."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Amazing

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a box-shaped machine with gears and levers and a conveyor belt with people going through it. As the people enter they are slumped over wearing dark robes with a dark cloud over each of their heads. The sign above these people entering reads, "Nervous, Worried, Angry, Anxious, Unprepared, Negative, Apprehensive." As the people pass through the machine and emerge from the Output end they are depicted wearing white robes, with angel's wings, smiles on their faces, and sunshine over each of the heads. The sign above these people reads, "Positive, Good, Successful, Amazed, Pleased, Wonderful, Interesting." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "The Amazing Inclusive Education Teacher Transformation Machine."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Oh, Que?

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon has four panels arranged in a square, each showing the same image: a special educator sitting across from a parent with papers on the table between them. In the upper left panel the teacher says, "Mrs. Ramirez, as you know, we are here to plan an IEP for Jose. Now I know we should have checked with you first, but we went ahead and drafted his goals and objectives." In the upper right panel the special educator asks, "Is that OK with you?" The parent, who speaks Spanish as her primary language and has a confused look on her face asks, "Oh, que?" In the lower left panel the special educator say, "Great, I'm glad it's OK with you. Actually, I know shouldn't have, but we went head and made some related service decisions too. Is that OK? The confused parent again replies, "Oh, que?" In the lower right panel the special educator says, "Wonderful Mrs. Ramirez. Don't you wish every IEP meeting was this easy?" Again the confused parent again replies, "Oh, que?" The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Miss Plepper was absent for the Inservice on cultural and linguistic diversity.
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Coming Out of the Closet

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows two teachers looking at a line graph inside a closest. They are surprised by someone opening the door. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Charlotte and Maggie consider coming out of the closest about their graphing tendencies."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Backward Day

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon has two panels offset stepwise. The upper panel shows a classroom scene where a paraprofessional who is standing directly behind a student seated in a wheelchair says to the classroom teacher, "Mark should stay inside after lunch. By the time I get his coat on recess will be over." The teacher responds, "That seems reasonable." A classmate who overhears says to the adults, "What if we just put his coat on backwards?" Another classmate says, "That would look weird." In the lower panel, the first classmate says, "Not if everyone wore their coat backwards." as the entire class surrounds their classmate seated in the wheelchair in solidarity by all wearing their coats backwards. The tag line reads, "Mrs. Basil's class invents Backwards Day at school."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

I don't feel prepared

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a school principal seated at his desk with a teacher sitting across from him in the foreground. The teacher says, "‚Ä¶ so I don't feel prepared to teach a child with disabilities." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Despite having a master's degree and 18 years of experience, Mrs. Snippett tries to convince Mr. Moody that the student with disabilities in her class would be better served by an assistant with no experience."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Rubber Stamp

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoons shows document titled, IEP Program and Services along with a rubber stamp that says, "APPROVED" and the document has been stamped. The tag line under the cartoon says, Special Education Coordinator, Mr. Peters, use a low-tech solution to avoid confrontations and threats of due process hearings."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Excluses

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows eight panels of the same person saying each of the following statements: "We tried that before.", "I agree philosophically, but‚Ä¶", "It costs to much.", "Our system is too big.", "Our system is too small.", "What we do now is just fine.", "I'm sure it works well in other places, but not here.", "It's against my religion.", and "It's not within my authority." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Exclusion + Excuses = Excluses: Common reasons for avoiding inclusive education."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Parole Approach

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows two students with special educational needs depicted as prisoners, behind bars and wearing striped prison uniforms. One student says to the other, "What are you in for?" The other student says, "Down syndrome. But they said with good behavior I could be out in 3 to 5." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Parole Approach to School Inclusion." The note on the side indicates, "Inspired by Robert Holland."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Unintended Distractions

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoons shows a full class being taught in a large group by the teacher, except for one student with a disability who is working in a one-to-one format with a paraprofessional in the back of the large group, facing away from the teacher. Some students in the teacher's large group who are closest to the paraprofessional and student with a disability turn toward them. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Unintended Distractions."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

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