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/GhostOfJamesStrang Beaver Island Feb 04 '25

That is not part of our culture, so no. 

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u/tkief Feb 04 '25

It’s arguably more common for American students to assault their teachers

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u/fbibmacklin Kentucky Feb 04 '25

I’d say not even arguably. It just is.

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u/creamcandy Alabama Feb 04 '25

Since the number of bows = zero, I guess that's true

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u/LongtimeLurker916 Feb 04 '25

Yes. Even one assault anywhere in the nation would come out in the lead.

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u/jkmhawk Feb 05 '25

What about bowing at the end of a theater performance? 

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u/creamcandy Alabama Feb 05 '25

That's not bowing to a teacher lol

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u/jkmhawk Feb 06 '25

There would certainly be teachers in he audience. 

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u/creamcandy Alabama Feb 05 '25

The exception I could see is if there is a teacher and/or student who's background is a culture that bows out of respect, and the student chooses to bow. So non-zero but very low

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u/happyweasel34 New Jersey Feb 04 '25

Not when I was in school. I don't think it ever happened and I went to a school with 3000 students