|
Ever since I was a little boy, I have stuttered. The doctors would always that I would grow out of it, but here I am in my 20's and I still stutter. I don't remember it being much of an issue in grade school, but as I got older, I become more aware of it. I never let it stope me though and I won't back down from anything because of it.
Throughout High School, I would try out for things and excell in them. The yeat that I had a lot of success would have to be my junior year. In that year I starred in 2 school drama productions. Speech impediment and all I gave a knokout performance as a miser in the christmas play. From there I was invited to a Journalism Conference in Washington D.C. and I would have to say that it was one of the best weeks of my life. At the same time the spring play was in production and would have opened the week that I was in D.C. The director really wanted me in that play and had the opening date pushed back to accommadate my schedule. I played a judge in that play and gave a decent performance. I finished that year by winning the student council president election.
Being S.C. President had it's perks, but on activity days when I would have to explain the rules of the events, that old impediment would rear his ugly head and ruin everything. When that happened, I felt like I was in the worst place I could ever be. But, I got through it and had a lot of success at it.
Im my brief college experience, it had it's moments, but for the most part I had it under control. I had some success, but I ended up leaving that college and enlisting in the U.S. Army.
My impediment has it's moments. There are days where it's not a problem at all and other days where it is next to impossible for me to talk and those are not good days. If I learned one thing from dealing with this is that you can get through it, as long as you don't get discouraged and are willing to put forth that extra effort to do what you want to do in life. Life is out there for the taking, you just have to face your fear and peresevere.
|
