A Reflection of "On Stuttering" by Edward Hoagland

I really liked the last piece we read, On Stuttering by Edward Hoagland. I felt that not only did he personify his voice extremely well, but he added his own personality and charm into the piece I felt that it was much more enjoyable than the piece about psoriasis. My favorite part in this piece was when he talked about the three different times in his life when it was scary to use or not be able to use his voice. One of them was that he didnt want his daughter to talk like him because he stutered. This was strictly good parenting because any parent is feerful for their kids, it is just first nature. The next one was when he was in the woods and a shooter was going to shoot him because the gunsman thought that he was a deer. At this moment he had to speak up or he was gonig to die, this painted a particularly scary picture in my mind as to how handicaps which you think arent as extreme as many others, but in certain intances they can be. And the third was speaking in public at weddings weather it be his own or someone else's and he had to say a speech. This one showes what a good friend and family man he is because he doesnt want his speech to ruin anything special that is going on. After reading this piece i feel as though I have learned not to take things for granted, little things that you may not think of are special and could handicap you in ways that you may never think of because you are not put in that particular situation. I enjoyed reading this piece very much!