Nice to see people doing similar jobs to mine! I’m an English teacher at a secondary school, teaching 10-14 year old kids. Previously, I was at high school. In classes with several “problem” kids, I tend to stutter more. Due to the frequency of disruptive behaviors here, I easily get angry, which affects my speech and classroom management skills in turn (add this to my short-tempered personality..). I often feel that my stutter undermines my authority no matter how hard I try to look serious or stern. Most of my students seem OK with my speech, though. They always greet me or say good morning when they see me in the hall -like they do with the other teachers. What I feel challenged most is communicating or socializing with the other teachers in the school. With me having severe stutter usually, I’m always self-conscious about my image and preoccupied about their thoughts about me (like “what’s he doing here with him barely being able talk”). I’m more comfortable talking to my student than to mu colleagues.