International Student Experience Part 4: American Handshakes

[AlexeiNguyen]

then we have the jumping-on-the-other-guys-back kind of greeting. I see a lot of that in high school. Skip the ones in this videos. lol

[GreenmeGo]

so great.

[gskmck]

So very true-he nailed it!

[porgy29]

The one edit I would make is with the last one. It is okay to actual throw your arm around pat the other guy on the back, often with a bit of a chest bump thrown in for good measure.

[CYUNME]

Those handshakes apply mostly to men. Women are abit different, but so far he was fairly accurate.

[NigUnit]

I've seen and participated in every handshake preformed in this video. It's dead on. Though sometimes I skip the first three and move directly to the forth

[Downsight]

Yeah, as an American in the north I've only seen the first one, but damn that was funny.

[jrbisky]

Thanks for this video. Really funny and actually informative as well! I remember I had a great friend in grad school who was Dutch, and when he was moving back home we went to say goodbye...he made an effort to do it the American way, I made an effort to do it the Dutch way. We ended up with an awkward combination of hug, kiss and handshake :)

I shared this video on VOA's Student Union blog for international students.

[jlal81]

bottom up approach :)

[789mopedman]

Very funny stuff hahaha who dislikes this?

[Itshardtopronuncius]

the one dislike this video must be an American haha jk

[1975Aspen]

Take my advice and save your parents hard earned money. Education to high school is a joke. University education is ok but way over rated. Racism is a big problem here. Since the U.S. is a police/ prison state, you run the risk of serving a long sentence for petty or even no crime. So, why do most around the world think it's a mecca? Because of intimidation. Look up gang stalking, gang stalking TV, gang stalking survivor, cell phone stalking, Monarch II (pt twelve), freedom's bloody corpse, etc.

[infernosredeemer]

I agree except the second one usually people slap hands first then "pound it"

and not everyone dresses that way lol...

[stubell1995]

too bad it isnt true thats for black people and mexicans good try tho

[screamit1]

im an american and those are the tell teale signs..i doibnt dress like that but alotta of us do

[gokci]

hahahaha! I love this foreign guy lol

[SuzumiyaHaruhi0]

VERY CUTE !

[KJSmallz]

haha, thats like so wrong, well at least for me.

[cyberschpace]

variations on the handshake are as interesting as music videos by pop bands.

[jumpsmarter]

why those people scared to touch each other?

[MissAnnoyingPants]

The American hug made me lol. "It's the strongest form of affection in North America" hahaha

[SenMuJie]

LMAO..love the future American business leader doing a keg stand

[alaivani]

Nice set of videos. Of course it's a good introduction and like how it's so hands-on!! Of course everyone in America has a different way of doing things. Those handshakes were not so common where I have lived, minus the first one! :)

[Stellana]

True about the american hug. xD amoung guys anyway. Girls can hug. I wonder why?

[greenguy415]

Very nice, quite accurate for the most part - but remember that everyone is different :) I have no problems giving a guy a hug...for the right reasons...

[kngiht84]

Especially when he is gay mwahahaha

[Nickaninna]

lol kngiht...