Daily Stuttering Fact #9
This isn't really a fact but more of an announcement. All I have to say is that people are cruel...
But for the sake of everyone viewing this blog I will elaborate. I went to school today and was being made fun of by people I don't know for stuttering. Normally I brush all this off but they started getting into my race and such. I was told I was an "Indian retard" and I should "go back to my own country". They said, "You're such an idiot that you c-c-can't complete a full sentence without s-s-s-stuttering". As I said before I normally brush such insults like that aside but when they got into my race... I blew up. I called them a few choice words of my own and left.
So while nothing ground-breaking happened in that incident I just hoped it opened your eyes a little bit and maybe make you think twice before calling someone an idiot for any reason.
People are cruel.
People are cruel.
Hi there..
ReplyDeleteYes, very small children often laugh at other children who stutter. They also laugh at handicapped children, they laugh when you fall--they laugh for all kinds of things. it's okay. These are things kids grow out of. When adolescents or adults laugh at someone who stutters--it only means they are yet to grow up. they are slow bloomers and will just take longer. You mustn't lose hope. They will grow up someday.
I had a friend who stuttered in school. A lot. He was brilliant when he read/spoke in public; great with elocutions and public speaking but struggled with regular conversation and when asked a quick question. Today he's in his 30s and pauses very rarely during conversation. I don't know what it takes to stop/help stuttering, but, I still want to say it's not important-and it's no big deal. some people are tall, some are thin, some fat-some bald, some can't run fast, some need glasses and some stutter. But in our hearts-we can all sing and dance.
All the best and don't let anything that anyone says make a difference.
Warmly --Nimi