I have already mentioned in the previous chapter one of the ways in which a teacher can recognize whether or not a child should be in front of the whole class for oral examination, but in this chapter I will try to describe in more detail the very important role of the teacher and his attitude towards people who stutter.
I will not talk too much about "you should do this", "you should do that" because I know that most teachers know how to do their job well and are very familiar with psychological theory, and I am not an expert in that domain. I can give advice based on my experience and what I personally went through and how I experienced it through my education.
A person who stutters will often say they don't know something to avoid further questioning
This is completely true and happens very often. The child will assure you that he or she doesn't know, they haven't learned it, they will shake their head as if they have no idea what you asked them and that they never even glanced at the study material. "Just fail me so I can sit back down" - will be the first and main thought in their head and they will do absolutely everything to achieve that goal. How to act in such a situation? Do you have doubts about your student's claims? Simply - don't fail him or her and invite him or her to stay after the class and honestly ask them if it's true! Maybe they will open up to you, maybe not, but only this way you will show them that you care about their problem and you will gain enormous respect in their eyes. If they open up for you, you can freely ask them about the study material after the class and grade it. It is very important not to reward a person who stutters if you have not asked them anything or to give them a better grade just because they stutter.
People who stutter do not express themselves as they would like
This is quite an important fact. Especially for teachers/professors. While speaking, we will never use eloquent words if they are not easy for us to pronounce. During a conversation, our brain works "100 miles per hour" and in this confusion, we sift through the available words at high speed and when we think that a certain word is too difficult for us, we reach for another, easier to say, which often results in combining not so eloquent sentences. Okay, no one will look at us differently, so what's the problem?
I have a very good example of such a problem in high school. Since I could not express myself in the way I wanted and was able to, the Croatian language teacher built her own opinion of me as a student. I was not particularly expressive in her opinion and my vocabulary was not particularly rich. And let's be clear, I'm not judging this teacher because I was really bad at expressing myself during those four years of high school.
Then the graduation exam came and we had to write an essay in this class. I wrote it perfectly. All the words I could not articulate, I wrote on paper. Of course, the teacher didn't believe me that I wrote it, so I had to convince her that it was really me.
So - keep in mind that people who stutter can hide a great deal of potential behind what you hear!