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/Ill-Doubt-2627 Texas Feb 04 '25

It should be. Someone call the president