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.

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.

I have done this innumerable times at multiple jobs

Maybe I just have a good job.