You have a mild stutter which shouldn’t pose much a problem in any workplace—even nursing. I’m a Lieutenant for the Air Force and have a severe stutter (like 65% of syllables). I have to talk in front of groups of people and manage people literally all day with verbal communication. I say this to assure you: if I can do this, you can. It sounds like your stutter isn’t even the problem. To put it bluntly, it’s your lack of dedication to the schoolwork and you’re using your stutter as an excuse because, like you said, part of you wants out due to your concern about your stutter. This is a weak mentality. To thrive as a stutterer in life, you must have a warrior mentality. This will be your edge over those who speak fluently. We can not afford to feel sorry for ourselves like the rest of them can. You must never give up and fight with sheer relentlessness. Even if people laugh at you, fight on. Even if your supervisor says that you won’t be able to do it, fight on. Even if people whom you are in charge of look at you with doubt, fight on. My advice is, never close doors because of your stutter. You will have to live with that for the rest of your life. Live as though you have no stutter at all. Assume you can do everything a non-stutterer can do. Do not even consider your stutter when contemplating your ambitions in life. Understand that having a stutter is a gift to an extent. We are stronger than most people could ever know. Remember all of the awful experiences that have come as a result of having a stutter. Then my friend, unlock this gift—adopt an unbreakable mentality by using these experiences as fuel. Don’t block out the trauma like so many stutterers do. Show those who doubt and laugh at you what real grit, passion, and courage is. If you truly want to be a nurse, then do it. Become the best nurse. You have something they will never have—an endless reservoir of trauma from which to draw strength from. You are the underdog. Embrace it.