I absolutely hate those āletās go around the circle and introduce ourselvesā exercises. Making children do them seems especially cruel.
Donāt you think itās good to train children to be able to talk to strangers and introduce themselves? I know itās stressful but I think it is useful.
Thatās just not how people introduce themselves out in the real world though.
What do you think is different compared to when you join some new company, training or club and you are asked to present yourself?
That happens a lot less than you think. And I try to avoid clubs etc that do that nonsense.
Depends on the job but this happens all the time for me because I often have to sit in meetings with customers (b2b company) and so usually we have to introduce ourselves at the start of the meeting.