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teach or not.

  • 21-02-2007 6:06am
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    Firstly.
    I'm in my late 20's and have decided what I did after school in college wasn't were I wanted to be. I studied IT, but really wanted to be a primary school teacher. My heart was never in my course, I finished after my diploma, never persued my degree. My mother always said that I would make a great teacher as did a few more, but I didn't want to.

    I got a job in an industry no where related to my studies. Finished that a while ago and now I'm doing something else.

    In school my teachers pushed me to do honours English and Irish, but I went the easy way and went for the pass level.

    When the LC came about I knew it was too way too late to change back, and I now know I need these for teaching.

    Now comes my problem.

    I have a stutter. It has never got in my way before with work or social life. I can be quite at first when getting to know someone, but thats it. Over all I'm not the shy type as all of my friends know. Sometimes you would hardly notice, other times it can get bad, especially if I'm in nervous or anxious situations, but that passes.

    What I'm wondering is, would parents judge their child's teacher on this. This is what was holding me back in school, the fear of first of all no school hiring me because of this and second what would the parents think.

    Is it that much of a problem, or should I still go for it.

    I'm seriously thinking about working for a few more years. Save up some money and go back as a mature student. But the doubt is still in my mind.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    dade
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    you can't help what other people think in relation to your stutter.

    your nervousness may cause you to stutter but the more comfortable you get with teaching then i think you'll find it less of a problem. If you are knowledgeable about the subject(s) you are teaching, have a good lesson plan set up and prepared well in advance and so on (all things you'll be taught when training to be a teacher) then that will eliminate some of your anxiety and pressure. and besides you're talking about primary school kids, how much grief can they give you ;)

    in relation to parents, i wouldn't worry about them. is it not the school board you should be worried about in relation to your stutter? if they see no problem with it and they support you in your role then parents should have no problem.

    also I'm sure there is some sort of "treatment" for stuttering. by that i mean something to do with breathing techniques etc like that gimp Garret Gates did a few years ago.

    a lot of problems related to stuttering are based on anxiety, Myself I tend to stutter a lot when under pressure in the office or when training new staff or giving presentations. and i find being prepared removes the anxiety i feel at these times and reduces the stuttering.

    i might add that in normal day to day situations i do not have a stutter and it is only something that developed over the last few year (probably to many knocks on the head LOL)


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