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Teaching with a stutter I am some sort of masochist. I followed my dreams of becoming a teacher, even though I have a pretty bad stutter. The kids prefer when I lecture, which is usually not a big deal. My comfort of the material makes fluency a breeze usually, and I don't get stuck. The past two days I've been blocking like crazy. It's material I know fairly well, I guess I'm just not as planned as I'd like to be. I've been consciously trying to stop myself from doing this click thing that I use to get past blocks. I've noticed that when the block doesn't clear, I keep clicking and end up sounding like a madman, My kids have never said anything, and would probably never bring it up for fear of the furnace, and I'm not really every concerned about it being a problem in class, because it can easily be a teachable moment. I just wonder sometimes why the heck, as someone who has stuttered since the age of 3, would choose to stand up in front of high schoolers for 8 hours a day and speak to them. Any other teachers with stutters? Any tips? I tend to like letting them do their own learning, but they have voiced they prefer lectures, which usually aren't a problem. How can I get past these blocks? I get so locked up in class sometimes that minutes go by and I'm still stuck on one concept.