Yeah, was a different time. The school district adamantly refused to provide speech therapy because of academic performance, and while kids would make fun of the stuttering and laugh, I was never socially rejected for it so I didn't really have any social issues coming from it. Of course, the logical fallacy is just because a 7-year old kid is doing well in spite of a severe stutter, it does not mean that the severe stutter should not be made less severe. But it was a different time and I don't come from the most educated family so my parents were thrilled to be told by the school district how great I am and don't have anything wrong with me. They didn't realize the school district just wanted to save money but my speech improved over time as I focused more on how other children's mouths were moving when they spoke, and tried to replicate it. The idea behind switching grades was because I was performing on a 5th grade level in school and had a group of friends, I didn't like spending too much time with them because I never knew when I'd have a bad block and get made fun of. The thinking was instead of speech therapy, just skipping me ahead to be with much more classmates. My parents had the foresight to know the maturity wasn't there. I'd say the long term result was I kind of realized that the words other children say don't really matter - that someone can really like you as a friend but just find the stutter funny. Decades later, I have to consciously always be sensitive to others because whereas all I ever cared about was rejection because of stuttering, most people are more sensitive to language and comments.