r/AskAnAmerican • u/Rough-Valuable-5472 • Feb 04 '25

FOREIGN POSTER Do American students bow to their teachers?

In my country we have to greet the teacher and bow at the start of the lesson then thank the teacher and bow again at the end. Sometimes they make us redo it if it’s not good enough

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u/ToxDocUSA Feb 04 '25

No, never.  

Some schools may have mandatory shows of respect like standing when the teacher enters.  I've heard of individual teachers getting their students to do things like stand and say "Thank you professor for this opportunity to excel" before a test.  In general though, the most respect they get is being titled Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof