A New Jersey Community College professor tells a 16-year-old with speech problems to hold his questions till after class.
Living with a speech impediment isn’t a simple task. The ability to communicate efficiently is immeasurably important in today’s society. People who stutter or speak with a lisp are at significant disadvantage and face frequent mockery and discrimination. Last year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture, “The King’s Speech,” helped shed light on the crippling and sometimes embarrassing plight that stutterers face. One would think the increased awareness of their struggle would lead to increased sensitivity surrounding speech impediments— apparently Elizabeth Snyder never got the memo.
Snyder, an adjunct professor at The County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ told 16-year-old Phillip Garber to no longer participate in class discussions because his stutter was disruptive. Garber had been told via e-mail to ask his questions before and after class “so we do not infringe on other students’ time.” Garber disregarded the e-mail and continued to raise his hand in an effort to participate in class. As a result, he held his arm up for most of the 75 minute class without being called on once.
Garber’s stutter slows his ability to answer and ask questions quickly which appeared to have drawn the ire of his history professor. The 16-year-old has been home schooled for most of his life and is enrolled in two classes at his local community college this semester. This is the first time he’s suffered from discrimination for his speaking disability. As for how disruptive his speech actually was, anonymous classmates say it wasn’t really a problem. According to the New York Times article on Garber, he took his problem to the school’s dean and has since transferred to a different class where, as the Times put it, “he has been asking and answering questions again.”
There is no word as to whether or not Professor Snyder has faced any disciplinary action over the matter. Quieting a student simply because he’s not conveying his thoughts fast enough demonstrates a pathetically small amount of tolerance — which isn’t ideal in being a successful teacher.
However, in the end justice was served, because Snyder failed to realize that Garber’s father is the managing editor of two small local New Jersey newspapers, and the power of the press is still quite strong. While it seems Snyder didn’t face any administrative punishment, something tells me public shaming in The New York Times might sting more than a temporary leave of absence.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.
October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm, M D said:
Why is real life so unforgiving? How would any of us like to talk to a person who stutters? It takes patience and compassion to wait or help the person let go of the words. When this student felt humiliated and may be used to it now he wants to share in what that feels like with his teacher. Who is teaching who? Give that kid an A! And let him teach the class! A friend of mine called me today with this story and wanted me to look it up. She related a story about her hubby when he was 14 he stuttered in class and his teacher came up to him and slapped him in the face. He never stuttered after that. Life is a slap in the face and we are not immune from getting slapped; whether student or teacher. The student got his and turned around and got his teacher. But no physical harm was done. So maybe she should have slapped him in the face. Bet he was never slapped. Truth is, it is hard to feel sorry for those who expect it all the time and have been given special treatment; then this teacher lets him know that time is important and he will have to communicate faster. Maybe he writes faster than he talks. She is helping him adapt to communicate. He is a lucky kid to have a concerned teacher who wants to communicate without sharing his frustrated language. He would be more humiliated if she made fun of him and imitated his language. She offers a practical way to get his message communicated with peace instead of aggravation to the class. We have to reason this situation that in the day of email; those who do not get their questions answered in class may email. This is extended teaching and in the written language to understand. Stutters have a language that often the listeners have to understand with patience to put the words and sentence together. In these days, more and more handicapped people have pushed their rights over the rights of others as if they have to be given superiority and others are expected to have complete surrender to their handicap. This incident pushes us back again to be complacent and have no comment in regard to a communication block because of speech. The example given of Lewis Carroll, authoring Alice in Wonderland, shows that he wrote better than he spoke. The key here is communication. The teacher was being practical to use email so the student may write more fluently than his speech.