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commentr/StutterJan 16, 2020
2 points

Both in high school and college I never participated in any of the programs either. Probably my biggest regret from those days. Make connections while there is still time my dude. Unfortunately the...

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commentr/StutterJan 15, 2020
2 points

I think being in a stem field is good. I generally find more intelligent people are more understanding. You should be surrounded by smart people and they will see you're smarter then and there's more ...

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commentr/StutterJan 12, 2020
3 points

my stutter is so much worse in my foreign language class...

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commentr/StutterJan 12, 2020
1 points

Well, as you wish, but as you said, you will most probably regret that you did not pursue college and end up with some boring job... I would recommmend you to go to college, even though it is not gonn...

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commentr/StutterJan 11, 2020
2 points

You can either live with regret knowing you never went to college because of a stutter, or you can go to college and at least try. Email the professors, tell them know you have a stutter. Pick one, I ...

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postr/StutterJan 8, 2020
3 points

I just found out I have to do a presentation in french at the end of this semester.

I just found out I have to do a presentation in french at the end of this semester. My stutter isn't that prevalent but when I do presentations it really tends to come out pretty noticeably. Almost no...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2020
1 points

With kids you just tell them you have a speech problem and they still like you. With adults, they judge you. Definitely go to the interview because you'll be in a MUCH more positive environment. I rea...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2020
1 points

I can relate to that. I don’t ever talk in class unless I’m absolutely forced to or if I have friends. And I only have a few friends at that. I’ve never really been what you would call a “loser”, bu...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2020
1 points

Definitely do the interview for the nursery. I work at a school and the kids I work with are more understanding and patient with my stutter than a lot of work places I’ve been in. The more interviews ...

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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2020
2 points

I know this was posted a while ago but hey whatever lol. I’ve struggled with this so damn much and I go to a very small town high school with a bunch of assholes who make fun of everyone, so before ha...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2020
1 points

To answer everyone, No i am not in school. I flunked my first semester in all 4 classes with grades ranging from 11-34 . Ive been kicked out of the school and denied fafsa for the next year. The scho...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2020
3 points

I've been working retail for almost a year now and I honestly haven't had too many management issues with my stutter. The only thing that ever happened was a supervisor asked me if I'm nervous bc I st...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2020
19 points

What I'll suggest is depending on how severe your stutter is I would remove that from the resume. It's not something that I believe should be there. Everybody has some kind of flaw and it's not like i...

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commentr/StutterJan 4, 2020
3 points

I would cover the following: Stuttering for a kid: The struggles of being in school and kids laughing, don’t raise hand to answers you know, getting called out of class to go to speech therapy and ...

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commentr/StutterJan 3, 2020
2 points

I hope I´ll be able to follow someones journey to a goal, be it sports, music, business, and how their stutter affects their progress towards that goal. The daily struggles will be a big part of it, b...

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commentr/StutterJan 1, 2020
5 points

Haha that's actually pretty clever. I get an extra 25% time in all university oral assessments because of it and generally not marked on fluency and eye contact. I get it, if you're stuck with it ge...

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commentr/StutterDec 29, 2019
2 points

My stutter is really bad and I'm on the e-board of a club and am getting involved in research and this is only after one semester of University. I didn't let my stutter stop me from being successful s...

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commentr/StutterDec 27, 2019
10 points

You don’t sound pathetic. I’m a school-based speech language pathologist and am happy to answer any general questions you might have. The biggest thing to keep in mind that all school services are r...

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postr/StutterDec 27, 2019
25 points

I’m getting a speech therapist

I’m getting a speech therapist I went to the doctors about a month ago and I told him all about my stutter. He referred me to a speech therapist but the therapist he referred me to is the speech and l...

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commentr/StutterDec 26, 2019
1 points

I use to think that about myself, that I'm weak and a coward because of comments like these from close people. But once I thought about my daily struggle, this struggle that no one can see, even in sm...

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