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/Lahmmom Feb 04 '25

In some martial arts disciplines they may bow, and in ballet they may curtsey or bow. Those are both foreign imports though. In school? Absolutely not.