In that case, I hope that your intellectual curiosity will transform to intellectual engagement over the course of the afternoon. Having an opportunity for self-reflection is, I think, far more useful than most people realize.

First, I think, comes your seating position. Every body has a configuration that is most natural, most comfortable to them, after all; to hold yourself stiffly without regards to the natural state of one's own body is not ideal. I find that bipedal beings such as you and I can assume this position most comfortably cross-legged, with our hands on our knees. Please assume the position, and attempt to relax yourself to the best of your abilities.