Brit works full time as a fourth-grade teacher at Kula Elementary School. It was there that she met Seth Snyder, a student who had flown under the radar with previous teachers. Every year, Brit is given a nine-month window in which to connect with a group of new students. And with each batch of new students, she hopes to have a positive impact on their lives. But Seth was a tough cookie to crack. For the first few months of the school year, she struggled to connect with her student, who was shy but nevertheless a pleasure to have in the classroom.
One day, Brit showed her students a clip of skateboarders going all out at Tony Hawk's ramp in California. Brit glanced over and watched Seth's face light up; she found their connection. She went one step further to connect with Seth by inviting him to join her at the skate park after school one day. Instead of excitement, Seth shut down. He politely declined his teacher's offer and withdrew once more. In spite of that, Brit wouldn't give up so easily. She asked again a few weeks later, the day Seth and his fellow students were cut loose for spring break.
"What are you going to do?" she asked. "Are you going to skate?"
"No, " he mumbled, almost embarrassed. "I don't have a skateboard.
Brit's heart sank into her stomach. Kula Elementary comprises mostly underprivileged （缺少机遇的） students who come from low-income families. Teachers like Brit have to tread （行事） carefully when it comes to even the smallest conversations or assignments, because a question as innocent as "What are your plans for spring break?" can be hurtful, sometimes embarrassing, for students who have so little.
Brit said to the reporter, "If your parents are working three jobs to be able to pay rent, of course they're not going to have time to take you to skate park or, you know, take you surfing, or let alone buy you that $400 surfboard or 200 skateboard. "
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Brit shared the story with her best friend, Zach, a professional skateboarder.
What began as two people coming together to do a good deed for one young boy quickly blossomed （发展） into a grassroots effort.
