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[–] oce@jlai.lu 57 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

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

[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Someone in our new partner team has scheduled a meeting for 11am today for us to introduce ourselves to each other.

Guess how it's going to be structured

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago

work is the real world and i have some news

[–] oce@jlai.lu 13 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

What do you think is different compared to when you join some new company, training or club and you are asked to present yourself to the group?

[–] Kacarott@aussie.zone 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] w24@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

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)