<p>Hi ppl I was wondering whether most students keep their shoes on all the time in their bedrooms… Are the rooms clean enough for us to go around barefooted?</p>
<p>Also, do students usually stay in a pair of shoes (or any other footwear for that matter) throughout the day, or do they change into something else like slippers when they are in the halls, kitchen and common areas?</p>
<p>These questions are rather queer I know! However, I’m an international from Asia and over here there is absolutely no culture whereby people wear their shoes indoors, unless its a public place! Its more of an American thing I’m sure!</p>
<p>What an interesting question! Americans do tend to wear their shoes in their homes and in other private spaces, so finding students wearing their shoes in their dorm rooms, even sitting on their beds with their shoes on, would not be unusual. We also sometimes go barefoot or wear slippers at home. (I’ll bet you’ll find Asian-American families who still follow the Asian custom of removing their street shoes upon entering their homes.) If wearing your street shoes in your private space, such as your dorm room, makes you uncomfortable, you should know that people in California commonly wear slip-on shoes that might seem more like slippers (flip-flops) both inside and out, in public and private spaces. So if you wanted to have flip-flops or other indoor/outdoor type slippers that you used only in your dorm, this wouldn’t be unusual and you certainly wouldn’t stick out. Cleanliness within your room would depend upon you and your roommate, but the common hallways, which are traversed by hundreds of pairs of feet per day wearing shoes used both inside and out – I don’t know about that. And in the public bathrooms, you really should have something on your feet!</p>
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<p>He also has a pair of waterproof sandals for the shower.</p>
<p>Pretty close to all students put on some kind of shoes (often one of the two mentioned above) to go from room to room and dorm to dorm. It’s personal preference to wear them in your own room or not but I would say most wear shoes all the time unless you are sitting for a while and want to be more comfortable. (This is for guys- not exactly sure for girls.)</p>
<p>There are many Asian families in Southern California- and kids from here know that in many homes, everyone takes their shoes off and they wear slippers inside- so it is not weird. Honestly, anything you want to do or feel accustomed to would be fine.</p>
<p>Since you are asking about culture, I will also put it out there that in Southern California, we don’t use the word queer as you did above unless you are British or an Asian international. People will understand you, but it’s just not part of the vernacular here. Just trying to give you a heads up… :)</p>
<p>s (Asian international) wears runners for going anywhere (quite a bit of walking sometimes to classes) and he has a pair of slip on sandals for inside the room and walking around the dorm, he has accidentally wore that to class a couple of times. And you definitely need a pair of flip flops for the shower and washroom. Otherwise, like what was said above, anything goes and whatever makes you comfortable – s’s roommate only wears slippers instead of shoes and he wears it everywhere.</p>
<p>Oh you mean runners as in sneakers? Anyway thanks cc411 for pointing out the use of ‘queer’, I guess I’ll just have to learn as I go along! I probably picked the word up from reading British books like The Famous Five when I was younger Anyway, i just googled the word and apparently it also refers to homosexuality. OMG I really should stop using it then.</p>
<p>Apart from a pair of flipflops for the shower, I walked around either in trainers or other flipflops (but no shoes on the bed). Occasionally, bare feet. (not advisable in a dorm, I know.)</p>
<p>Now that I’m in an apartment, my roommate and I decided to have a no-shoes policy beyond the entrance.</p>
Anyway, i just googled the word and apparently it also refers to homosexuality. OMG I really should stop using it then.</p>