Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

This collection includes 105 color cartoon images from Flying by the Seat of Your Pants.

Showing 41 - 50 of 106 Records

Workable Team Size

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows lots of people stuffed into a phone booth and a line of people waiting. Mr. Moody is holding up his hand and saying "OK that's enough." The tag line reads "In an effort to maintain a workable team size, Mr. Moody suggests limiting membership to the number of people that can fit into a phone booth."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Book Club

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a group of people sitting around in a living room having tea there is a cat sitting on the coffee table. One of the women sitting on the couch says "This month's book club selection is controversial and quite revealing. Some of you might even find it shocking." The tag line reads "Club members prepare to read 'Everything you always wanted to know about special education but were afraid to ask.'"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Meet the Standards

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows Mr. Moody (administrator) standing with a line of students behind him and a couple with a baby, Mr. and Mrs. Standard, in front of them. Mr. Moody says "Suzy, I'd like you to meet Mr. Standard, his wife, Mrs. Standard and their little baby Standard- They're new in town." The tag line reads "Confused by a state education directive, Mr. Moody arranges for every student in his school to meet the Standards."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Whine Cellar

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows Mr. Moody and a woman going down the stairs into the cellar. There are wood barrels in the foreground of the frame and one of the barrels has a mouse and cheese on it. Mr. Moody says "Let's talk down here." The tag line reads "Mr. Moody escorts a disgruntled employee to the school's newly established Whine Cellar."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Authentic Assessment

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a wall with signs across the top and sides. There is a salesman pointing to the signs behind a counter and a woman in the foreground. The sign across the top of the panel reads "Test Publishers Inc." On the left side of the panel a sign reads "Our Moto: 'We'll sell you what-ever you're willing to buy regardless of quality or utility'." Other signs read "Authentic Assessments," "Counterfeit Assessments," "Culturally Biased Assessments," "Hypothetical Assessments," "Make-Believe Assessments," and "Verified, But Useless Assessments." The woman asks the salesman "What kind of assessment tools do you carry?" The salesman says, "We carry a full range!" The tag line reads, "Authentic Assessments: Consider the Alternatives."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

School Psychologists

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a table with testing kits and fire extinguishers. Two women are in the panel and one person outside the panel says, "Hurry up! We've got a problem!" One woman rushes toward the voice carrying a fire extinguisher and testing kit saying, "I'm coming!" The women near the table calls out, "Next!" The tag line reads "All of the district's school psychologists are supplied with equipment to carry out their two most common functions."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Pumped Up

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a woman lifting weights on a barbell. The tag line reads "Mrs. Hart gets pumped up about teaching a full range of students, because even though it's hard work, the results really show."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Placement Matters

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a car driving away with a bird nest on the tire and the bird flapping her wings and trying to fly away. The tag line reads "Examples from nature remind us that placement really does matter." A note on the left says, "Inspired by a robin in my yard."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Fear of Formulas

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a man watching TV. The man on the TV is saying "A new national study revealed that a majority of the nation's special education teachers choose their college major to avoid taking advanced math classes." The man watching the TV's thought bubble says "And all this time I thought I was the only one." The tag line reads "Having never advanced past math 101 (math in everyday life), Fred is comforted by the realization that he was not alone in his fear of formulas."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Three Bears

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a Mama bear, a Papa bear, and a Baby bear sitting on Papa bear's lap. Mama bear is sitting on a stump knitting listening to Papa bear who is sitting in a chair reading to Baby bear. Papa bear reads out loud "When Goldilocks went to school, they gave her support services. The first set was too small and it didn't fit...the next set was too big and didn't fit...the next set was just right and it fit!" The tag line reads, "Support services that are 'only as special as necessary' fit just right!"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants