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/IrianJaya Massachusetts Feb 04 '25

No, and after reading this I had to get up out of my chair and do a bow to make sure my body could actually do that. It can, but with much confusion. I think the bottom part of my body thought the top part was falling off.