I was in your same exact place. I also have a mild stutter, and I speak well most of the time. But I was terrified to read out loud during class. To answer your question… If you would like to, you could tell your teachers about your stutter. When I was in high school (I’m assuming you are in high school/early college) I would INFORM them about my stutter. However, I never told them to not call on me specifically for that reason. Mainly because reading out loud is something we are going have to do at many points in our lives, and there is no way around it. Whether that being reading a part of the textbook aloud, giving a presentation, or even reading aloud a funny tweet to your friends. Doing it more often gives you more confidence and it helps you in the long run. It does/will suck the first couple of times you read aloud. Here are a couple of things that helped me with it… Now this may not be very strong advice but here we go anyways. ​ * Don’t be afraid to volunteer * Look ahead in the textbook/paper/whatever is be read aloud and try to see how well you think you can read it without stuttering. If you think you can. Count to three in your head, and shoot that hand up in the air! Because once you nail it, it’s a great confidence booster. Even if you do stutter a bit, you gave an attempt and had practice with it, which is a TREMENDOUSLY great thing. * Believe in yourself * Yes, you should believe in yourself and do your best. A major part of stuttering (or at least for me) was thinking I could not finish a sentence without stuttering. Believe in yourself, take a breath, think in your head “I can do it” * Take a deep breath * When you can tell the teacher is about to call on someone, take a breath. In through the nose, out through the mouth. Not so loud so the whole class hears, but deep enough so you feel comfortable. * Don’t be afraid to take your time * I know it is a generic thing to hear, and you probably have heard it thousands of times before (and I hated hearing it that much)… but SLOW DOWN. It helps because you get a better understanding of how the words are pronounced. * Especially if you know certain words you will definitely stutter on, take your time with it. * Don’t be afraid to slow down, other people may talk faster while they read aloud, and that’s cool, great for them. But that doesn’t matter everybody is different and talks at a different pace. * Remember these three things * Everybody at some point in their life was anxious about reading aloud. Whether they have a stutter or not. It’s completely normal. * This won’t be changed overnight. You have to practice talking slow and pronouncing your words in order to be less anxious about reading aloud. * You’re going to be okay. * This is the most important thing I wrote. No matter what happens whether you end up stuttering or you don’t you ARE going to be okay! If you do end up stuttering in class and you hear/see some laugh or smirk. F\*\*\* em! They are simply an asshole. ​ TLDR - this was a lot longer than I thought… You can inform your teacher about you stutter, but don’t tell them not to call on you because of it. Tips * Don’t be scared to volunteer * Believe in yourself * Take deep breath * Take your time when you read aloud Remember these things * Everyone at some point was anxious about reading aloud * No longer being anxious about it will not change overnight * YOU ARE GOING TO BE OKAY