High school orals/speaking in class?

[vdmm]

Hi, I'm 16 and in a normal high school. My parents have discussed my stuttering problem with all my teachers, but I still hide it from fellow students, and therefore the tension just builds up if I have to talk in class.
When I have to read an answer out loud, I can hide my stuttering quite well, or by just murmering something like: 'I dunno'...
This is really frustrating because every morning I wake up for school, I feel so terribly scared that I will be asked to read my answers out loud, and I dont understand why teachers still ask me if they know, and I even did my orals with them (alone)? This is really making my life so depressing....:( we are the only one's who understand how bad it really is to stutter...

[Dinasaur]

hey there! i understand your problem exactly. im 15 (sophmore), in a public high school too. what i do initally is email new teachers before any kind of speaking/presentation in front of the class not asking them not to make me talk, but just" so you know, i have a stutter, so please don't be suprised that it will take me a little longer to say what i want/have to say if you call on me". usually they get the message from that and don't call on you as often. also, your teachers are usually informed by your counselor that you stutter, so no problems there. some teachers just dont consider stuttering as big of a problem (like most people), as us stutterers do. obviously they'll probably cut you some slack, but if you think about it, has there ever been a time when you stumbled a LOT over a thought, but pushed yourself to say it just the way you wanted to, and EVENTUALLY (haha), you did get every word out? it's not like we cant talk, it just takes a little longer.

i used to wake up with a tense feeling in my chest every morning before school.
it all stopped when i stopped caring. although i feel like my problem with hiding and avoid stuttering is coming back and my fluency has gotten worse, i'm not afraid of going to school and talking to my friends anymore because you know that if anyone laughs and you or mistreats you because of your stutter, their obviously immature and shouldnt be in high schooll....
ugh ok half of that probably didnt make sense becuase im kinda in a rush trying to gather my thoughts becuase my moms making me get off of the computer. grrr.
but actually, i think it'd be really cool if we could discuss this further sometime. =)
i havent really talk to many girls at all that stutter too.


-Dina

[howeee]

Hi, I'm 16 and in a normal high school. My parents have discussed my stuttering problem with all my teachers, but I still hide it from fellow students, and therefore the tension just builds up if I have to talk in class.
When I have to read an answer out loud, I can hide my stuttering quite well, or by just murmering something like: 'I dunno'...
This is really frustrating because every morning I wake up for school, I feel so terribly scared that I will be asked to read my answers out loud, and I dont understand why teachers still ask me if they know, and I even did my orals with them (alone)? This is really making my life so depressing....:( we are the only one's who understand how bad it really is to stutter...

Some of my worse memorys are having to give a speech in class. I actully started to skip school one year to avoid the same things you are talking about.

It was a big mistake I should of gone to the teachers and asked If i could do them alone with them or given a test or written report instead. I think thats what you need to do. Maybe you can go to your counsler and explain and he will explain it to your teachers.

Most important is not to let your stutter cut your education short. I regret it to this day I didnt finish college cause I let my stutter get in the way. I still have bad dreams about it.

[vdmm]

hey dina! thanks for your reply :) yeah, I really hate it that people still expect us to speak like all the other kids (I mean, we are normal, but they dont expect a kid with a broken leg to run a marathon, and if you think about it: he can actually run the marathon 'but it only takes a little longer' haha;)) that's why I get really frustrated when they ignore my emails and think its not a big problem, I wish they could be in my situation for just one day and feel the stress...
but it is a relief to think that we are actually capable of saying something even though it takes longer, and not like a blind person who will never be able to see...
but still, it complicates everyday life so much and the only people who understand it are us stutterers:(