Reading this made me smile and motivated. I am in my second last year of my education course to become a teacher and I get butterflies in my stomache during the start of the day because I know I'll be heading to school and teaching 20% of the day to a group of grade 3s. I definitely have passion for this job and believe I will greatly excel especially with more practice and experience. But the stutter does take away from experience. During lunch time, in the staff room, I find it so difficult to insert myself into conversations because I am nervous that I will stutter. So I am just there in there in the corner looking at my phone and pretending to smile so I don't look too awkward. I guess what I want to say is that, I have a long way to go but I have also come a long way too. And it is so great that people like you are able to thrive during these circumstances.