What's the best ice breaker exercise for the class that a professor used on your first day of class? (lemmy.world)

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It doesn't necessarily have to be a professor if you think it would be appropriate for a university setting.

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[-] eatthecake@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I don't like these things. In my first week of university i went to a tutorial and we were asked to, effectively, stand up and say something to amuse the class. I was not amusing. Due to the humiliation I never went back to that class or the first class of any subject ever again.

It felt like a way of establishing a social hierarchy from start. Show everyone who the fun, confident people are and who the loser, weirdos are. Why the need to be cruel? It made me sad that universities are into that petty bullshit TBH.

[-] Eylrid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's one of those things that extroverts think everyone will enjoy/benefit from, without realizing how devastating it can be for those of us with social anxiety.

[-] ChexMax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

As an introvert, I'm extremely grateful for the dumb ice breakers. Either I will stand up and say one sentence that's been half scripted for me, or I'll never say anything and never meet any of my classmates, and never learn anyone's names. It's like a freebie to me. Those extroverts don't need ice breakers, they're going to mingle no matter what

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