The Case of the Stuttering Lecturer
Stumbled across a great post by Grant Meredith regarding living with stuttering as (what I assume to be) a professor. My experiences seem to mirror Grant’s quite well. Yet more evidence that stuttering and effective communication are not on the same spectrum.
Wow, wow, wow, love it. Stuttering is a teaching advantage. Maybe that is why I too seem to do ok when talking to groups of students.
Do you see it like that too?
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Thanks for sharing.
Greg @ Stuttering.me Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Well–to be honest, I don’t think stuttering really matters. Aspects may be advantageous; others not-so-much, so perhaps it’s a wash. My big realization over the past year is that student satisfaction of lecture quality is independent of stuttering frequency. I’ve noticed some classes where the students are wholly engaged, and my overt stuttering is quite severe (for me). Other times, my overt stuttering is quite mild, and the kids are off in their own little world. One of these days, I’m going to do a survey about it and test this little hypothesis!
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