the best reaction to my stammer.......

.....was this wee guy who I had met for the first time. In school, I'm doing a course called peer tutoring, where we help first years with their reading. I had this wee guy, lets call him Joe (I aint wanting to tell you his real name cos of the confidentiality stuff) So the first time I met Joe, I got talking to him. As usual when I meet someone I dont know, I was stammering. So Joe stops n says to me "Right, just take your time, breath and slow down!" Of course, I was taken by surprise. I could tell that he meant it in a laid back sort of way. My first thought was, I dont even know you and you know some of the tips that I know on how to deal with my stammer. It was great just the way he casually said it.
The worst reaction Ive had, was unfortunatly, from a teacher. Yes, a grown woman, who you think would be mature. Unfortunatly, she acted worse than a five year old would act. Again, it was in peer tutoring. Those who were in the class, whom I ranted to (sorry about that, to everyone I ranted to) So, we had this guy in talking to the class, giving us a talk. I walked into the class a little late, apologised for being late, and quicky got settled.  After a couple of minutes, he asked me what my name was, to which I went to answer. I stammered when I was saying my name, so this teacher just butted in and told the guy my name. I was fuming at this. So, the next day I went down to see her. My girlfriend came down with me. I went in and spoke to the woman, and told her how I felt about the situation. Her reaction was to pull me in front of the head of support for learning, and state that I had "a complaint." So, I explained the situation to this woman (who cannie do the job to save herself. I dont really care if she sees this tbh, cos its the truth) and her attitude was pretty much the same. I was fuming, so fuming that I ranted to my girlfriend all the way back to the library. Sorry about that. That was the worst bloody reaction Ive had. Talk about acting your shoesize. Any teacher that is reading this, or any potential teacher, treat a kid who stammers the way you want to be treated. If you treat them like a child, expect them to be a child back. If you want to be an adult, treat the student as if they are an adult. Best advice I can give you. Anywho, thats another blog, for another week. See you guys next week :)