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It’s no secret—the rest of the world looks at how peculiar American culture can be and wonders if it’s even real.

‘Cause let’s face it—even if it looks fine for us, that doesn’t mean that having police patrol your school, paying for a ride to the hospital, and calling the toilet “restroom” when we all know very well there ain't nobody going there to have a rest shouldn’t raise a brow for others.

So this time, we are looking at what American things make our fellow non-American friends scratch their heads in simple, yet very spot-on questions below. Our dear American Pandas are also welcome to help separate what’s real, what’s rumors, and what only happens in movies in the comments! And after you're done with this post, check out our previous one with things Americans do that require an explanation for non-Americans.

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Ceredwyn Ealanta
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But taking off shoes and socks when you come in is nearly as good as taking off your bra.

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Cori
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never wear shoes in my house. I live on a farm. My shoes are barely allowed to come inside at all. It always leaves me feeling super awkward when I go to someone else's house though. Because I never know what to do. I'm hardwired to take off my shoes, but then am I going to just walk around someone's house in my socks, or worse, bare feet? It's a conundrum.

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Marilynn Hanson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where is your farm? My dad was from Nebraska and he always said farmers ( 30's&40's) keep their shoes on until bed. I just grew up with that in my head :) of course I guess that's compared to going barefoot outside :)

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Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gah, yes! Some do! Some don't. It's either regional or personal, but I was raised to NEVER wear shoes indoors. Rude, dirty, ick, forget it. My spouse, however, sees no issue with it.

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Ivy Zhang
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well, for me, i have indoor slippers and regular shoes, and some of my friends just wear socks, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Petra Schaap
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

not that again, lol. l know a lot of people in Holland and Belgium who keep their shoes on, only take them off when they are dirty or wet.

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Bob Belcher
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes and especially when there's a bad storm. My wife was 7 when an F4 tornado hit their home in Channelview, TX on Thanksgiving. You can Google it. The house and the whole street looked like tooth picks. Her mother grabbed her and ran to the tub to take shelter. Neither one of them had shoes on after it hit and had to walk over the debris to the street. So yeah, some of us always wear shoes even inside. And if there's a bad storm at 2am, we sleep in them too.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes and so did we Australians, until recently when it became offensive and impolite to do so. Never in my childhood, teens and 20’s was I asked to remove my shoes when visiting any hoise in Australia. Now it’s a different story. Personally I’d rather people wear shoes after wiping them on the door mat than have their smelly feet exposed and stepping on my clean floors.

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Rickard Shen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But if you're not wearing your shoes 24/7 your feet wouldn't be smelly in the first place...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

depends on where you live. In the southern states... yeah, maybe. in places with snow? certainly not in winter. That's what mudrooms are for.

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Adam Hart-Dyke
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wear shoes all day. Kind of have to though since my right leg is an inch shorter than the left one so I need a heel lift all time to stop my spine getting messed up.

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Torchicachu
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes - but i personally dont just cuz my feet feel kinda sweaty and gross after a while. but people like my father keep them on all day just because he has back/hip problems and can't tie his shoes by himself, therefore he doesn't take them off until night

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deanna woods
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my home and my parents home we take our shoes off upon entering.

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Kelly Murray
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I almost never walk barefoot in my house. I don't have carpet, and when I did, that's what door mats are for.

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Eva Bryson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ummm.....yes, we do. We don't consider our homes any different than office buildings. Besides, I have a mat just outside the door for removing debris from the bottom of shoes. Don't you?

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Leslie Burleson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always been a country girl , and rarely wear shoes . We've also always owned dogs .. they don't wear shoes . It's really annoying , but we just clean the floor every day . Feet aren't allowed on the furniture , and we bathe before bed so ...

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Jim Ellington
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How many of these people who never wear shoes in the house own cats? Cats have a nasty habit of tracking fecal bacteria all over the floor and just about every other surface they walk on.

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Maria Hermida
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Spain people also wear their shoes inside the house. I got used to taking them off when I lived in Hong Kong, and now I think walking inside with shoes is the most unhygienic thing on Earth. I can't understand why so many people still do it.

