In a Million Words or Less...

Tiana's new Literacy teacher, Ms. Shrum (a.k.a. Katie Shrum's mother in law) (a.k.a. *Tony Shrum's mom) sent home some homework for us deadbeat parents to do. Now, I don't know about the rest of ya'll but I finished college a while back and have a $40,000 piece of paper that says I don't have to do homework anymore.... But! Since that piece of paper isn't paid off, and I think Ms. Shrum has the authority to send my kid to detention, I did the homework**.

The homework assignment was to write about your student to help the teacher get to know your child***. The following is what I submitted (really complete with header!):

Dacia Stricklett
(Tiana Dunbar's Mom)
September 7, 2010
Literacy/Shrum

In a Million Words or Less…

Tiana Dunbar. Really? What more needs to be said? She is by far the biggest rockstar her dad and I know. She is constantly surfing iTunes to download the latest and greatest music, all the while grooving out to what she already has streaming into her ear buds.

I lovingly refer to her as my ‘fashionista’ as she is equally engrossed with fashion as she is with music. As a regular subscriber to Teen Vogue, she will try just about any new trend out there — from scarves to hats, skinny jeans to flare or boot cut — Tiana knows what to put together to maintain her status as a fashion icon.

However, do not let these seemingly girlish things fool you! She is one intelligent young woman. Tiana excels in every subject as she yearns to learn about the world around her. She is a well rounded student who studies regularly and asks for help when needed. Some of her favorite subjects include math and P.E. but once you get to know her, you will soon realize what a great story teller she is too!

Tiana likes to be the center of her attention, much like her mom, and can tell tales that will have her audience in stitches often. A wise teacher would keep a close eye on this show stopper as she can tend to distract if given the opportunity. That may seem like a negative characteristic, but sometimes the distractions in life are what add to the scenery of the journey.

As an athlete in many sports, a friend to many, a good student, and the world’s best daughter — it’s hard to keep this assignment to one page. However, I must, as I am sure there are other students you need to read about although most (I would have to say in my very unbiased opinion :)) are probably not as entertaining as Miss Tiana Dunbar!

Enjoy the school year!

*Tony is married to Katie if any of you weren't making the connection. :)

**And I would like to add that I turned it in 16 days before it was due... Take note procrastinators!

***Really, we all know this is the exercise to weed out the 'bad' kids.