Presentation in front of the whole class
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Presentation in front of the whole class I'm really glad i fond this sub, because i'm really stressed right now (i've been stressing for the last 5 days) since we have a geo presentation tomorrow. We're in pairs and my partner is someone who doesn't care about my stutter; she's always like 'just speak normally', 'why cant you just say it, the words are right there', 'theres no reason to stutter you're just overreacting' etc. and we have a new geo teacher since our old one (who was very kind) moved away. The new teacher does not give a single shit about my stutter, and keeps asking me to read stuff in front of the class, and i always mess up so badly im on the verge of tears. I've had a stutter since year 1 and because of that i developed social/separation/general anxiety and depression. I'm absolutely terrified of people since ive always been a victim of bullying thanks to my stutter, and talking to or in front of someone is my worst nightmare. I have a few friends and they say it's fine when i stutter talking to them since i can't control it but it still feels like they're getting annoyed by me. My psychologist told me i can do it since the teacher's made me talk in front of the class before and i've survived that, but the problem is i really honestly didnt want to survive because now everyone will remember it when they see me and if i were dead they wouldnt even remember me and i wouldnt have to live through that kind of embarrassment, so i can't really agree with her statement. I'm not sure what to do, i'd usually take the day off but everyone in my family is overseas/elsewhere at the moment and i'm by myself at home for the next 2 weeks and if i skip they're gonna get a text and i'll get in trouble,,and i've already been away too many times. What should i do? Should i just try to find an opening at the beginning of the lesson when no ones looking at me and just tell her i cant present? But im worried if i start stuttering everyone's gonna hear and go silent to stare at me. I can try asking if i can present after class, but then my partner's gonna get pissed. What should i do? ​ Update: finished presenting today. Went into recess, class and teacher were annoyed. I told my teacher beforehand that i have a stutter and it gets worse with confrontation, but she chose to ignore it so oh well. Pretty embarrassing but at least (im hoping) geo teacher wont make me present in front of the class.