Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

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

Showing 1 - 10 of 12 Records

Hanging On

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a panel with a yellow background and the word inclusion in orange block letters. A man is holding onto the letter N with his teeth and someone from outside the panel is exclaiming, "Hang On!!" the tag line reads "People with disabilities don't have any skin on their teeth, and they shouldn't need any."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Large Caseloads

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a woman sitting at a desk in the dark with just one light on, papers all around and a calculator in her hands. She says "Looks like I have an average of six minutes a day to support each of my students with disabilities in regular class. That includes planning, assessing, adapting, teaching, consulting, evaluating, communicating with parents, supervising paraprofessionals..." The tag line reads "Large caseloads for special educators: The numbers just don't add up!"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Natural Support

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a man sitting at a desk talking on the phone in a room full of boxes of 100% cotton sports bras and 100% cotton jock straps. The man says to the person on the phone, "What do you mean I got the wrong thing?!" The tag line reads "Natural Supports Breathe; when used appropriately, they make things feel more comfortable."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Mission Impossible

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a man sitting in an airplane with headphones on listening to a tape player. The message says "Good morning Mr. Phelps. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to provide special education supports for a caseload of 40 students with a wide range of disabilities who are placed in General Education classes. This tape will self destruct..." The tag line reads "Mission Impossible."
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

Educating Roaches

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon is two panels in the top frame of the panel are a man and a woman. The man is a reporter and is interviewing the woman who is holding up a "Not Roaches" sign. He says "And now a commentary from Bertha Snippett." And Bertha says "Who are these 'Inclusive Education' people and why do they want to educate supportive roaches? I don't care how supportive the are! Roaches are nasty little bugs and furthermore..." In the lower frame the reporter interrupts and says "Excuse me, it's not "educating supportive roaches." It's "Educationally Supportive Approaches." Mrs. Snippett says, turning red in the face "Oh...never mind." The tag line reads "Inclusion mishap #13: Mrs. Snippett decides it's finally time to have her hearing tested."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Remodeling

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows six men all doing different tasks trying to remodel a bathroom and all of them are getting in each others way and making a mess of things. The tag line reads, "If we remodeled bathrooms the way we delivered support services using a specialist-reliant model..."
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

Swimming Lessons

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows three panels. The top panel shows kids playing in a pool with a ball and a man standing at the side of the pool talking to a small child. He is saying "Stop! You can't swim so you are not allowed in the pool!" A small caption in the lower right corner of the panel reads "Long Ago." The second panel shows two men throwing a child into a pool. The child is yelling, "AHHHH" The one man says "We'll throw you in. You'll either sink or swim." A small caption in the right corner of the panel reads "Not so long ago." The third panel shows two guys in a pool one has a inner tube on and the other one is helping him. The helper says "We'll start your swimming lessons with some fun activities and supports that we'll fade out later." A small caption in the right lower corner reads "Today" The tag line reads "The evolution of swimming lessons: surprisingly similar to the evolution of including students with disabilities in general education."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Corporate Sponsorship

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows two people one in a wheelchair and one pushing the wheelchair wearing a sandwich board. On the sandwich board it says "Edna's House of Thimbles" The tag line reads "In an effort to cut the costs of special education, Central High School pursues corporate sponsorship for each of its staff."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants