commentr/StutterOctober 5, 2016

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>My math teacher ignored me a couple times because I blocked trying to give him the formula for an equation and I really got angry with it. Man, that's so frustrating. It happened to me once in English class (in high school). Someone gave their answer for an exercise and the teacher approved it, but I felt their sentence sounded iffy (the syntax seemed off) and I wanted to give my version. I stuttered badly while reading it out and the teacher couldn't understand me even after I repeated it twice, so he just moved on without acknowledging me. I agree about trying to talk to your teacher, since he probably doesn't realize that you have a disorder. I think a lot of the issues that stutterers face in general are linked to other people's ignorance. I don't mean that in a bad way -- many people just happen not to know much about stutters and how to recognize them, so they don't know how to handle situations where someone stutters. Hopefully he'll understand and either avoid asking you things (if he's in such a rush he can't even wait a little bit for an answer) or accept your stutter and wait for your reply. If it's at all possible, maybe you could even offer to go up to the black/whiteboard and write out the equation instead?

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Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships

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Frustration & AngerSchool & Academic LifeListener Reactions

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