Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

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

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School Calendar
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    • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
    • Date Created: 1999
    • Description: The cartoon shows two people, a man and woman, looking at the school calendar. The man is pointing at the calendar and says to the woman "Have you seen the proposed school calendar? We have 10 days for teaching and 185 days for testing." The woman replies "Well, at least it's fewer lessons to plan." The tag line reads "Based on current political trends, within two decades 95% of the school year will be devoted to testing."
    • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants


    Student Judges
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      • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
      • Date Created: 1999
      • Description: The cartoon shows four students sitting at a long table with a banner on the front of the table that says "Student Judges." The student on the far left is holding a score card that reads "7.5" the other three students are not fully showing their cards. There is a teacher standing in front of the table with legs crossed, hand on his left hip right arm up in the air like he is doing a jig with an apple on his head. The tagline reads "After a full week of testing, students decide to turn the tables and judge their teachers."
      • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants


      Stop the Testing
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        • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
        • Date Created: 1999
        • Description: The cartoon shows two people in bed. The man is having a bad dream and the woman is trying to wake him. He says "Put down your #2 pencils. Stop the testing! Stop it now!" The woman says "Honey! Wake up! You're just having a bad dream." He replies, "...but I'm not finished!" The tag line reads "Night Terrors: Standardized testing still haunts Harry after all these years."
        • 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