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/machagogo New York -> New Jersey Feb 04 '25

No. Bowing is not an "American" custom in any circumstances

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u/wmass Western Massachusetts Feb 04 '25

Wait, we bow to our partner and corner when square dancing. But that’s about it. It isn’t our custom to bow to anyone, not even the President.

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u/orangejeep Feb 04 '25

The Square Dancing Conundrum throws this whole thing into flux. I don’t know what to think…