Hi, my name is Lucas, and I live in Charlotte. My favorite sports to play are football, baseball, and basketball. I enjoy playing video games, like Minecraft and NBA 2K. My favorite song is UP! by Connor Price and Forrest Frank. I have a stuttering problem and even though I don’t like to stutter, I usually stutter when I get called on in class. Then, I use my speech strategies to help me when I stutter. My favorite speech strategies to use are pausing, slow speech, and light contact. My advice to others is to show people that it is okay to stutter.
Lucas, 8, Charlotte, NC
Hello, my name is Rylan, and I am in 5th grade. I live in San Diego, CA. I like a whole lot of anime, and my most favorite is Dragon Ball Z. I like a whole lot of games, too. My favorite games are Halo and Dragon Ball Z Kakarot. My favorite movie is Black Panther.
I have a stuttering problem. My stuttering sounds like repeti- tions. I don’t always stutter, but if I’m talking to someone for a long time, I stutter. If I’m talking with a friend, I’m usually okay with it, but if it’s a school presentation I would worry, and I would start to stutter even more and get nervous. Usually when I stutter, I laugh if it’s someone that I know, but if I’m talking about something seriously, it’s not a laughing matter.
I relate myself to a character named Gohan from Dragon Ball Z. When he was a kid, he had a lot of potential and was trained in martial arts, and even he stutters some- times. As an adult, he never gives up. Whenever he’s go- ing against a villain, he remembers his friends & family and memories from the past, to help him fight. Or he uses his anger to fight.
My dad says, “Think before you’re going to say some- thing,” and it always works. I breathe in and I breathe out to calm down and not be nervous. If you start to stutter and you get nervous, calm down and think about what you want to say.
Rylan, 10, San Diego, CA 31
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