Speaking in front of a group of people is scary for people who stutter. And I continued to stutter through the remainder of my as brief as possible introduction. I hear laughter from several classmates. I dare not look up and see their faces. That would be too painful.
Awareness is painful.
I sit in embarrassment. I am thankful that the first day of class with 'speaking circles' is finished. I wasn't good in geography and because of the way she always treated me, my enthusiasm was not much. Even my father talked to her, but the situation really went bad after that. 10 years later I asked her why.