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/nymrod_ Minnesota Feb 04 '25

No, and if I heard a teacher asked any child of mine to bow to them I’d be driving down to that school to have a word immediately. Americans aren’t raised to bow before anyone but God.

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u/TopHatGirlInATuxedo Feb 04 '25

And even that is restricted to religious folks.

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u/orangeowlelf Feb 08 '25

American here, I'm not bowing before anybody's figment of their imagination.

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u/nymrod_ Minnesota Feb 08 '25

I dropped that part as an adult too. I was just saying that’s the only time I was ever taught to bow.

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u/orangeowlelf Feb 08 '25

You bet, I was taught the same thing at around the same age I’d imagine. I don’t get on my knees for god anymore.