Classroom Learning Activities I use but personally Hate

There are certain things I use as a classroom teacher that I totally detest when I have to do them at staff meetings, conferences and other 'real life' situations. Like any good sociopath, I compartmentalize my feelings and forge on with all of these great Learning Opportunities for my students!

Gather and Share around Flip Chart paper: 
When I walk into a conference or staff meeting and there are sheets of flip chart paper spread around, I throw up in my mouth a little bit. That shit is the worst. Do I ever think twice about making students do THE EXACT SAME THING? No, I do not. It is good practice for them to learn to hate this activity early in life.

Multiple Choice questions: 
The only reason to use Multiple Choice is because you want test takers to get better at Multiple Choice. Other than test taking, fast food menu combos and radio call-in contests, there is virtually no real-life scenario where someone presents you with limited information on 4 options and demands you choose one RIGHT NOW!

Group Work: 
Like many (somewhat) productive people, I prefer to work at my own pace and not be disappointed by the other humans around me when they inevitably flake on some key part of a task. This is likely one of the reasons I chose teaching as a profession. Again, because learning that ‘work partners you rely on will invariably fail you” is crucial, I assign group work like a sonuvabitch. Side Benefit: less marking!

Peer Evaluation:
Ever had to do this in a workplace? It is like being handed a club and told to beat one of your co-workers. I worry that even the compliments/positive things I say will be misinterpreted and used to shit-can my friends. But do we concern ourselves with asking young people at the peak of emotional fragility/peer approval neediness to rate and critique each other? No. No, we do not.

Citation/Reference sheets:
If someone tells me an interesting thing they heard and I’d like to either A) read more about it or B) Fact Check it because I think they’re full of shit - I’ll ask them to email me a link to the article. I would never hassle them if it isn’t in MLA or APA  format. No other grown adult would. Except in school, where a reference isn’t a reference if you don’t format it properly. HAAHAHAAA (Evil teacher voice).

What do you do in class that you either hate or never use in the real world?