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⌈ Secret Post #2071 ⌋

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1. This depends on where you are. If you live in Hawaii or any place that has a high Asian population in the US, not taking off your shoes is seen as a rude gesture. (I picked up this habit when I lived in Hawaii as a kid. And now as soon as I go into a house, off come the shoes.) HOWEVER, in other parts of the US, taking off your shoes is seen as a rude gesture because you are implying that the host's place is your own to do what you please. As in, "What are you going do next now that you've taken off your shoes? Kick back and place your feet on my expensive coffee table. Shall I pop open a beer, while you are here?"

2. In general, yes, it is. It's like one of those silly teenage rites of passage. (Though I didn't go to mine.)

3. It's considered rude in the US to call a teacher by his or her first name. It's generally rude to call someone who is a person of authority and/or a few decades older than you by their first name. The exception being is you know them on a personal level.

3. Unless you go to Quaker school where calling teachers by their first names is fairly standard because Quakers traditionally don't use titles.

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