Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

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This collection includes 101 color cartoon images from Teaching Old Logs New Tricks.

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Don't Miss the Boat
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    • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
    • Date Created: 2000
    • Description: The cartoon shows a boat filled with people leaving the dock. The name on the side is "SS Inclusion" There is a young man trying to step from the dock to the boat as it speeds away and looks as if he will fall in the water. The tag line reads, "Don‚Äôt miss the boat!"
    • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks


    International Flair
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      • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
      • Date Created: 2000
      • Description: The cartoon shows a teacher talking with a high school student at a table. Their exchange of words starts with the teacher saying, "So that is your course of study for next year." The student replies, "Well, pardon my French but those courses 'Chez parle stinko vous!'" The teacher says, "That's not French!" The student says, "I know. If you'd let me take some real classes, maybe I could learn French." The tag line reads, "Rodney's self-advocacy takes on a decidedly international flair."
      • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks


      Trick Question
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        • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
        • Date Created: 2000
        • Description: The cartoon shows Mr. Moody (a school principal) meeting with a mother. She is saying, "We're trying to decide which school district is best for our daughter. So we want to know what you have: Inclusion? Inclusive Education? Or Full Inclusion?" Mr. Moody replies, "Ohhhh...I get it! It's a trick question right?!?" The tag line reads, "Mr. Moody continues to be befuddled by the lack of clear definition."
        • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks


        Special Class Euphemisms
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          • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
          • Date Created: 2000
          • Description: The cartoon shows four panels arranged in a square. Each panel shows a door with a different sign. In the top right frame, a door sign shows two hands reaching out toward each other and reads, "Inclusion Room." The top left panel shows a door decorated with a blue star that reads, "Discovery Room." The bottom right panel shows a door with sign with a spaceship and stars on it with the sign, "Space Place." The bottom left door has a sign that is shaped like an apple; the sign reads, "Learning Center." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Opening the door on special class euphemisms."
          • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks


          Double Standard #5
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            • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
            • Date Created: 2000
            • Description: The cartoon shows two men and a woman sitting around a table talking. The first man in the lower left corner of the panel says, "Fred can't stay in the regular classroom because he disrupts students' learning." The woman says, "So we've decided to recommend placement in a special class." The man on the right side of the panel replies, "So is that designed to solve the problem or just move it?" The tag line reads, "Double Standard #5: If it's not ok to disrupt the education of students without disabilities, why is it OK to disrupt the education of students with disabilities?"
            • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks


            Don't Take the Bait! (trap host)
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              • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
              • Date Created: 2000
              • Description: The cartoon shows five mouse traps. Each trap has a different label where the bait would be placed: (a) "In regular class 2 hours per day," (b) "Separated in the classroom," (c) "Teacher as host only" and this one has a person's finger getting snapped in the trap, (d) "Everything is special," and (e) "Paraprofessional is really in charge." The tag line reads, "Avoid the traps of quasi-inclusion: Don't take the bait!"
              • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks