Yesterday I returned from what has been called my annual Teacher Summer Camp. Three days at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. The Extending Teacher Creativity Workshop is a way for Lilly Fellows to socialize, get ready for the new school year, and learn something new. Over the years it has evolved. I first attended in 2002, which makes me old. Cecil attends with me (his first appearance was in 2008) and usually gets the royal treatment, that includes multiple kidnapping attempts. What happens when you put a bunch of very creative people together? Ungodly horrors that mankind was never meant to experience and creme brûlée French toast. We actually get a chance to take some time and learn a new skill, practice an old one, or prepare for school. So today’s MINIon is in honor of Jim McClain, creator of Solution Squad, friend, and Lilly Fellow, who had to go through the hazing in Tier One. For those of you who don’t know Solution Squad, it’s a comic book in which a team of young heroes keep the world safe by using Math based super powers (Jim’s a middle school Math teacher). So while I was learning how to better use colored pencils I took a break and drew this MINIon- Sigma and that about sums it up.
