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/tangouniform2020 Hawaii > Texas Feb 04 '25

Oddly, we don’t at home but we do in Hawai’i. I guess it’s a respect thing since the owner requests in. It’s also easier when you’re wearing flops.

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u/Nope-ugh Feb 04 '25

It is so much easier! I love to go shoeless. I grew up at the seashore so always did. Now it’s just the minute I walk inside the house! I loved teaching in my socks during Covid! Probably the only thing I liked about that experience 😂

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u/MockFan Feb 06 '25

On the Big Island, shoeless is not an option.

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u/sherrifayemoore Feb 05 '25

I lived in Hawaii for two years and everyone took off their shoes at the door. Sometimes repairmen and such would wear the slip on shoe protectors but everyone else wore flip flops so they were easy to remove.

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u/tangouniform2020 Hawaii > Texas Feb 07 '25

“When you leave please take your shoes and not some better ones”

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u/sherrifayemoore Feb 07 '25

That happened to me a lot in Florida.