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Donny Cromwell
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh.... Bone Daddy is just a little tiny troll. For a second there I was like I was thrown off by his comment to my post, but then I saw his other comments to other people.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have always worn my shoes in the house, at least in the winter.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband and try not to wear shoes in the house. We have house slippers that we wear instead.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not a huge fan of removing my shoes, but if I have to I have to. My husband absolutely does and comes in through the side door off of our laundry room where his shoes go off and his clothes go into the washer. The girls and I it just depends. Muddy, rainy, snowy they absolutely come off inside the door. Normal every day and it doesn't matter, because my husband is obsessed with vacuuming our floors daily. I'm wondering if it's a guy thing because my dad and BIL vacuum every day, too.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I NEVER ask that guests take off their shoes....and what? Walk around in socks...which could be smelly by the way...and full of germs too.....or, worse, bare feet.....yuck....well if I lived in a hut and walked around bbarefooted, then yes, of course....but I make sure to wipe my shoes well, or if it is snowing or wet and muddy outside, change shoes as I come in.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

sometimes I just don't fell like taking them off but it is not usual for me

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Alex T
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I (an american) do walk in the house with shoes, if not shoes, usuallly socks simply because i don't like feeling dirt and crumbs from the ground on my feet. Idk, just a lil pet peeve.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know a LOT of people in America who only take their shoes off if the shoes are really dirty or muddy. When I returned to America from my first year in Japan, we asked people to take off shoes in our house, particularly because we had a toddler who'd be crawling around on the floor. My older brother ignored the sign and our verbal request saying "I don't take my shoes off for anybody."

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've lived in the US for 14 years and I still take my shoes off in someone else's house. It's weird, I just can't stop myself.

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Ry Keener
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. Yes I do. Don't feel bad about it either. Actually.. quite comfy and warm.

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Joyce Barmore Sterk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of my family takes their shoes off at the door. In the Winter there will be a towel on the floor so your shoes/boots don't get the area wet with the melting snow.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I live in Texas and my family wears shoes inside. We don't have a place to put our shoes by the door because we have a narrow doorway. My shoes stay in my bedroom. I put them on as soon as I get up and dressed to work out. We also have tile floor. if I'm not wearing shoes I have on socks

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm American. I take them off in my bedroom. But I get those suckers off as quickly as possible. I do wear sandals tho. Got feet issues. Have to.

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Pernille Dyre
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Denmark here. Nobody comes inside wearing shoes in our houses! Even at partys We ask first....

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Canada, some people do wear shoes in their house, in summer. I think it's disgusting. My house is my sanctuary, clean cozy place. Why bring the mess inside? It's weird to me. In movies I love how they not only wear shoes in the house, BUT ALSO on the couch/bed.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shoes off is for lounging, shoes on means you're getting something accomplished. It also means you own indoor animals.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll leave them on for moving days, and sometimes groceries. It's really an argument between maintenance and efficiency, but most Americans I know take off their shoes when they enter the house, except for occasions where the efficiency outweighs the clean up. Socks and slippers fall into the comfort category though, so pretty much anything goes.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only if it’s a nice occasion with guests over or in someone else’s house.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends where you live. In southern Lousiana, you take your shoes off as fast as you can most of the year.

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Susan Stead
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It depends on the where you are. I've lived in various parts of the country, and I noticed when I lived in Washington state, it was customary to take your shoes off upon coming into a person's house. I didn't notice it anywhere else I've lived (California, Colorado, New Jersey and Ohio).

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Torchicachu
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

some houses make you take off your shoes at the front door, like my neighbor and a few of my friends

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shoes in the house is a filthy, filthy habit. It really doesn’t take much effort to leave them at the door.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, your feet are filthy, covered with oil and any time oil mixes with dirt you have bad stains, look at carpets where people don't wear shoes and walk barefoot, looks like a trail through the mud.

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Akiko Takahashi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As you may know, Japanese people like me take off their shoes when entering the house. I wonder whether those people who wear the same shoes as they do outside ever think they could be spreading the virus inside the household.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhhm yeah. :/ Idk the floor doesn't get that dirty. In my house we take our shoes off if we were out in rain or mud or something, but if we just went to the store or something we don't think about taking shoes off til whenever we don't feel like wearing shoes anymore. Which is admittedly, usually a few minutes after getting home.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know where this comes from because I see it a lot. I guess they must see it on TV. I don't wear shoes in the house and neither do most of the people that I know. The only person that I know that purposefully wears shoes in home was born and raised in the UK.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Southern USA here. I only know one family who removes their shoes inside the house. They're good friends of mine and I forget this every time. They're so gracious about it that I'm usually there for about an hour before I notice that I'm the only one wearing shoes. Also, they're from Haiti.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have always walked into the house with shoes / and usually wear them into i go to sleep. now if am laying/or sitting on my bed I take them off...few years ago when I saw this was a weird thing to do, I was like really ??? I thought everyone in the world did that..but what they said made perfect sense..you are tramping in dirt everywhere

