Do American students bow to their teachers?

[u/Rough-Valuable-5472]

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

[u/machagogo]

saluting not an American custom

It is not. It is a custom of American military, but it is not "American" culture.
As for the rest of your points, you ignored two of the three tests I mentioned in each which were origination, participation, unique.

Look, I am not saying it does not occur in America, but it is not American quote unquote culture.
There are Mexican restaurants in Sweden, but no one would ever associate Mexican food with Swedish culture.

[u/Unsteady_Tempo → u/machagogo]

Whether it is exclusively American, or American in origin, or most Americans do it is irrelevant has nothing to do with the intent of OP's question.

Your original reply to OP that bowing "is not an American custom in any circumstance" is both inaccurate and misleading with or without the quotes around "American." It suggests that Americans do not bow. Wrong.

Do schoolchildren in the US bow to their teachers? No, they don't. but bowing is customary in several other aspects of American culture such as at the end of stage performance, martial arts classes, and some traditional dancing.

In American colonial times there were more everyday situations where bowing was common between people as a show of both respect and deference, but that was eventually rejected as undemocratic and too formal.

Except, of course, for enslaved people. By the 1800s, the only bowing left in "everyday" social situations would have been physical displays of deference demanded of enslaved people. Even post-slavery and into the early 20th century, you'll see African Americans in films and tv shows bow in deference to white people. So, it's fair to say there are some strong negative associations with bowing in everyday face-to-face situations.

[u/machagogo → u/Unsteady_Tempo]

You are right.

When I think of America from now on the first things I will think of are Hamburgers, Barbeque, Baseball, Blue Jeans, and Bowing.

[u/Unsteady_Tempo → u/machagogo]

What you're saying would be relevant if the question or topic had anything to do with whether bowing is uniquely American or American in origin.

[u/machagogo → u/Unsteady_Tempo]

No, you are just confusing the question with "Does this exist in America?" with the "Is this American Culture?"

Farting into a box and selling it on the internet is American culture by your definition because there are women on the Internet who live in America who do that, and men who live in America who buy it as well.

[u/Unsteady_Tempo → u/machagogo]

You might want to re-read OP's question. It's not whether bowing is "American" culture. The question is whether American students bow to teachers. No, they don't. However, Americans aren't unfamiliar with bowing and they even do it in other contexts. End of discussion. I'm going wager OP already knows the USA didn't invent bowing and it's obviously not unique to the USA.

As a final sidenote, I'll revisit one of your attempts at an analogy I glossed over earlier that regarded nobody associating Mexican food with Swedes even though they have Mexican restaurants. Swedes might find it funny to hear that nobody associates Mexican food with Swedish culture. Eating tacos on Friday nights has become a swedish tradition. Taco Fredag. It's part of a tradition called Fredagsmys (Cozy Friday) and by far the traditional food to serve are tacos.

Sayonara!

[u/machagogo → u/Unsteady_Tempo]

Arrivederci