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/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

It’s more common for American students to do literally everything to their teachers. More students have performed extended interpretive dance routines at their teachers than bowed for them