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What country are you from? In a lot of European countries people also do not take their shoes off when entering a house. We have doormats on which to wipe amd clean the soles before stepping inside.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Taiwan carries on the ancient Chinese tradition of taking off your shoes when you enter a house. When I tell people Americans wear shoes indoors, they are revolted: how unsanitary! No wonder American feet reek!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm American and I think it's gross. I've thought about how many times I may have stood in dry pee in front of a urinal and then drag it into my house with my shoes.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What?! Someone already wrote that?! That person must of read my mind and stole my idea because I thought of it long before bored panda.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone was asked to remove their shoes in my parents house, they had a basket of slippers but, it was so their hardwood floors didn't get scratched. I only wear shoes or sandals outside. I hate shoes, they make me too hot and are dirty. US

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wipe shoes on mat, walk in, take shoes off and place next to door facing wall. Helps not track dirt into the home. Then open the screendoor and fly away.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

unfortunately they do and it's very weird, i haven't heard of any other places that do that. they put their shoes on the couches and beds too, and they make a mess everywhere. it must be disgusting, i don't know why they do it, dont they track dirt everywhere and get it on the couches you put your feet on?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't actually know. My family takes them off as soon as we enter the house, but some people just wear them all over the place

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Abigial Griffith
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i do not but some people i know do that is what a door mat is for

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Bridgette Helms
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband does all of the time. I never do. He's worried about stepping on scorpions.

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Scott Johnson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's why you generally do sit down on the carpet. Or you wash your hardwood floors regularly.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never walk in my house without shoes! And I don't know a single person who takes their shoes off here in Australia. They must exist I just don't know any. That's what vacuums and mops and mats to wipe your feet on are for.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. Americans are so nasty. I make everyone remove their shoes and if they protest they dont come in or get invited back.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm English and my boyfriend wears his shoes in the house because he "doesn't like wearing sock around the house." It's infuriating, especially because he complains about how the place always needs vacuuming. Yeah, no s**t.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At my house we personally don't but I know some people who do, such as my grandpa but it's for medical reasons

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No shoes on wooden floors or carpets.. so if you have a tile floor - like the kitchen, sure, it's super easy to clean.

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Yes. It is better than you will ever know.

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Heck yes! Although I wear Crocs around the house, and Le Chameau boots when out with the horses. I just don't get how alarming it is to Europeans that you wear your shoes in the house. Unless you are out with horses all day like me, or gardening and have mud to worry about, it is really strange to me.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have them. They are usually part of the cheerleader squad or dance squad. It is a sports thing. We take sports very seriously.

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Even though Americans and Europeans share many things, like commitment to democratic principles, a strategic alliance, and some of the highest standards in the world, there are still some very notable differences between them.

A 2016 study done by Pew Research Center was very revealing in that respect. First of all, it showed that Americans are more likely to believe they control their own destiny.

The research showed that a staggering 57% of Americans disagreed with the statement “Success in life is pretty much determined by forces outside our control.” The percentage was higher than in any other European nations polled.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An affective way to make the 'popular' kids feel even more popular.

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The second interesting thing the Pew poll showed is that “Americans prioritize individual liberty, while Europeans tend to value the role of the state to ensure no one in society is in need.”

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When it comes to religion, it turned out that over half in the US (53%) say religion is extremely important in their life, which is nearly double the share with the same view in Poland.

In France, for example, only 14% consider religion a very important aspect of their lives.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How else would you call them? Students wouldn't use the teachers first name.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some schools are more strict than others and require them. My schools didn't require them. We just excused ourselves and went to the restroom when needed.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. They don't - at least the schools that I went to and my nieces and nephews don't (they are ages 4 - 17). In the past, students were made to recite the "pledge of allegiance" each morning, but I think this is something that has fallen by the wayside.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some schools don't allow it, but at the schools I went to we were allowed to. It was fun! You can put magnets, quotes, pictures of loved ones.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, and there are usually one or two questions where you have to read something and write a few pages for it.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, and sometimes mail does get stolen even though it's a federal offense.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's so unusual with this? I'm Austrian and my children's friends never used my first name.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think children all over the world have to feel "slightly suicidal" to do this.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, we call eye doctors “Optometrists,” and we call Opticians “Opticians.”

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

most countries do because it has been a part of military training for centuries. They want inshape youth for military service.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The term "20/20" and similar fractions (such as 20/40, 20/60, etc.) are visual acuity measurements. They also are called Snellen fractions, named after Herman Snellen, the Dutch ophthalmologist who developed this measurement system in 1862.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm Italian. Children eat pasta with butter and Parmigiano here. I also do when I want the comfort of a warm pasta hug.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went to school in other countries aswell and boy did I write lines in detention. This is definitely not just an American thing. Yes, I was an exemplary student.

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