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Waiver Clinic

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows a man sitting on a bed in a doctors office. A nurse is standing next to him taking his pulse. She says to the man, "Great!" You have a pulse! You're just the kind of person we're looking for!" The tag line reads, "Emergency teacher certification waiver clinic."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Helping hands

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows two teachers talking as they are looking at a shelf that has a gravy boat with two hands sticking up out of it. One woman says, "What's with the mannequin hands in the gravy boat?" The other responds, "They're to remind me of the distinction between my role as a teacher and my assistant's role." The tag line reads, "Classroom Assistants: Expect an extra pair of helping hands. The other great things they do are gravy."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Let's Play Due Process

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows three people in the front of the frame in shadow listening to a man standing behind a podium. There is a sign on the wall behind the man at the podium that reads "Let's Play Due Process!" The man at the podium says "OK teams, let's review the rules..." The tag line reads "DUE PROCESS the game where everybody gets a turn, nobody has fun, and, even if you win, you feel like you've lost!"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Last straw

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows a two-humped camel and a person standing on a stool loading files onto the camels back in the space between the humps. The load is so heavy that the camel yells out, "Ouch! My Back!" The person putting the files on its back says, "Just one more!" The tag line reads, "Practice preventing problems: Find out what the last straw will be before it's too late."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

No Dumping!

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows a large red circle with a diagonal slash across an image of a dump truck that is dumping kids with disabilities at the front door of a school. The sign on the truck says, "We Haul That's All" The woman at the front of the school is yelling, "Hey Wait!" and the truck driver says back to her, "Sorry, supports not included in cost of delivery." The tag lines reads, "NO DUMPING!"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Born to be Filed

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: This cartoon shows a bearded biker wearing a black leather jacket with a skull and crossbones on the back sitting on his motorcycle while placing a file folder in a file cabinet. One file says, "No one's ever going to see us again are they?" Another file folder replies, "Nope!" In the background a rock band consisting of two guitar players and a drummer are signing to the melody of Steppenwolf's Born to be Wild, although the words have been changed to: "Get your motor runnin'. Head out on the highway. Lookin' for adventure in whatever comes our way. BORN TO BE FILED!" The tag line reads, "Teammates engage in their annual pot-IEP completion ritual."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Meet Half Way

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2007
Description: This cartoon shows a school principal standing in front of a classroom of parents. The banner on wall says, "Parent Teacher Organization: Beginning of the Year Q & A." One of the parents asks, "Mr. Marcotte, we've been hearing some stories from the kids about the new teacher that have us concerned." The principal replies, "Tell you what -- If you don't believe half of what the kids tell you about us, we won't believe half of what they tell us about you." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Parents and teachers meet half way." A note on left side reads, "Inspired by Rick Marcotte."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, CD Only

Crocodile

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2007
Description: This cartoon shows two people, one being a paraprofessional and the other a colleague, walking down a stone-lined path toward the water's edge. As they approach the water the white stones lining the path turn into teeth and the path turns into a tongue as the two walk into a wide open mouth of a giant crocodile. The paraprofessional, with trepidation on her face says, "After such a brief training, am I really ready?" Her colleague assures her, "No worries. You've just completed our basic parapro training -- you're good to go!" The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Beware of the training trap, you could be eaten alive!"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, CD Only

Spotlight

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2007
Description: This cartoon shows a woman in a wheelchair working at a computer in an office with others. The scene is in low light and there is a spotlight over her work station illuminating it. Above her is says, "Shining a light on...." and just under her is word disability (with the dis in lower case the ability in capital letters). The way the spotlight is positioned it is only shining on ability. When read with the spotlight effect, the message is "Shining a light on ability." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Employment for All." A note of the line side of the cartoon reads, "Inspired by the Vermont APSE: The Network on Employment."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, CD Only

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