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School Lunch Atrocities

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a paraprofessional preparing lunch for a student with disabilities by dumping the entire school lunch into a blender, while saying, "Let's see, a cheeseburger, green beans, applesauce, and chocolate milk. Won't this be yummy? Into the blender it goes." In the foreground a student in a wheelchair looks very worried and classmate is bent over gagging while saying, "That's Gu-ross! You're not going to make him eat that?" The tag line below the cartoon reads, "School Lunch Atrocities."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Flair for the Dramatic

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a mother and child trying to enter a school with a sign on the exterior, "Exclusionville Elementary." The Principal (Mr. Moody) is physically blocking the entrance to the school while saying, "I'm sorry, but you can't bring THAT child in THIS school." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Mr. Moody displays his flair for the dramatic."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Unaccustomed to Good News

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon has two panels stacked vertically. The top panel shows two people talking on the phone to each other, a principal at school and a mother at home. The principal says, "Mrs. Blue, Byron broke and old record at school today." The mother replies, "I'm very sorry. We'll pay for it. I know the school doesn't have enough money for CDs." In the second frame, the principal says, "You don't understand. He broke a school record for the greatest flexibility in our P.E. program." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Mrs. Blue is woefully unaccustomed to good news."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Escape Attempts

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a teacher at the chalkboard in front of a full class at individual desks arranged in U. The teacher says, "Class... Today we will continue our unit on the rain forest." A student with a disability and his one-to-one paraprofessional, who is standing immediately behind him, are positioned just a couple steps from the door to the hallway. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Fred's instructional assistant makes sure she and Fred are positioned close to an exit to make any escape attempts less conspicuous."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Little League

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows teammates sitting on the bench at a baseball game as they watch their teammate, Marty, up at bat while umpire behind the catcher calls out, "That's ball four." One teammate on the bench says, "Marty hardly ever swings at the ball. Is that because of his disability?" Another teammate says, "I don't know -- but he has the highest on-base percentage of anyone on the team." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Little League Teammates learn there are many ways to contribute."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Used Car Sales Seminar

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a school administrator (Mr. Moody) seated behind a desk with a parent in a chair across from him. He says to her, "Mrs. Smith, I realize that on the surface it doesn't seem to make any sense to place your son -- who has behavior challenges -- in a class with 6 other aggressive, anti-social boys. But trust me. I'm a professional. This is my business." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Mr. Moody tries out a new technique after getting lost at a national education conference and spending a week at a used car sales seminar."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Individualized Education

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows two special education colleagues in front of a computer monitor. As one person points to the screen she says, "Mrs. Worthy, I hope you like our new computerized individual education plans. They allow us to have all our students' goals be the same." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Individualized Education: Mrs. Smithfield fails to notice the contradiction."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His 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

Asleep/Awake

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon has two panels. The top panel shows a students a student sitting in a wheelchair sleeping (with Zzzzzzz coming from her nose) -- the setting is labeled "Special Class." The lower panel, which is labeled "Regular Class" shows the same student, awake and alert interacting with two classmates. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "After ruling out a medical reason, Bobby Sue's parents come to the conclusion that there's just a lot more to be awake for in regular class."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Name that Discipline

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows three parents next to each other standing behind podiums labeled, Parent 1, 2 and 3; behind them is the name of the game show they are playing, "Name that Discipline." Parent number 1 says, "I can name that discipline in one goal!" The show's host says, "OK, Here's you next clue: Sally will increase bilateral lip posturing, lip movement and lateralization." The tag line below the cartoon reads, "Having suffered through excessive exposure to professionals, parents look for fun ways of coping."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

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