Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

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

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Appropriate Label

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a woman talking to a man in a wheelchair. The woman says "So, how do you prefer to be called? Handicapped? Disabled? Or Physically-Challenged?" the man responds "Joe would be fine." the tag line reads "The most appropriate label is usually the one someone's parents have given them."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Airlifting

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a helicopter hovering over a school building trying to lower a square box with the words "Special Class Approaches" into a round hole on the roof with the words "Regular Class" written around the edge of the hole. The tag line reads "Attempts at airlifting certain special approaches into regular class are unsuccessful, they just don't fit."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Fun Meeting

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows 5 men and women sitting in a hot tub. Mr. Moody says "this is the best meeting we've ever had!" The tag line reads "Team members find fun ways to facilitate their meetings!"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Slim Plan

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows three panels. In the first panel is a woman happy and smiling. The caption at the top of the panel reads "I lost inches and pounds off my IEPs using slim plan. You can too." The lower left panel shows "Before" the same woman is holding a huge pile of papers in the panel it reads, "My IEPs were bloated, thick, and weak. I had unwanted inches and unsightly goals and objectives." The panel on the right says "After" and shows the happy woman again and reads "Now my IEPs are slim, lean and strong. I feel better and I have more energy." the tag line reads "Helen helps herself have healthier habits."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Lunacy

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows the full moon with stars in the dark sky and a dog sitting on the top of a hill howling at the moon. There is a building with a group of people that you can see through a window sitting around a table having a meeting. Someone in the room says "Are we in agreement? In order to teach our students with disabilities to function in our community we should send them away to learn some place else." The tag line reads "Lunacy!? After several bad experiences with the lunar cycle, school officials decide not to hold any more meetings during the full moon."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Bending Over Backwards

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a classroom teacher and a student at a desk. The teacher is doing a back bend and pointing at the students work. The teacher says "Nice work Melanie!" and the Melanie says "Thanks for your help Mrs. V." The tag line reads "Mrs. V. is the kind of classroom teacher who bends over backwards for all of her students."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Pedaling

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a man working hard riding a bike. He is holding the brakes on and there is smoke coming from the brake pads. There are two turtles in the foreground of the panel walking a little faster than the bike rider and looking up at him. The tag line reads "Generating and evaluating ideas simultaneously is like trying to ride a bike by pedaling with the brakes on."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

A Tale of Two Schools

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon has two panels, top and bottom. The top panel shows two people across a table from each other. The person to the right has two large stacks of books next to him. The person to the left says, "Are we ready to include students with more severe disabilities in regular class?." The second person says, "As soon as I finish reading these books on inclusion and draft our long-range plan... We should be ready in 7 or 8 years." The bottom panel has two people facing each other, both holding a piece of paper. The person on the left says, "I'm sure glad we got started including and supporting all our students in regular classes." The person to the right says, "Me too! I know we'll learn things along the way from our success and mistakes." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "A tale of two schools."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Three Musketeers

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows the Three Musketeers standing in a circle with their swords up in the air crossing tips. Each sword has something different written on it, Values, Logic and Research. The three musketeers are exclaiming "All for one and one for all!!" The tagline reads "The Three Musketeers of good practice: Values, Logic and Research (in that order)."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Hell-Bent on Helping

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows two people one in a wheelchair and one on crutches. The person in the wheelchair says to the person on the crutches "The only problem with people in the helping professions is that they are constantly wanting to help you." The person on the crutches says "Go figure?" The tag line reads "Hell-Bent on Helping." A note on the left says, "Inspired by Emma VanderKlift"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants