From: Sarah
Date: 10/4/01
Time: 11:08:22 PM
Remote Name: 64.217.181.41
A few weeks ago in my 12th grade English class my teacher announced that we would be starting the "Speech Portion". I thought, "Oh just perfect!" :( Each student was to give about 5 speeches each over a period of 2 or 3 weeks. I go to a private Christian school so there are only 6 Seniors not counting myself. My first 4 speeches went well, and I was finally "letting go" a little bit more and just letting myself stutter more. For my last speech I gave a statistics speech about stuttering. This was the first time that I had ever given a "stuttering" speech in front of people who didn't stutter. I'm glad that we had to do this "Speech Portion" because it really helped me "let go" a little more than usual, and it gave me the opportunity to talk about stuttering in front of the class. I'm just glad that I'm heading in the right direction now so I can keep on working on just "letting go" and not being so afraid to stutter openly. Hope this wasn't too long!