Brittany+Hester



Brittany Hester

Hello everyone! I am in my last semester in the M.Ed program and plan to graduate in December! Currently, I am an Assistant Director at a daycare in Macon, Ga, Northside Prep Learning Center, that just opened August 17th. For the past two years, I was a Lead Pre-K teacher in Oconee County and loved it, but had the opportunity to come back home (Macon) and I took that opportunity. I graduated from Georgia Southern University with my degree in Early Childhood Education in May 2009 and then moved straight to Athens. I loved my time in Athens and I especially loved and still love football season! Goo Dawgs! :) This is the first gifted class that I have taken. I am taking it as an elective. So far, it has been intriquing and I am excited to see what the semester has in store!

Ten things about me:


 * 1) I’m very tall! 6’2” to be exact!
 * 2) I have one sister and she just moved away from me to Virginia. L
 * 3) I just moved back home to Macon after living in Athens! Ahh I miss it!
 * 4) I have embarked on a new part of my life because my family and I have opened a childcare center, so it has been an adventure so far, but a good one!
 * 5) My family is very important to me! We are very close!
 * 6) I LOVE the beach! I could live there! I prefer the clear water, but I’ll take any water!
 * 7) I am a HUGE football fan! High school (my dad is a coach), college, and NFL!!
 * 8) I love children! I want the best for all of them no matter how old. It’s not unlike me to walk up to a child and just start talking to them! Ha.
 * 9) I am just starting to really get into reading—I’ve never really been and avid reading. Sad, I know!
 * 10) I get excited about new things and I love the challenge of getting them going!

Matilda (1996)

I have chosen this movie because it shows that no matter what background you come from, you can always succeed if you want to. The kids in the class that I have chosen face a range of differences in the classroom and where they come from. Most all their parents are involved and want to help their child, but there are some that could stand for Matilda’s parents. It is hard for me to think that parents can hinder a child and not care because of the way that I was brought up, but I know that there are many out there. Matilda, along with the students of this class, is very determined in whatever she does. While the issues that might be faced in this classroom, such as ADHD, strong personalities, perfectionism, and shyness are prevalent, they don’t seem to be that way in Matilda, but each student can take away something positive from her. I think that I would like to point out the excerpt when Miss Honey goes to Matilda’s home and tries to talk with her parents, but they aren’t interested. However, she keeps being persistence and our students need to know that persistence is the key.

I think that a good follow up to this movie would be a body biography, where each child is partnered with another child and they “draw” what makes them them onto a blank body. It is an activity that makes them understand that it is ok to be different/unique. It is interesting to have the students do it because they point out things that you never thought they would realize or that their peer would not realize. After they have completed their body, they then will share it with the class and post them on the wall to show a diverse classroom.