I absolutely hate those “let’s go around the circle and introduce ourselves” exercises. Making children do them seems especially cruel.

Don’t you think it’s good to train children to be able to talk to strangers and introduce themselves? I know it’s stressful but I think it is useful.

That’s just not how people introduce themselves out in the real world though.

Depends how many of these kids will end up in AA meetings

I guess the teachers will just have to make educated guesses based on which students they presume will end up strung out, and then have only those kids practice the introductions.

(But, for real, I’ve encountered this shit in numerous workplaces)