When you were in grade school...?

Question

did you do the "Good morning ma'am/sir" with matching right hand on the left chest & slight bow gesture whenever you see a teacher outside the classroom?

And what's with the hand gesture for anyways?

Answer 1

no I'm just saying hi sir hi ma'am

hahahaha

Answer 2

I don't know that. lol. I have never done that although I would often make coincidental bows whenever I greet the teachers I truly respect. Maybe it's a gesture of sincerity towards the teachers or the elderly in general.  

Answer 3

we just greet them "good morning miss/sir.. "

and no gestures and stuff like that..

Answer 4

Nope. I don't care. I remember i have to wait the teachers gone before i passed by so that i will not say "hi, hello or good morning" for me is kindda to much. Let say i am a grade schooler who is very maldita.

Answer 5

Whenever we see or meet teachers in the school corridor/s, we just say "Good morning, Miss/Madam" with a slight bow of our heads.  That's it.

Answer 6

as much as possible we tried to avoid our teachers outside our classroom. and we avoided eye contact so we didn't have to greet them.

but if it was a nun, and there was no way to avoid them, we'd say "goodmroning sis. (nuns name)" with a slight bow and hands clasped.

in my school, we were dead scared of the nuns.  

Answer 7

What grade school did you go to?

That is not a common practice here.

What's common is the "pagmamano" you take the elder's hand to your forehead as a sign of respect

Answer 8

No, Were just saying Good morning  with graceful voice and with respect.

Answer 9

we just did the usual morning greetings.

no hand gestures. the hand on the chest is for the national anthem only.

Answer 10

I only seen that kind of hand gesture and bow in movies ... the ones where the subjects bow to the king or queen while placing their right hand on the left chest. Maybe if my teacher was Queen Elizabeth I'd also be bowing to her like that.

Answer 11

what i remember is that our sadistic principal (isabelo chaves) would always beat us up.

Answer 12

I do remember greeting my grade school teachers "Good Morning, Miss _____"  with a slight nod of the head (a sign of respect) but no hand gesture.

Answer 13

No...

I don't even call my lady teacher "ma'am" I call her teacher or miss. Lol.

Answer 14

not really... we have this gesture, I don't know how to explain it, but we always do it every time we greet the teacher before the class starts...

Answer 15

hmm... i just greet them in a polite manner and with a sweet voice and  also with respect...

like

"Hi Ma'am" / "Hi Sir" / "Good Morning Ma'am"

"Hi Teacher"

Answer 16

I just say "Magandang Umaga po Ginoong/Ginang (name of the teacher)".  I don't do any kind of gestures whenever I see my teachers. I do it whenever we have the flag ceremony. =)

Answer 17

I only went to elementary school in the Philippines from the 3rd to the 4th grade... and yes I remember we all had to greet "Good morning (visitor/principal/teacher/janitor), how are you today?"

I think that hand gesture is from Star Trek.

Answer 18

no i just say sup

Answer 19

i just say Mornin' Mrs/Mr in a casual tone  

Answer 20

From Grade One to Grade Three, I was attending school in Orion, Bataan,  on a solid stone wing of the Parish.  My first teacher was Mrs. Tiambeng,  a descendant of the girl Francisco Balagtas courted.

I can recall, even though very obscurely,  doing something like that.  

When we moved to Manila, I think that went out the window.  All my schoolmates were tough cookies who brought either "pana" (a kind of rubber slingshot designed to shoot arrows rather than stone), or knives, to the school with them,  and I had to adjust to their attitudes.

Answer 21

what the ****

Answer 22

I remember greeting every teacher a good morning, good bye with no gesture. The only time my right hand rests on my left breast just above the heart is when we sing the Lupang Hinirang.